What Do You Do When a Product is Discontinued?

@patgalca (18481)
Orangeville, Ontario
February 10, 2016 2:35pm CST
I am beside myself. I have been searching all over town for the past three weeks for my favourite yogurt which is also necessary for health reasons - Activia No Fat Strawberry yogurt in tub size. I finally called my grocer's today and they said that product has been discontinued. Activia is a probiotic yogurt which is necessary for IBS. No fat, obviously, is necessary as with my illness (fibromyalgia) weight gain is an issue when due to pain you are unable to be as active as one needs to be. No fat is only available in Vanilla. I don't want vanilla. I want flavour and I want fruit. Not just want, NEED. In going to the websites to complain I saw on the American website that they have a "Light" Strawberry in a 4-pack. I can handle light. It was actually "light" before it was "no fat". But a 4-pack? Really? I eat this every day. The individual cups are so small I would have to eat two at a time. And this would obviously be more expensive in the long run. What do you do when your favourite product has been discontinued?
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
10 Feb 16
How about adding the strawberries yourself?
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 16
I was gonna say the same thing. I used to do that for my kids when they were very little - just smash some strawberries and mix it with plain vanilla. I find that the premixed stuff has a lot of sugar in it.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
@much2say @marlina I was thinking about that. It's probably my only option... unless there is another brand with the same qualities.
ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
10 Feb 16
I have complained to the manufacturer whenever something I really like/need is discontinued, or I can't find it at our local stores. Sadly it never makes a difference. Must be that I am the only one that liked something?
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
11 Feb 16
@patgalca I am sure that you are not the only one to complain. Hopefully it will make a difference.
patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
@ElusiveButterfly I haven't heard back from them.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
I did send an email through the Danone website. We'll see what they come back to me with, if they contact me at all.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Feb 16
lok f or it elsewhere or buy plain yogurt and add m,y own fresh strawberries to itl I am trying to find noxema a face cleanser I reallylove thats old as the hlls but cannt find it maybe on l ine?
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
I remember using Noxema when I was a teenager.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382056)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 16
This would be so annoying. Can you add anything to the plain yoghurt to give it a bit of flavour?
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
That's my only choice... or see if another brand has something similar. It's got to be probiotic and no fat, no sugar and with fruit.
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
12 Feb 16
@JudyEv Me too. I don't want to be adding fruit to vanilla yogurt. It's not even plain yogurt, it's vanilla. Meh.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382056)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Feb 16
@patgalca Hope you find something to replace your old brand.
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Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
11 Feb 16
i tend to look for other products, close to the one i am using
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
I haven't yet looked at the other brands on the shelf. I'll do that next time I go shopping.
fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Feb 16
Oh yea it will be way more expensive. I hate when they discontinue stuff I love and need and want,. They do that mess all the time. How bout you buy the fruit and put it in the Vanilla
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
That may be my only option, but strawberries aren't cheap.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Feb 16
@patgalca Nothing is cheap anymore for sure.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 16
I scream ! I don't know if there is Trader Joe's up there, but it happens at that store. I've had refried beans, a frozen pasta dish, some lemon dessert and some other stuff that had been discontinued there - never to return to the shelves. I know - it's really hard finding a substitute for something that was just perfect as it was!!
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patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Feb 16
I got upset when Jamie Oliver's frozen scalloped potatoes were discontinued... but happy when they brought it back better than before. Hopefully that will be the case here.
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