The life and death of Coca-Cola C2
Last year, when Coca-Cola launched C2, I converted. Like any consumer afraid of too much sugar, but also appaled by Diet Coke, I welcomed the mid-road beverage. I was dissapointed with the marketing campaign and the 8-cans packages that cost as much as the regular 12-cans, but I stuck with it.
Soon enough, Coca-Cola C2 became a grocery store mainstay and was packaged and priced like the regular Coke brands. A little over a month ago, I noticed C2′s presence was sparse in the Brooklyn supermarket I shopped at. A new Coke, Coca Cola Zero started taking up more shelf space. The new no-calorie drink sucks; its name, Zero, is well deserved.
Now, C2 is nowhere to be found. All the Washington, D.C. supermarkets I checked don’t stock it. So I did the next best thing to switching to Pepsi (against whom I have a personal grudge): I called e-mailed Coca Cola. Excerpts from their first reply is below:
Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola Company. We are glad to hear from a fan of Coca-Cola C2 and apologize that you have had difficulty finding it in your area. Regarding availability, local bottling companies choose which brands to sell and the size of the packaging that will be available in their territories. These decisions are based on consumer demand and other market factors. We believe they are in the best position to make those decisions.
Your loyalty to Coca-Cola C2 is certainly appreciated.
That was not enough information. On the Coca-Cola Web site, C2 is no longer listed among the brands available in the U.S., which leads me to believe they’re going to kill it. I called 1-800-GET-COKE and they told me it’s still manufactured, but it’s up to stores to order it from the local sales
center. Regarding C2′s dissapearance from the Web site, the representative said: “good question. I don’t know why it’s not there anymore.”
Naturally I called the local bottling company in Columbia, Md. They referred me to the Washington D.C. sales center, where I was told to go and complain at the grocery store, which would make them order it. But, she added, we do try to push new drinks when they come in.
“So Zero pushed C2 off the shelves?” I asked.
“Yes,” she told me.
I am yet to get a final answer from Coca-Cola regarding C2, but I suspect it’s dead. More evidence to suggest that is that the Coke C2 official Web site, www.cokec2.com now re-directs users to the company’s main site. The Way Back Machine has only captured this as a reminder of the C2 days.
While in Brooklyn, I thought of holding on to my last C2 bottle and its metal-gray cap. I decided against it, arguing C2 will live on. It looks like I was wrong.
Update (Aug. 25, 5:00 PM): I received an e-mail from a Coca-Cola media representative who gave me a couple links to their C2 brand page, along with a link to Coke’s Virtual Vender, which still shows the drink. My question was more targeted though; I had asked if C2 was off the market or not. Their non-response was similar to the earlier comment I heard on the phone that the beverage was still manufactured. Shouldn’t one be able to tell if a product is being made by coming across it in a store?
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August 26th, 2005 at 1:05 pm
Never tried it, but it must have been really good to make you do all that reporting.
Corporate spin at its best, I guess. Wouldn’t you just LOVE to have that job??
August 26th, 2005 at 2:58 pm
And all the free soda in the world? I get that at my current job anyway.
A man must stick with his brand. I just realized that I’ve posted about both Adidas and Coca-Cola. I wonder who I’ll give props to next.
BTW, I am still waiting for my free sneakers.
August 26th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
I wear Nikes.
November 4th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
so have you found it anywhere in the DC area since August? I’m still not seeing it….thanks.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
I just came across your blog as I live in Dallas and have recently had the same problem that you had a year ago in D.C. I have noticed that C2 became sparse (only one grocery store in my area carried it) and finally is gone completely. Upon inquiry to Coke, I received the exact same email you did. I called the local bottler and was told that it had been canceled in the DFW area. Very disappointing…
September 3rd, 2006 at 2:00 pm
C2 is available in small quantities in Canada… typically i can find about 4 cartons of the 12-packs out of all the stock in the store … and usually i end up buying 2 or 3 of them.
September 24th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
I live in Colorado Springs, CO. I was able to get it in my area until this week when I noticed that I could not locate it in any of the stores in my area.
September 25th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
I bought C2 as did my mother and brother and grown children. we all liked it so much better than that dang tin can taste of the diet cokes…I can’t believe they were so out of touch to drop this product….missing my C2 in Texas…and it was a hot end of summer here too.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Coke still sells C2,but the DFW bottling
company is not buying it. Keep contacting
them and complaining and maybe they will
do another run if enough of us do! I emptied the vending machine where I work
and all the local Fort Worth stores most of which had a 01/2007 expiration date.
To my surprize the vending company added some more C2 with a March 2007 expiration
date. I really think C2 would surpass sales of Fresca and other diet coke products if it was produced and available. Keep the calls coming to the bottling companies!
October 20th, 2006 at 11:30 am
C2 is no where to found in Tallahassee. I am also a fan of the drink and I’ve search a number of stores in search of it. Coke Zero should be taken off the shelves.
October 21st, 2006 at 4:32 pm
I live in Parsippany, New Jersey and am so upset too! I hate Coke Zero! I have hard time drinking the Classic Coke now because C2 was so much better! My main gripe is I can’t drink that crap they put in Diet or Zero, NutraSweet, better known as Aspartame. It gives me migraine headaches! Really. I know several people who finally agree with me about what was causing their headaches. Stopped drinking diet soda and now they are all fine! I need my C2! I have been drinking bottled water lately. I keep searching the internet to see if I can find it, maybe it’s out there waiting to be shipped from Canada, like they ship their prescription drugs. What is Coca-Cola doing. I would drink Pepsi too, just for the principle, but I hate it. So, thanks for sharing and hope we can find some, SOON!!!
October 26th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Ditto the above- can’t find it in SW Florida. Sent an email and got the same basic response:
Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola Company, Anonymous. We are glad to hear from a fan of and apologize that you have had difficulty finding it in your area.
Coca-Cola C2 is a brand of The Coca-Cola Company and is available. However, regarding availability, local bottling companies choose which brands to sell and the size of the packaging that will be available in their territories. These decisions are based on consumer demand and other market factors. We believe they are in the best position to make those decisions.
If you would like to contact the bottling company serving your area, we will need your complete mailing address and zip code. You may reply directly to this message.
Your loyalty to is certainly appreciated. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to visit our website again.
Available WHERE? A Google search brought me here, I can’t find any online vendors. The aftertaste of Coke Zero lives up to it’s name!
October 27th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
please note my post of today under “more about the quest to find c2,” I have heard the same exact lines from Atlanta but the grocers in SW FL state that it is the distributor who fills what they want to. Atlanta did confirm yesterday when I alerted them to states being dropped from supply that they are still making the specific syrup for c2.
I was a fan of it and am now around 24 hours into a very vocal boycott of a company I’ve known and purchased from much of my life. I urge anyone in a market being undersupplied to speak up because this is the first step to it being totally pulled. And I urge anyone in a market removed to write to Atlanta and the outfit that is the state base for bottlers and complain! If you are willing to walk away from their product line alltogether, say so!
C2 had been a nice spot to my years diet that has me down some 20 lbs. But all Coke really cares about was the demise of Pepsis half the calories EDGE which left the market the end of last year-no competition=no need to compete, yet they fight with some positively disgusting flavors!
October 27th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
I,too al a loyal C-2 fan. I was sent the same generic email “thanks for being loyal.” After several phone calls, I was told that Texas, New Mexico and Colorado will not be carrying it, because “it did not sell”. Give me a break, Coke Zero is zero, Coke Black is also Zero. BRING BACK C-2. I recently had to fly to NC where it is plentiful and shipped 4 12 paks home to the tune of $38.00. Next time I fly out there, I will pack it and check it in on the plane. Other states do have it.
November 7th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
C-2 was the answer to the extremes i.e., high calories/sugars of regular coke or the terrible syrup tase of Diet – C-2 was the compromise, and it tasted good. Having trouble finding C-2 lately, I thought maybe I would try the Coke Zero…. results: On a scale of 1 – 10, with 10 being tops, it rates an outstanding “O”. If Coca Cola got anything right with this product, it came in the form of the name!
November 9th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Really miss the C2. It is no longer available here in southern NM Can someone from Coke please wake up and re-supply us.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I loved “C2″, I’m from Denver and there’s no more C2 to be found. I’ve looked everywhere and it has disappeared. Coke Zero tastes like crap!! What’s up with coca-cola company?
November 14th, 2006 at 11:21 am
Hey I just spoke with comsumer’s affairs in Dallas. She said the Dallas Market was one of their biggest, but they were just not making the sales. She said to call 1-800-Get-Coke. They will tell you, that it is up to the local distributer, but they do keep track of all calls. The syrup is still being made in Atlanta.
I believe with a grassroots effort we may be able to get it back on the shelves. Or at least in one location. I suggested to Elaine…perhaps the Dallas bottlers could be like the Dublin Dr. Pepper bottlers. In Dublin, Texas they still make and bottle Dr. Pepper with the original formula, using cane syrup. People drive for miles to buy it. They also sell the bottles in gourmet stores.
I really like c2. I think we all deserve a choice. I would be willing to pay a bit extra for it.
Elaine also said they might revisit the product and remarket it a new way. I say what ever works….I just want to buy and drink C2 again
November 15th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Glad to find this blog.
Added my voice to the Texas group. Both 1-800-Get-Coke and Elaine from Dallas were friendly and interested in the feedback. Got some interesting news from Elaine.
On the optimistic side, they sounded like might be doing seasonal reintroductions, like Vanilla Coke this Christmas. Maybe the same could be done with C-2 in the future.
Now for the bad news. Elaine thought that although the C-2 syrup production was still happening, no US bottlers were distributing it, although Canada might still be selling it. Texas had product longer than other states only because shipments from Colorado and others were being dumped over here.
At least there’s hope.
November 19th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
I have the same experience and hate the Zero.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:34 am
I livein Ohio and one of our local stores said it was no longer going to be made when we asked and couldn’t find any. I tend to believe this. If you can’t find it you can’t buy it!!
November 30th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Who moved my C2? None to be found in Tallahassee.
I have always been a Coke fan, but this may force me to reconsider. In the meantime, I am in C2 withdrawal.
December 8th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
Hey all-
It ends up that CCBCC bottles and distributes C2 still- see their map here (eastern US):
http://www.cokeconsolidated.com/map.html
Also, the Atlanta bottler is maybe talking about bringing it back- they have been getting a lot of calls- try this number if you live in NE GA: 800-952-1279. Their rep is a very nice woman who I think also wants to see C2 come back.
Good luck to those in the rest of the country as well!
December 9th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Where the hell is my C2????? C’mon Coke – bring it back! I have really tried to get used to the Zero but cannot. Classic is still awesome but too sweet – C2 was the perfect mix – pull your heads out of your arses and get this stuff back on the shelf!
December 10th, 2006 at 12:09 am
I LOVE C-2 and have not been able to find it for months. I happened upon a coke guy stocking the shelves one day and he told me it is no longer being sold in the state of Florida as sales were to low. My reply to him was how can you sell something you don’t put on the shelf? Every grocery store in my area only had space on the shelf for two 12 packs. I always bought them when ever they were there. Any time I went into the store for any reason, I checked the C2 stock and bought what ever was there no matter how much of it I already had at home. So if they don’t want to sell it at my local store, then why doesn’t coke make it available online? PS. I have heard a rumor that it is still available in some parts of Kentucky.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
What hell happened to C-2?!!!!!
We have been getting this in w.Hollywood, CA Pavillions (Albertson’s) and all of a sudden it’s GONE!!!
No more C-2??!! I will NOT go back to regular coke nor diet coke. I will have to search for another solution.
C2 is a GREAT product! It tastes decent and yet had 1/2 the calories!!
Impressive. WHY do they insist on shooting themselves in the foot?!!
Does anyone know if they stopped making C-2?
They should have publicized the benefits more.
December 23rd, 2006 at 4:03 pm
If there are so many of us who love this fabulous product, why take it off the shelf. I stopped seeing it on the shelves August this year. I have 2 left and I can’t bear to drink them. Coke zero tastes horrible and so does diet Coke, so I drink either diet Pepsi or diet Dr. Pepper. It’s just not the same. I’m diabetic so I need to drink diet, and c2 tasted just enough like coke to fool my taste buds. It’s just a shame, they finally bring a lower carb. drink on the market that tastes good and they take it away two years later.
December 24th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
I am also upset about C2 being gone. I live in Santa Monica and up until yesterday, our local Vons and Pavillions carried it. Now it’s nowhere to be found. Is there anything to be done? I hate Coke Zero and can barely tolerate Diet Pepsi.
December 27th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Clovis California – next to Fresno – no more C2 in local stores, Vons, FoodMaxx, Savemart. it was the best, no doubt! it had great bite with half the carbs and sugar! we are going through major withdrawal…sigh.
December 28th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
We had it here in St. Louis up until three weeks ago. I went to the store this week and it had vanished. I liked the mix between diet and sweet but apparently sales suffered. Too bad–I really liked it.
January 1st, 2007 at 2:18 am
Houston we have a problem: THERE IS NO C2 TO BE FOUND IN THIS FREAKIN CITY!! Boy do I miss my C2!! And my husband and I thought we were the only ones who liked the stuff. It was just the perfect mix. Oh AND the original DP formula……….Yummy! Had some that was bought at a Sam’s in Longview,TX
Rest in Peace C2.
January 1st, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Just FYI- Found C2 at a grocery store on Hilton Head Island last week (12 packs of cans)- so happy to have found it- bought a bunch- unfort, I do not live near HH
January 1st, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I already posted this on another thread at this website… I found out that C2 will be completely gone nationwide by April 2007. The local distrubutor in St. Louis told me.
So any C2 that is till on the shelves is probably the last of it. Good Luck.
January 5th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Do you think if everyone (who likes c2) could email and threaten to boycott coca-cola.com, they would bring it back? If they are interested in making a profit…get rid of the black cherry vanilla lime lemon zero and so on and so on. C2 was and still is THE perfect soft drink for me and I’ll be damned if they take it away without a fight!!! No other company is doing anything remotely similar to C2 so there is no competition…coca cola could run the market with C2 and no competition! It just does not make any sense. Does coca-cola have a phone number to their customer service? I do believe I have a complaint!
January 5th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Well here I thought I was the only one who liked C-2. I have called Atlanta, talked to regional distributors in NM, talked to coke stocker guys in every grocery chain in Phoenix and they don’t know what happened to C-2. I used to have 20 12 packs in my garage cause they took it away the past two Decembers. I even had a friend from CA fill his car two years go but it came back. Not this time. The local Coke distributor will not return calls so I guess I will go down there. I am shocked and awed that this company has come up with such a great alternative to 140 calorie regular coke and then dumps it after two years. As a marketing professional, they advertised a couple of times on TV when it first came out and then stopped. You cant sell it if you dont advertise but then this is the same company that tried to replace Coke Classic years back and it was a colossal failure. I wish there was a way to get organized so we could overwhelm them with letters. I would do just about anything to get C-2 back but no one will talk to me. I wrote to their press section today and I will probably get that dumb auto reply. Come on Coca Cola bring back the best idea you ever had and loose the Zero the one 12 pack I have is going in the trash in the morning. I wonder how many people have to say they hate Zero before they wake up. Is anyone from Coke reading this blog. I sure hope so. Phoenix was dry before C-2 but its getting drier every day. Somehow it helps to know I am not alone in my quest.
January 6th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I just talked to somebody at Coca-Cola in Atlanta. She said that they are still making the syrup, but that it is only being distributed in North Carolina. Can anybody in NC confirm?
January 6th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
My vons stop carring it too (California).. made me mad usually they stick a discontinued sticker underneath products that are going to be eliminated… Well Coke lost my business altogether… its back to diet Dr.Pepper and water..not Dasni.
January 9th, 2007 at 6:48 am
These posts are being reposted in the hopes they help someone find C2.
I just received a call back from a Coca-Cola rep in Atlanta. She informed me that the syrup was still being made for the time being but they were not manufacturing C2 any longer there. She said that she heard through the grapevine that the syrup would no longer be being made in April and then it would not be available anywhere. As far as she knows, Coca-Cola Consolidated is the only place even producing C2. I told her I was very disappointed. She said she has received many calls and that she forwards the info to the marketing department. If they are already planning on not producing the syrup, it will probably fall on deaf ears.
I finally have C2! When I spoke to the Coke rep, she mentioned Mobile, AL as one of the places served by Coke Consolidated. My husband works near Mobile and I now have a supply. If you go to http://www.cokeconsolidated.com/map.html, you will see a map of the areas Coke Consolidated is in. If you are close to one of these places, maybe you can find some. We found plenty in Mobile. Good luck!
January 10th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The response I received from Coke in Atlanta today is only North Carolina is producing the C2. Below is the contact for LA if anyone else wants to complain. Their response is it is being manufactured but on backorder. I don’t know what to believe anymore, BUT I urge everyone to at least make a call. Without any calls this might all slip away. The website to find your local bottler is http://www.cokecce.com
Coca-Cola Enterprises Bottling Companies
1334 South Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90021
213/746-5555
January 16th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I hate the taste of diet sodas. This was not technically “Diet”, but a trend I feel all soft drink companies should consider as we in the USA are approaching an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes. USE LESS SUGAR !!!!!!!! IT’S SWEET ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!! I felt C2 hit the mark square in the bullseye…… they had a consumer for life. GOOD JOB (sincerely) for bringing us such a great drink that was refreshing rather than overwhelmingly sweet and GOOD JOB (sarcastically) for feeling the need to screw up a perfectly GREAT product………….. too bad.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
I thought I was the only one that was crazy enough to track this stuff down as well. I called Coke and was told NC too, but haven’t had any luck yet. I’m in Atlanta, and if I found somewhere where it was being sold, I think I’d stock-pile it in my basement.
Keep up the fight!
January 21st, 2007 at 12:11 am
Quityerbitchen. I did find C2 for sale online in the UK:
http://www.americansoda.co.uk/coca-cola-p-1163.html
I imagine the shipping to the US is ungodly.
January 21st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
If Coke put 1/4 of the marketing into C2 that they put into some of their other sodas, C2 sales would go through the roof. Who wouldn’t want 1/2 the sugar,carbs,calories, while keeping the great taste of Coka-Cola classic.
Maybe they are affraid C2 would take away from their other coke product sales.(coke canibalism)
Whatever the reason Coke does not have the consumers best interest in mind.
January 25th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Coke management is just like our politicians. Filled with lies, half truths, and non-commital answers.
I live in Pasadena, California. C2 is not available anywhere in the San Gabriel Valley.
Remember the stupid mistake they made with “New Coke.” Seems like the same stupidity is alive,well, and still running the company.
February 1st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Just got off the phone with 1-800-GET-COKE. I have been told they will not sell C2 anywhere but North Carolina, due to an “executive decision”, everyone please call and complain, this is our only chance of getting back our only descent low-cal beverage!!!! I live in central Illinois, I am afraid I cannot drive all the way to North Carolina to pick up some C2!!!! I refuse to drink Diet Coke, or Coke Zero, both of these are just like the hundreds of other diet sodas out there, they leave that horrible after taste in your mouth, I would rather drink water. C2 lovers unite, and let’s get our product back, otherwise it will have to be that rancid Coke Zero YUCK!!!!!!
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Oh, this is maddening! I see several other LA people have written in – we only lost it in the SFV a couple of weeks ago. I did manage to find 2 12-packs in Jon’s market yesterday, so maybe there are other packs out there somewhere. I got the same form response from Coke when I wrote to them as some others who have written on here. What I don’t understand is how they can say it wasn’t selling well…. in our local supermarkets, it was frequently sold out. When I could find it, I’d usually buy all of it, not knowing how long it would be before I would find it again! I put a call in today to Coca Cola Corporate in LA and hope to hear back from them. Please, anybody else who stumbles across this board needs to write and email Coke about C2 – maybe if enough of us do, we’ll get it back on the shelves! Yay!
February 4th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
NOT ONLY IS THIS MADDENING IT IS CRUEL! COCA-COLA COMES UP WITH THEIR BEST SODA IN THE HISTORY OF COKE ONLY TO DISCONTINUE IT. WHY? IT CAN’T BE THE BOTTOM LINE THEY NEVER GAVE IT A CHANCE.
February 5th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
I am so glad that I am not the only one who feels this way! I recently moved to Maryland/DC area and have been going crazy trying to find it, searching the Coke website, calling the distributor, etc. I totally agree with all of you and I want to get it back. I’m seriously considering driving to NC and getting some because Diet and Zero are disgusting and regular Coke is fine, but is so sweet that I can’t even finish the can. Hopefully they listen!
February 6th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
BELOW IS THE EMAIL RESPONSE RECEIVED FROM COKE:
Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola Company. We appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
Unfortunately, Coca-Cola C2 will be discontinued. As there is only one bottler still producing the product, it will only be available while supplies last in the southeastern region of the U.S. However, please know that in the United States and many other countries, it is a violation of the bottler’s contract for products to be taken from one bottler’s territory to another by a third party. We know this is disappointing, but we hope you will understand.
Please be assured that your feedback is important to us. We’d be more than happy to share your comments and your loyalty to this brand is certainly appreciated.
If you have additional questions or comments to share, please visit feel free to contact us again.
Lesley
Industry and Consumer Affairs
The Coca-Cola Company
February 7th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Just Mix Diet Coke with regular coke 50 / 50
February 20th, 2007 at 12:51 am
I know my response is a little outdated, but I’m so upset! I thought it was just a local Colorado thing when the c2 started disappearing off the grocery store shelves. I’ve already gained a couple pounds now that I’m on “full strength” again.
February 21st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
i think part of the problem is that most people never got a chance to try c2 – at the store this morning i was talking to the clerk and she had no idea that it was half carbs, half sugar….i think coke did not market this product correctly, especially to the atkins folks….sad – coke could have filled their pockets even more – joke is on them – makes me not want to drink any coke – where’s my irish coffee….
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I’m collecting signatures on an electronic petition, send your emails with anything you’d like me to share with Coke when I submit it to:
bring.back.c2@gmail.com
March 10th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I love C2 and i am so disappointed it is NO where in illinois anymore. this same exact thing happened with celestial seasonsing’s fast lane tea years ago. however, the consumers who loved it and wanted it to come back made an online petition and eventually it was brought back to the market and available online after a couple of years. we should do that.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I slowly started seeing C2 disappear and had a hunch it was going out. I hate it. I bought out all they had every time I went to the store. Coke has really lets us down with the termination of this fantastic drink. I (no kidding) have lost 75 lbs in the last 2 years and I attribute a large part of that loss to C2. Now I’m back on regular coke (which is way too sweet) and the pounds are coming back. So looks like I’ll just be giving coke up altogether cause there is no way I can drink this methane they call Coke Zero. Lets get some attention and let them know…..we want our C2 back!!!!
March 15th, 2007 at 2:11 am
You guys are RIGHT! No wonder Coke is in finanical trouble! They don’t listen to their customers. I am a life-long Coke drinker and LOVED C-2, so of course they stopped making it. We were able to buy it in select stores in Oregon as recently as October 2006, but nowhere in New York, Florida, Texas, etc. If they still have it there when I get back, I will buy the store out! Or drive to Canada for it. I even emailed Pepsi… Are you listening Coke? Wal-mart was the first store to carry C-2 in our area, maybe we should all email them. They have huge buying power! Coke, I am boycotting you! This is as bad as New Coke, maybe worse! Maybe there wouldn’t be outrage against Coke sales in schools if the IDIOTS at Coke equipped the vending machines with 50% less sugar Cokes! Or maybe add something healthy to it as well, like Vitamin C.
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Another lover of C2… My dear wife ran all over town trying to find it for me, until the last store stopped stocking it. I’d love to see it come back; on the other hand I think maybe it’s a sign from God that I should give up soft drinks altogether and imbibe something that’s better for me.
P.S. I’m writing this message using the sugar from my very last can of C2, which I found hidden away in a drawer at my office.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I would love to see Coke bring back C2, but, they won’t. The problem is not with them, not really, it is with the idiots in the world who feel a diet beverage must have no calories, no matter how horrible it tastes.
I drink Coke Zero now that the massed stupidity in the world has killed the only low sugar cola beverage ever made. These people are of the same ilk as those who took the only cold medicines off the market by abusing them to try to lose weight. The truly amazing way to enjoy C2 fo me was to mix it 50-50 with Coke Zero over ice(I Called it C4). Ah, memories.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I called the 800-get-coke number and you can tell that they do log the calls into a computer, it isn’t just a matter of blowing off steam to a flunkie with a headset. Keep calling and keep requesting C2 to be spared. Grassroots campaigns have saved television shows, local landmarks, and who knows what else. Maybe we can save (Bring back) C2. I can’t stand zero calorie drinks, love regular Coke but it is not good for my waistline. C2 helped me lose and keep off 25lbs of excess weight, have gained 10 back since C2 has no longer been available in central wisconsin with no other change to my diet or exercise.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Dear Friends of C2, I just visited here and glad to know I’m not alone in my fondness of C2. My son who breaks out with regular sugared sode loved C2 as did I.
I always thought that is was discontinued because of pressure from the artificial sweetener companies. If it really caught on they’d be out of business with their cancer causing chemicals. It’s hard to believe the reason they gave-it wasn’t that popular because diet ones were. It was gone by the time it hit the shelves here in Riverside CA. I will submit my displeasure with Coke directly also. Is everyone against public opinion anymore? Sad. Haven
April 16th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Since the demise of C2 in Louisiana, I have boycotted all soft drinks. I have only been drinking carbonated water to satisfy my cravings, sometimes with a little lime. I have not yet found a suitable substitute for C2 and wish Coke would bring it back to the shelves. If Coke can stock Tab in my local supermarket, surely they can stock C2 as well!
Here’s hoping that they come to their senses.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
C2 Gone in NH as well. We bought several cases a couple of weeks ago, and now it is nowhere to be found. We really liked it because it tasted just like classic coke, but less calories/carbs. Zero?!? You must be kidding. If I want “Zero”, I’ll drink water.
May 14th, 2007 at 6:56 am
I am so upset. I am a hardcore drinker of C2. I was also a coke freak. If you ask me I can’t tell much difference in the taste between the two. I loved the less sugar and calories and not having to deal with that diet taste. I live in NC and have had to hunt for C2 since it first came out. I told coke the reason they did not sell it was becasue it was never on the shelf. My local stores only ever kept 4 12 packs on the shlef at a time. I would have the manager at Food Lion order me 20 to 30 12 packs at a time. I told him if no one buys it why is it that one time I come in and it is here and the next time I come in it is gone. Someone must be buying it. I called my local coke distributor here several months ago and was told it was only going to still be made in the 12 packs. Well not in the last couple of weeks I can not find it anywhere. My mother found me 17 12 packs this week and she was told it was being discontinued. They say sales were slow. WHat about all that other crap coke on the shelf. Are you telling me that the coke with lime and vanilla and now vitamins is selling more than C2? I am thinking of starting a website to boycott coke for this. I love my C2 and don’t know what I will drink now. It will not be a coke product I can tell you that if thsi is how they do loyal customers. We need a petition going to bring it back. Any one else have any ideas? I am pissed.. Good luck to all of us hard core C2 fans.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
C2 in Savannah- I just bought it this weekend at a Publix on Abercorn St. (204). Yay!
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
YAY! I am SO glad to see that others are equally concerned about C2 availability. I am no longer finding it on the shelves in the Detroit area. Why on earth would they drop this wonderful drink? It made me feel better about cola drinking. Now I’ll just go back to water, I guess. I wish the boys at Coke were paying attention to all this blog!
May 24th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Coke C2 is no longer available here in Southern Alabama as I went to Walmart, Bruno’s Target, Albertsons, and Winn Dixie with no luck. C2 rules
May 24th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Ok… bought some C2 today for my wife in Charleston SC. It is still on many shelves here, mostly in BI-LO stores. It seems to have dissappeared from the local Food Lion. It is hit or miss. Hope it keeps coming.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I’m so happy to have found this blog, also happy that I’m not alone in loving C2 which I noticed was ‘disappearing’ off the shelves in all the supermarkets I checked out here in LA (and the entire LA area for I have been on a QUEST to find it!). Yes, it’s gone and I’m so sad about that. Thanks to the internet all us C2 mourners can at least know we’re not alone in our culinary grief! Way back when Coca Cola did bring back Coke Classic when public outcry demanded they do so, so if that protest was successful then let’s keep calling that 1.800.GET.COKE line and bring about the reinstatement of C2. After reading these emails, this is ridiculous we are being ignored. My feeling is that the advertising wasn’t strong enough on launching the product for had it been, the product would have sold itself as we all are testifying to. So let’s not give up the fight!
Meanwhile, my alternative is to mix Tab and Coke Classic half and half… the taste is comparable, but the mixing gets a little dicey, at best, in the car which is generally where we live here in LA.
May 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
OK folks. I just called 1-800-GET-COKE today 5/26 and the rep told me C2 has been officially discontinued. It’s gone. Those of you still claiming to be able to buy it are buying what’s left of inventories. I got the same response as hundreds of others: discontinued due to low consumer demand. My first thought was also the same as others: Coke did not market the product correctly. They did not know how to market it. Then I got to thinking. Why was this an “executive decision” as one of the previous bloggers heard? What might happen if the product were marketed as 1/2 the sugar? Why would anyone then want to buy the regular, full sugar, version (Coke Classic)? The 1/2 version may do well but never match or exceed the classic version and it could even hurt sales of Classic. Coke management can’t afford that risk. And Coke is not going to risk sales of their flagship product. Especially not now, when their market is nearly tied with Pepsi. Pepsi has caught up and might even surpass Coke. Coke is in trouble folks, and they know it. Anyway, it does still come back to the basic question: How do you market a product like C2, such as it meets demand, and hence sales numbers, sufficiently, while not risking your flagship product? That’s what Coke needed to do and they never did it. That’s why the product is gone. And yes, we, the consumer, get left without a great product. I hope someone at Coke reads this and I hope they figure out how to bring it back. Thanks for blogging. Keep the responses coming! -Jim
May 29th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Great point, Jim. Is it far fetched to think that 60 Minutes or another investigative show might find this worth checking out? If anyone reading this has any connections to them please bring it to their attention ot see if it’s of interest for a program.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:10 am
Here in Vancouver, Canada I have found C2 at local Walmart and Real Canadian Superstores again. For awhile it was missing here also. Too bad they discontinued it, it was a great product for us trying to watch our sugar intake but love the taste of the original coke.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Ok, so after multiple tries this week to make some headway with Coca Cola to try to bring their attention to this website and some of their loyal consumers feedback, I give up with them. It was impossible for me to get anything of any significance from them other than the same repeated format response. Clearly they’re just not interested in what the consumer has to say.
May 31st, 2007 at 8:51 pm
On another note, I just spoke to 2 interested employees at the coke facility and have been encouraged to have any and all who want C2 back to call 1-800-441-2653 and request that. They told me there haven’t been many calls into the call center regarding this so we do need to stay on the case and be heard. I also gave the link to this site so hopefully someone at Coca Cola will read this.
June 24th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I am in Charleston, South Carolina and this is the first time I have had trouble finding C2. I stock up whenever Bilo has a sale. This week cokes were in the ad so I headed to Bilo. No C2′s. I went to two Bilo’s in Mt. Pleasant (in Charleston) and one in West Ashley (in Charleston). These are the stores that always carried C2 in the past. It was gone. I haven’t checked other stores (Piggly Wiggly, Publix, Harris Teeter) but from the recently posted messages, I am afraid I will find the same results.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:44 am
I just went on a business trip to Canada, and found C2 in the office building convenience store. 8 when I started and only 4 left when I bought the remaining stock. A quick trip to a supermarket on the way to the airport found about 6-8 12-packs on the shelf. I would have bought them all if I had a bigger bag or time to buy a new bag, but could only stuff 1 12-pack in my small bag. Still a good birthday weekend. Now, how can I get back to Canada to get some more?
I’d drive miles out of my way to get the stuff if they would stock a reasonable amount just in 1 location in each area (I’m in Dallas). I’d even find a reason to drive to a different city in the state if I had to if they only chose 1 city per state.
July 1st, 2007 at 1:29 pm
There haven’t been many calls to the call center? Another lie? Or perhaps new employees work the center every day and calls are reset daily.
It would strike me that coke has lowered the calls coming in much the same as they reduced customer interest; they barely stocked it
in my area from Memorial Day to Labor Day last year so of course sales were going to be down and the product has been gone since then.
And when you pull it state by state, market by market over the course of a year the calls certainly dribble rather than pour in.
I am always pleased to stop back here and see more people finding this venue for their grief process so let me say it one more time;
I had purchased coke product for many years, c2 came along as I wanted/needed it, and I’m irritated with cokes process-no advance announcement of pulling the product that their screwing with ability to buy caused lowered purchasing (remember Pepsi pulled their half calorie product first, with advance announcement, and this is why coke pulled c2, no competition!).
I have called the call center multiple times, emailed them too and I have been bumped to and called the outfit messing with all of Florida; and I have been much more clear than they, I have told all of them just as you how they themselves caused lowered sales and that I would not buy another coke product until they were either honest with their customers or replaced the product which was selling in SW Florida quite well-when they would put it on shelves anyway, Larry
July 7th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
just got back from a vacation in Montrael..many 2 liter bottles of coke C-2 on the shelves..none in New York..really sad..selling in Canada but not US ???
July 13th, 2007 at 1:24 am
I now only have 1 case of C2 left…What should I do, drink it all at once or drink i can per week ? Or donate it to a museum ? What do you think? mrfreeman109@hotmail.com
July 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
We have had the same problem in Virginia no were to be found. What a disappointment as it was one of the best products to come out the taste was the same as orginial coke with out the quilt of all the sugar and other evils in the orginal. Sure hope they bring it back We have asked our local Kroger stores to check with the Coke Representives but have had no response. Thanks to this link we now know it is dead and can cancel our search every where we go.
thanks for the infor and hopefully they will think it through and bring it back.
July 16th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Patti has the same problem…only worse….shes pulling her hair out at the roots…C2 WITHDRAWALS.
Her hands shake so bad from the DTs that I have to type this for her, while she sits here and drools like a mental patient on Thorazine.
No C2 to be found on the Morganton area of NC.
Please, someone…help her.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:07 am
I’m with Larry- we bought as much in SW Florida as we could, only to see it disappear. In 2006, we got the last 20 cases in S. Ft. Myers. I made the same calls as many have made here, found the only place it was being bottled was in NC, and it was due to be discontinued in 2007. From reading responses here, apparently that has also happened. We even went so far as to have friends & family going to NC to visit to buy as much as they could & bring it back. Coke gets a “Zero” in my book for dangling a half-calorie carrot and then pulling it away.
August 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Ditto to everyone’s reply…. no C-2 to be found in the foothills of South Carolina. The same reply from Coke. Help! We need C-2!!!
September 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Coke C2 is alive and well in Canada. That’s it. The only way to get Coke C2 is to go to Canada, or have someone in Canada buy Coke C2 and ship it to you. Coca-Cola will not ship Coke C2 to your local distributor. Our neighbors to the north finally did something right.
September 5th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Does anyone know if all these reviews have been seen by Coke Co.?
I lost from a size 14 down to a 9 on the C-2 which tasted great, and it only took me 3 months. I was buying it in Snowflake Arizona in 2006. Then in North Carolina. Now I’m in Oklahoma and no one’s even heard of it. What will we do? I am drinking 12 Coke Classic a day and that’s 1680 calories! Coke manufacturers wake up!
September 5th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Where ? I am in Canada North of Toronto. I have not found C2 for a month or so. I cannot drink regular coke and can no longer tolerate diet/zero. Diet Pepsi make me sick. I went to local convenience store merchant asked what I was looking for. When I said C2 they asked if I was from US as they haven’t had seen it for a while.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Sobey’s in Winnipeg is loaded with them. I recommend trying Sobey’s in Toronto (or elsewhere).
September 7th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I live in Michigan and haven’t seen C2 on the store shelves for about 6 months now. I hate Diet Coke and Coke Zero. C2 was the best! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!
September 8th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I just wanted to post as another Coke C2 fan who cannot believe the corporate dopes have dropped this porduct. It was a unique soft drink and the favorite of everyone in my house. I did not realize it had been disappearing everywhere. Evidently we were fortunate in that we could find it locally here in southwest Virginia until late this spring (I think the last I found was in April/May). I guess it was probably coming from that North Carolina bottler I have seen mentioned in some posts. Anyway, I am calling the company and hope others are continuing the fight. There is no way the Vanilla and vitamin-enriched (oh geez!) versions have more of a following than Coke C2. Corporations should be about profits and I just can’t see how C2 is not more of a money maker than some of the other duds they are producing.
October 4th, 2007 at 1:16 am
I’m from Vancouver, BC Canada. C2 seems to be dwindling here now and I’m totally addicted. I drank the last one I found hidden out in the garage fridge tonight. I’m going to check out a couple of places tomorrow – wish me luck
By the way John – your neighbours to the north have done plenty of things right.
October 9th, 2007 at 12:28 am
I wish coke had pushed C2 half as much as they pushed the other junk….. I agree with someone above that it has to be chilled BEFROE serving (how hard would that have been to say) … the following for the drink would have been even greater had they made the slightest effort. I had my boyfriend bring them from Mobile AL for about six months after I couldn’t find them in Gulfport MS. He bought 7 to 8 cases a trip for my mother,neice and myself….. I just hit all five Wal-Marts in the city of Mobile and found ZERO!!! No pun intended!!! I guess I will finally give in and face the fact that it doesn’t matter what we think and know about how good this product is and could have been…….it’s gone!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:38 am
C2 was available once in a while here in B.C Canada up until the late summer. Now I have been on a hunt for it at my local super markets as well as Walmart…..no where to be found !
I miss my Coke C2 and Vodka on the weekends…….this is killing me !
What can we do to really get this ball rolling and wake Coka Cola up ???
This sucks !
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:33 am
…………..BREAKING NEWS………………………….!!
Coke C2 is still alive and kicking in Victoria B.C !
I talked to the Coke rep at Walmart and asked him why there wasn’t any C2 to be found anywhere ? He told me that he was pretty sure he had some in his truck, I was thinking yeah sure…..he must have it confused with something else. He came back and told me that he has 8 12 packs. I told him that I would take them all !
At this point I’m happy that it is still being produced. Diet lime is always on the shelf….what’s with that?, you would think that the C2 would be a better seller and therfore be on display for sale more than it currently is.
December 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Apparently, Coke C2 is available in the Birmingham, AL area. There is still a bottler in the SE U.S. with it (most likely, Atlanta, GA) so I am going to call there directly and see if there is a way to order it from them directly.
Undrhil
December 28th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
So THRILLED to find this site. Like so many others, I thought I was the Lone Ranger in my quest. It goes without saying, but if anyone finds the C2, let us know. The Atlanta Bottler is not making C2 and hasn’t made it since August of 2006. I bought my last C2s in September of 2006. My story is the same as so many others – lost 28 lbs. Down from a size 12 to a size 6. Love the taste of C2. C2 is the perfect compromise for those of us that despise the taste of diet drinks. And, ZERO is absolutely repulsive!! With all of the CRAP Coca-Cola makes, I cannot believe C2 wasn’t selling. I always cleared the store shelves when I bought it. In fact, C2 seemed to be the only soft drink that did sell out – CONSISTENTLY!. A C2 is only 1 point in the Weight Watchers point program. Weight Watchers is a big organization. Can we get Weight Watchers to put the squeeze on Coca-Cola? Sure hope we can do something to get C2 back and hope it doesn’t take as long as it did with the New Coke/Coke Classic fiasco!
Kellee
January 1st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Thanks, guys, I thought the Lansing MI was not stocking C2, and I agree the taste is better than Diet Coke and Coke Zero. When I woudl find it< i woudl take all the 12-packs that was on the shelf. I drink Coke as my coffee in the morning and C2 really help me slim down. On the Coproate website, it states that one of the chief officers was fired over the low sales of C2. Yes, if they marketed C2 like Coke Zero, the sales would soar.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Jan. 2nd 2008 at 3:30 PM
Well, I am writing from Toronto, Canada and it looks like C2′s will not be available in Ontario anymore. The grocer at Dominion (a large grocery chain in Canada) informed me last week that he was told that coke would no longer manufacture C2′s in Ontario. I noticed that someone else on this blog recommended mixing coke classic and diet coke (or presumably zero) equal parts. I am tempted to try that but I am so pissed at coke that I don’t want to give them any more of my money? Pepsi? are you listening? Make a product like C2 and the people will buy it.
January 5th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Pepsi did have a similar product called Pepsi Edge which was only around for a few months and it wasn’t as good as C2. I always liked pepsi better but the C2 got me hooked on coke now. I now mix a can of CF diet coke and a can of CF classic coke which I like and it is caffeine free unlike the C2.
January 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I live in Toronto and have been searching for C2 for the last two weeks. My family and I have been loyal Coke Classic customers for years and years, and C2 is the ONLY semi-diet drink that I will even touch. I’m extremly upset to hear that it has been discontinued. I’ll try the mix, but isn’t it ridiculous that we have to make our own drink? Come on Coke…re-market C2! If there are this many people who are dedicated to it, just imagine what market share you could seize if you marketed it properly.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I was hooked on C2 here in Edmonton Alberta, but cannot find it at any stores anymore.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Add Ottawa Canada to the list. The local WalMarts no longer stock. I saw some at LOEB on the weekednd at $4.99 for 12 I guess I’ll have to go and stock up!!
February 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
okay, if C2 is gone, and we can keep trying to get it back, as a new diabatic, what is there out there that does not have the terrible diet after taste . I ahve not found anything that has lower sugar and a good taste.
Anyone have any ideas?
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I live in Windsor, Ontario Canada, and I have always been a die hard Coke Classic drinker, then I tried C2 and couldn’t believe how good it was, with so few calories….Now the heartbreak of not being able to find it in stores. Bring it back there are a lot of loyal customers out there.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Leave feedback for Coke at this website.
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/contactus/cokefeedback/index.html
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 am
Was lied to by a Coke merchandiser for Walmart. I told him I was still ticked they cut C@. He said he had good news, that Coke was to reintroduce C2 in Walmarts in AZ on Feb 18th, in 6pks, fridge pks & 2 liters. If it sold well, they would unroll it to supermarkets. He stated that Coke recvd 135,000 complaints from C2 fans.
I’ve been to my local Walmart twice since, the one he stocks, none!! Lies, Lies & more lies.
Guess I continue splitting a can with my wife for our version of C2
April 11th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Man, didn’t know that I wasn’t alone in how much I miss C2! I thought I’d found the perfect product: pretty much coke classic taste and half the bad stuff! It sure made it easier for me to go have a coke… because I wasn’t being so bad!
Wonder if it will ever come back… Man, I really hate diet Coke and I really don’t like Zero that well. Ugh…
Keeping my fingers crossed…
April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 am
I too miss C2 – so made my own – take a Coke Classic & a Coke Zero – mix the 2 together (I use a glass milk bottle) and you have C2……. well almost !!
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April 28th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
C2 is still available in some stores in Toronto Canada.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I miss C2 so much. It was great. I got completely hooked on it. To the point where Coke was too sweet. I almost didn’t go back to regular Coke. Diet Pepsi is almost better.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I have not read all the blogging , but can only confirm that C2 has also disappeared here in Western Canada.
We have tried everything we can to get it – there is only one COKE bottler in Western Canada and they refuse comment and even hung up one time telling me my complaining was pointless. So much for customer relations in Canada.
Needless to say my wife and myself are very disappointed , it was the only COKE product we have purchased for almost a year. As a result we have decided not to buy any mainline soda products, there are plenty of colas. We have found a locally made product here that is OK , but not calorie reduced and of course – not COKE. This means we drink less – period. Maybe a good thing EHH !
Have a nice COKE-less day.
July 9th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I am from Honduras and taste C2, while in vacations at Houston.
Big Fan of Classic Coke and love the taste of C2. Coke Zero is sold here but hate it.
Bring Back C2
July 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
According to the New York Times, Coca-Cola posted a $3.17 billion second quarter loss on Thursday, 7/17/08. The article goes on to say Coca-Cola will be raising prices after Labor Day due to high commodity costs and DECLINING AMERICAN SODA SALES!!! Of course, C2 drinkers cannot assume full responsibility for this loss and the declining American soda sales; however, it would be nice to think we were a major contributing factor. Personally, my household was going through a 12 pack a day when the C2s were available. I have completely QUIT purchasing any Coke products. I now make 1 to 2 gallons of tea a day sweetened with 1/2 a cup of sugar and supplemented with Splenda. It has been almost 2 years now and my family and I have become quite acclimated to life without C2! Of course, if Coca-Cola should decide to bring these back, I would buy the C2s. In the meantime, life goes on! I think it is a shame that this company tries to accommodate so many people with so many of the brands they offer – diet, zero, caffeine free, lemon, lime, etc., etc., etc. The really missed the boat on the MAJORITY! The majority of us want what only C2 delivered…ALL THE TASTE WITH 1/2 THE CALORIES AND CARBS!
July 26th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I am So THRILLED to find this site! Like so many others, I thought I was alone in my quest. C2 is the perfect compromise for those of us that despise the taste of diet drinks. I always cleared the store shelves when I bought it. In fact, C2 seemed to be the only soft drink that did sell out – CONSISTENTLY!. I had to give up Coke completely after they took C2 off the shelf due to weight gain! We can still win this battle! There is a petition at http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/bringbackc2
Be sure to tell all your friends!
November 4th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I haven’t been here in a while now. It’s been so long since C2 was pulled in SW Florida – and I ceased buying coke products – I had to find my old posts and realize it has been just over two years now! I signed Sandra’s petition mentioned above, it appeared that there were perhaps a few more there on topic but felt that one was enough. I went with -
“I support this petition. And would like to state that I have not purchased a coke product since C2 disappeared from SW Florida. Atlanta LIED to me, “it is your distributor who decided to remove it from shelves,” but tell me now that it’s not available anywhere are you still making the syrup?”
It appears to me here that no more markets carry C2, Kellee points out a $3.17 BILLION second quarter loss and I would have been good for at least a 6 pack a day. Though I did attempt to blend other coke products I found none to be worthwhile. However, Dr Pepper is a Pepsi product where I live and I make my own mix, 2 diet to one regular, just 50 calories per 12 oz serving down from C2s 70 calories! I refer to it as D3 or my own FU2 to the liars in Atlanta.
Now coke and Pepsi have reduced 12 packs to 8s and cases to 18s and prices remain nearly the same, tsk tsk, though Pepsi does have a reasonable local sale this week. I used to pay whatever asked for C2 but am not sure that I would ever go back even if rereleased, it would have to be a much better buy to get me back, perhaps begin by sending me a handful of those freebies like you tried while lying through your teeth to me a few years ago, you still have my sddress somewhere, I had been a coke customer for some 30 years, ciao!
December 10th, 2008 at 8:16 am
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pass it on.
Let’s create a group and together petition coca-cola to bring C2 back to the mass market. Let’s all call on the same day. Someone please post a number where we can call and email coca-cola.
June 8th, 2010 at 4:55 am
Glad I found this site. I really miss Coke C2. When I contacted the Coca-Cola company, they were very up front and told me they discontinued it and that I should try Coke Zero. Pahleeze! Diet soda SUCKS, no matter if it’s made with Splenda, Stevia, Aspartame, whatever. I loved the Coke C2 because it was a great way to still drink good soda and cut my sugar. There’s no difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke or any other diet sodas on the market. Why can’t anyone produce a half-sugar version of their soda? I posted the petition to Facebook and e-mailed the company that they should bring it back. Maybe we should all go plead with the PepsiCo???