Mountain Dew Mayhem

I'm pregnant and i love mt dew, id like to just find a couple 2 liters
to get me throuh till i have this baby in 2 months but i cant find it
anywhere, i live in ohio and i checked walmart and they have it in 12
pack cans but thats it. if anyone would like i can buy some send it or
something, i know id die without mt dew ;)

I was able to find CFMD anywhere. Now I can't seem to find it in any
of the grocery stores. WHY??? They keep the regular MD with caffeine,
on the shelves of all the grocery stores. You won't find a problem
finding it anywhere. Just like cigarettes/beer..they leave the beer
and other harsh drinks on the shelves for people to drink and then go
out on the hwys. to kill someone. Whoever heard of someone killing
someone while smoking a cigarette? well....enough of that. How about
the people who are allergic to caffeine? for instance..ME!! I think
they should give us people a break!! please put CFMD back on the
grocery shelves. Caffeine is addictive...So what are you people trying
to do, get everyone addicted? Give us other people a break. PLEASE PUT
CFMD BACK ON THE SHELVES. Just like fast food restaurants. All they
serve (MOST of them) are sprite or 7up...it would be nice to go
through one of them and order a CF drink, especially MD.

i have the same problem i cant have sugar so really have to have diet
caffeine free but i did some research and they still sell it through a
company in the carolinas called carolina canners inc. u could probably
order some from them or from one of their clients provided u dont
mind payin a shit load of shipping cost or goin to get it yourself.

I was also FURIOUS when they took away the Canadian, caffeine-free
diet Mountain Dew since I had been drinking this for many years! If
Pepsi wants to addict all sorts of people to caffeine, so be it, but
at least leave the rest of us who just enjoy it for the taste with an
alternative! Imagine my excitement when staying in Destin, Florida
this winter when I found CAFFEINE FREE, DIET MOUNTAIN DEW, in a
Walmart store there. I , of course, figured that I would be able to
find the same thing in other areas of the US but when we went to the
Port Charlotte area in Feb. we couldn't find it anywhere. If I had
known this, I would have bought about 20 cases at the time. A couple
of weeks ago I tried to find it in the Lewiston, New York area, which
is only about an hour and a half drive away from where we live in
Canada. with the plan of taking some home but NO LUCK.
WHY CAN'T I FIND DIET, CAFFEINE-FREE MOUNTAIN DEW anywhere but
Destin, Florida? Can anyone help me to find it somewhere else?

Just wanted to say also that I have been a customer with Pepsi Co for
24 yrs. and I am as I say very upset about them taking Diet Mt. Dew
Code Red off the shelves here in Oklahoma. I have seen on other sites
that we are not the only city that has this problem either. So all I
can say is if the Diet Mt.Dew Code Red does not get back on the
shelves then they have lost my business for good. I WANT TO SEE THE
DIET MT.DEW CODE RED BACK ON THE SHELVES. I AM SPEAKING FOR ME AND
OTHERS WHO DRINK THIS PRODUCT. I know you can bring it back. Now get
off your lazy butt and bring it back or you have lost some customers
especially me. I really hope this gets read by a Pepsi member

I am very upset that they took the Diet Mt Dew Code Red off the
shelves. I am a diabetic and this is the only pop that I found that I
liked. I have been a customer with Pepsi Co and use to buy the Reg.
Mountain Dew, before I came down with diabete's and then I found the
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red and it was as close to the Mountain Dew I
use to drink. I can't believe that you get a good one out on market
and then take it away from alot of others who like the same thing. If
the Diet Mt. Dew Code Red does not appear back on the shelves in
Oklahoma, then I am done with drinking pop and will not support Pepsi
Co.

Youve got to be joking, right? Mountain Dew is the best thing that
ever happened to this planet!! Canada has ruined you by getting you
hooked to Mountain Dew WITHOUT caffeine. What a JOKE!! What a
idiocracy!! When I first came to Canada, I looked and looked and
couldnt believe that I couldnt find my long time favorite drink I had
loved so much in the states. All I could find was this pansy
decaffeinated version!! WTF!!! I cant believe it. I guess I know what
happened to the GOOD STUFF before I got here. SCHMUCKS like you got it
taken off the shelves because you couldnt handle it. LOL!! I bet you'd
like some milk and cookies, eh? How about some CHEESE with that WINE?
Ya BIG BABY! Mountain Dew is the GREATEST drink of ALL TIME! Without
caffeine it's not even the same drink. Trying making french toast
without the toast. Hmmm, what happens? IT'S NOT THE SAME!! LOL!!

Pepsi Company does sell a Caffeine Free Mountain Dew here in the US
(I;ve bought some in Utah in 2005). However, trying to get Pepsi to
carry it where I live has become ridiculous. They keep telling me
that "...there is no market for it..." where we live. I keep asking
"How do you KNOW that there is no market for it here if you won't
carry it to see if it sells?" It's pretty ridiculous! I have looked
online to see if I can order from anywhere else and I haven't found a
place yet. However, I'm not giving up!

Caffeine has often been called the "Christian" drug of choice... I had
to quit drinking carbonated sodas because they were causing bad chest
pains... I'd love to find a non-caffeinated Mountain Dew... Good luck
finding some... :)

Mountain Dew/Pepsi are great about satisfying true complaints, you
might get some freebies...

do the dew

This has to be the most intersting letter/responses that I have ever
read! I had no idea that in Canada and Australia, MD has always been
caffeine-free. I kind of feel bad for you guys, because I always loved
MD because of its high caffeine-great pick-me-up.
Now, with the introduction of this MD Fuel...is this going to be in
America too? Is it going to replace the MD I know and love? If so,
will it taste different?

So many questions...I need answers!

I'm a Canadian as well, and the OP is correct. Until several months
ago, the only version of Mountain Dew you could get here was caffiene
free. Just wanted to clarify since several posters stated "Mountain
Dew has always had it".

it would appear that mountain dew distribuion substitued Dew Fuel for
original mountain dew. That appeared to be a marketing decision which
leaves consumers like you isolated. it might be useful to bring this
to the attention of Mountin Dew.

Mountain Dew has always had caffine. It has the highest amount of
caffine, next to Jolt. Now, there IS caffine free MD. I buy it all
the time in the WM store, but it has lost alot of carbonation, but it
is still good. I'm not sure what the stores up there carry but it is
in all of the grocery stores down here.

Your request for compensation makes no sense. If I got freebies due
to 'unfortunate circumstance' then I would have a lot of stuff.

I bought a bottle one day at lunch time and a co-worker asked to try
some as well. So I poured her some and we bottomed up.

And both slapped our hands over our mouths, eyes bugging out, and
nearly spit it out.

and now that I think of it, I had a cold at the time, so maybe I
didn't get the full taste. The only reason I know what I do about
soda is because my son is obsessed with it and brings most of the new
flavors home. I worry more about the sugar than the caffeine, so I
insist he drinks diet. His favorite is Code Red, but I never let him
have it because there is no diet version, or so I thought until
reading these posts. I wish the company would send some diet Code Red
our way!

...that reminds me of when Crystal Pepsi came out! I was in college at
the time and worked part time in the information booth at a mall.
Pepsi ran a promotion in the mall to give out free 12 oz cans of the
new soda. They set up a machine right outside the booth and we had to
hand it out to customers who stopped by. Our boss told us we could
help ourselves whenever we wanted. The other girl on my shift and I
each took a can, sipped it, and had much the same reaction you
described. Neither of us touched another drop the rest of the week :-)

And what did you local store manager say when you asked why they no
longer stock the old version? Were you told that PepsiCo was no
longer selling it?

What is the Canadian law (or case law) on addictive substances? Has
caffeine been declared an addictive substance? Are there laws
restricting the sale of such items?

"...which is Mountain Dew with Caffeine..."

*blinks*

Mountain Dew has always had caffeine...it was like, the original
energy drink. You wanted to stay awake, you drank Mountain Dew all
night! Is something different in Canada??

Sprite and 7up are Caffeine free...but not Mountain Dew??

Your title cracked me up and, until you decided to ask for freebies to
which you are not entitled, this was a good letter. Actually, I found
it interesting because I never even heard of caffeine free Dew. In
fact, I know several people who drink Mt. Dew instead of coffee for
the caffeine kick. All I know is that, around here, at least, Mt. Dew
has always had caffeine.

I'm pretty sure that I drank Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew just the
other day!

OK... I checked and there is Caffeine Free Mountain Dew

http://www.pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/ingredient_facts/index.php

Solution: Go to the local convenience store, that you shop at often,
and tell them to order you some CFMD from the distributor (Talk to the
day manager). If they are nice, they might hook you up!
If this doesn't work, then try a local grocery store.
-Maybe you could order direct!

Aw, dude... I was with you (even tho I thought you were being a tad
melodramatic) until you demanded freebies.

I had a well-founded response pointing out the caffeine levels of
various soft drinks, with Dew being tied for third (tied with Pepsi,
behind Jolt and Red Bull). Then I googled for caffeine-free Dew and
found that in Australia and Canada, Dew has always been caffeine-free
(well, at least it had no ADDED caffeine, so the "natural" levels
likely are minimal):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew

"However, Mountain Dew marketed in Australia and Canada(see Dew
Fuel/Mountain Dew Energy varieties below) as well as several U.S.
states has no caffeine added at all."

I can't drink caffine becuase I suffer from chronic insomnia, but I've
never seen caffine free mountain dew in my life.

"Classic" Mountain Dew is loaded with caffeine. Dew Fuel may well
have more caffeine than the original, but it is by no means a new idea
to put caffeine in Mountain Dew. Maybe that is different in Canada,
but your "neighbor to the south," has been getting amped on Dew for
years! Personally, I think it's nasty, but I admit to drinking it in
college during all-night cramming sessions.

As far as getting free stuff, that is just silly. Writing a letter to
express your displeasure with Pepsi's products or business practices
is a great use of PFB. Asking for unwarranted free stuff is not.

Caffeine free Mountain Dew??? I never heard of that. The whole point
of Mountain Dew was always the EXTRA caffeine, more than any other
soft drink.

I had no idea there was a caffeine free version, and we certainly
don't have it in the U.S., but if that's the way it's sold in Canada,
I'm surprised it is no longer available.

So, I guess you have a valid complaint, however, it is unreasonable,
even ridiculous, to expect free products when a business decision is
made that displeases you.

I agree with you completely about caffeine. There are many drinks
with caffeine in them that I just can't drink now. Mountain Dew is
one of them, Dr Pepper is another. However, here in the US, I have
never seen Mountain Dew that did not have caffeine in it. As far as I
know, it's always been sold that way in the US. Of course, that's
likely different in Canada.

As for your request for free products from Pepsi, it's just
ridiculous. You didn't suffer a loss of any kind. You may not be
able to purchase caffeine-free Mountain Dew where you live anymore,
but that doesn't mean that Pepsi should GIVE you anything.

Just switch to Sprite or 7-Up or any of the various other
caffeine-free drinks, just like many of us do.