What happened to my favourite soda Sprite?

@hotsummer (13835)
Philippines
August 5, 2018 11:00am CST
Do you like Sprite? No, I didn't just start this question just to know how many here like sprite or even maybe to start a discussions the way they do here before when mylot was just new. It's just because I just went to eat on fast-food KFC in the Philippines, in manila. and ordered a set meal of fried chicken , rice and sprite. I just wanted to drink sprite but then I thought I haven't had a breakfast yet and it's lunch time already so I should order a meal of fried chicken also. Since soda might be bad for empty stomach I thought. But I noticed, while I'm waiting on the counter for my order to be served, there are so many lots of sprite being served. Seems like most customers like sprite more than the other kind of sodas and even more than iced tea which is actually more popular choice and more preferred by people here when ordering drinks. But anyway after getting my order and starting to drink my favorite soda sprite, it tastes more like water. It's sparkling like sprite but it doesn't taste like sprite at all. It's a bit bitter in taste than water but it doesn't taste a soda or sprite at all. So I thought maybe because they don't have enough sprite to serve the people or customers that they might added water to it too accommodate all the orders. And I have seen some customers getting up off their seats to complain that they didn't get sprite but water only. I noticed one customer,a foreigner, who was alone like me, after drinking or taking a sip of her sprite, seems to be in a bad mood after that. She picked her bag from the table and threw it hard on the long chair she was sitting on and it made such disturbing noise. I came there just for the Sprite but I end up not getting what I want. It's not first time on having bad impression or experience eating on that fast-food chain on that branch only. I had no problem on their other branches though just on this branch. But still kfc is my favorite fast food chain. I will still eat on kfc but on their other branches. Not on this one that I had bad experiences. I will avoid this branch. It seems to me not all outlets of kfc had the same quality of food and soda. So I will go back to where I had good experience or good meal.
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@BarBaraPrz (45484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Aug 18
Maybe the mixer wasn't working properly, or even the sprite syrup canister was empty and the person behind the counter didn't notice.
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@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
5 Aug 18
Oh is that how they make or serve sodas on fast-food. They make their own.
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@BarBaraPrz (45484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Aug 18
@GardenGerty (157545)
• United States
5 Aug 18
What I was going to say @BarBaraPrz
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@rsa101 (37948)
• Philippines
6 Aug 18
I guess you drank from the machine and not from the tin can or the bottle. Sometimes the machine doesn't mixed well and doesn't get the taste of the sprite. I think you can complain to them and have it replaced if you wanted it to.
@rsa101 (37948)
• Philippines
7 Aug 18
@hotsummer Ok but I think you deserve to get what you paid for. But anyway for as long as you've enjoyed your meal in general then there's no problem in that.
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
6 Aug 18
I did not bother to complain as I know they would just be slow in replacing it and I do not want to wait that long. I just bought a sprite on a plastic bottle on the store .
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@bluelion (625)
• Philippines
5 Aug 18
I have also experienced it in McDonalds. I have it changed but it still tastes the same. The man at the counter said it's sprite zero. But I have also a feeling that they added water on it. I finished the meal but not the soda. It really tastes bad. By the way, I also wonder why most of the fast food chains here don't have Coke. Maybe there's a shortage. That's why I often ended up with Sprite. I hope whatever problem there is, it will be solved.
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
5 Aug 18
Yeah maybe. Or might be the price increase on sodas and sugar have caused them to cut cost since they can't increase the price of their meal.
@dya80dya (33510)
5 Aug 18
No, I don't like Sprite. It has a lemon taste and I hate it.
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
6 Aug 18
I think it taste different. Mountain dew taste like a lemon.
5 Aug 18
This is very weird since I thoughts sodas are always packed in an enclosed bottle and sealed. Am just trying to imagine the situation.
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
5 Aug 18
Yeah that's what i thought about sodas also
@Sojourn (13836)
• India
5 Aug 18
Can't believe such a renowned fast food chain like kfc can do that... its a shame
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
5 Aug 18
Indeed. Such a shame for fast food chain to resort to this for whatever reason.
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