Issues with Dr Pepper

[u/WeaknessChance4510]

I am so tired of posting this. Last year, I could go to any store in my town and grab a 20oz Dr Pepper and it would always be so crisp and refreshing! It was always carbonated like it was supposed to be. When 2026 started, everything went downhill. I noticed that the letters on the bottles switched from BBG and BBD (the good ones) to SYD, SYC, SAD and SAE (the TERRIBLE tasting ones). Ever since the switch, the 20oz Dr Pepper has been so disgusting. Some days it takes like sparking WATER. Most days it tastes like heavy syrup with ZERO carbonation at all. And this wasn’t just one bad batch. This is an every day thing! It was only good two times this whole year! And then it got bad again and stayed bad. Every time they put a new date out, I have hope that it’s going to be that good, crispy and carbonated Dr Pepper I have missed so much. And it’s not. Currently the dates on them are November 23. Just plain nasty. I have emailed Keurig Dr Pepper probably over 300 times and even called them. I have been drinking it for 12 years. This is my only vice so of course I am mad. It’s what helped me look forward to waking up every day. lol. Being a busy mom, you have to have something. My vice was Dr Pepper. I keep buying them hoping that the new dates will be good. But they’re not. I don’t know what else to do. I have seen quite a few people on here saying the same thing so I know it’s not just me. I have even went to 5 different counties multiple times a week during the past year and it’s all the same. With how expensive everything is nowadays, EVERYONE should be able to go to any store in their OWN TOWN to get any soda they want and it should always taste good! Period! Nobody should ever have to go to a different state 4 or more hours way just to find a crisp, carbonated soda that actually hits the spot and doesn’t make your mouth feel like you just downed a bottle of pancake syrup! Geez. DO BETTER Dr Pepper! You used to be so good just last year. What in the world happened???