Soft drink Lift will be canned from supermarket shelves as Coca-Cola Australia moves to replace it with a caffeinated alternative.
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Coca-Cola Australia confirmed the drink will be phased out of stores by the end of 2022.
Lift will be replaced with Sprite Lemon+.
A Coca-Cola Australia spokesperson said Sprite Lemon+ with Caffeine and Zesty Lemon Flavour was a new addition to the Sprite brand.
"We're always evolving our product portfolio to provide more of what people want and we only introduce recipes we feel will bring more followers to our brands.
"We believe our new Sprite Lemon+ range, including a Sprite Lemon+ Zero Sugar product, will be popular with existing Lift drinkers."
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The new Sprite Lemon+ and Sprite Lemon+ Zero Sugar products are available in major and independent retailers now.
Here's what the Twitterverse had to say about the change:
Kim Chappell
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
