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End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: MrNoBody

Date: October 16, 2020 06:18PM

CNBC

Coca-Cola to retire Tab, its first diet soda, as it trims its portfolio

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Coke first introduced Tab to consumers in 1963, aiming the zero-calorie drink at
women. In the 1970s and 1980s, as Americans tried fad diets, the diet soda grew
more popular but faded once Diet Coke was introduced in 1982. The company said
that Tab has maintained a “small but loyal” number of fans in recent decades.
More than half a century after Tab’s launch, Coke is betting on Diet Coke and Coke
Zero Sugar to fulfill consumers’ cravings for sugar-free, low calorie soda.

(Story has info about other brands Coke is scrapping.)
Tab? barf smiley

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: hal

Date: October 16, 2020 06:28PM

some of my earliest memories are of the original Tab media blitz for the intro

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: DeusxMac

Date: October 16, 2020 06:32PM

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: AllGold

Date: October 16, 2020 06:37PM

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That was the first thing I thought of, too.

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: MrNoBody

Date: October 16, 2020 07:00PM

I remember Donna "Hot for Teacher" Rupert...
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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: Don C

Date: October 16, 2020 10:44PM

Wife was a huge Tab fan. Had to learn to like it, but eventually it was her go to drink. Don't think I've seen one in the stores for a long time so she moved on to other too-much-sugar-for-my-taste drinks.

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: Buzz

Date: October 17, 2020 12:00AM

Mama made me drink it for a few years when it was intro'ed. Pretty much bailed on diet soda after bailing on living at home (after HS) over half a century ago. Still know several Tab loyalists, that are gonna be saddened. Only good thing about Tab was the special shape of its returnable bottles.
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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: Will Collier

Date: October 17, 2020 08:12AM

I remember my aunt was addicted to it in the 70's. Can't remember the last time I saw a can of Tab though.

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: RAMd®d

Date: October 17, 2020 10:59AM

Way back when, it was sold in bottles from vending machines, and it was the most soda one could get for the money.

And that mattered more than taste.

Years later, I new somebody who, as a fully grown adult drank it much for the same reason I had.

I could barely believe I imbibed in my younger years, and wouldn't consider drinking one again.

It wasn't appealing at all.

I don't think I've seen it anywhere for decades.

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: Buzz

Date: October 17, 2020 11:37AM

I thought the Tab bottles with the pronounced ridge/ledge at the top of the knurled glass "booster" section looked like rocket ships.
It was weird that there were like a zillion different variations on the bottles back then...
probably depended on who/where the bottle was made for the bottling plant.
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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: AllGold

Date: October 17, 2020 01:45PM

I'm pretty sure I've had at least a couple bottles/cans when I was a kid but I don't have a clue what it tastes like.

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: MrNoBody

Date: October 17, 2020 02:31PM

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AllGold
I'm pretty sure I've had at least a couple bottles/cans when I was a kid but I don't have a clue what it tastes like.

this comes to mind...

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Re: End of an era?? Didn't realize they still sold it!

Posted by: pRICE cUBE

Date: October 17, 2020 02:49PM

1. I had no idea it still existed.

2. I recall every teacher I ever had in elementary school drinking this stuff.

3. I don't recall it tasting so good.

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