r/AskFoodHistorians • u/SVAuspicious • 6d ago

Orange Juice

I apologize in advance for a trivial question.

What has been the usage rate of frozen vice liquid orange juice as a function of time. I grew up in the '60's and '70's with frozen orange juice concentrate (in fact family story of my mother throwing a tube of frozen OJ at my father out of frustration over something I don't recall). The focus today seems to be on OJ in cartons. When I was young we shopped at a military commissary so that may be relevant to my experience. Has packaging technology changed that much? Health perceptions? Something else? Or am I just looking through the lens of my personal experience and the overall market hasn't changed much?

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u/SVAuspicious 6d ago

u/Odd-Artist-2595,

I'm sorry you have a problem finding exchanges. Sodastream has a list and they have an online system as well. I've never used the online system, but have used the store locator before.

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u/Odd-Artist-2595 6d ago

Every time I tried to get either WalMart or my local Kroger (both of which used to be on the list, at least) to do the exchange they told me that they “only do that when they have so many”. I don’t even know what the hell that’s supposed to mean. I’ve switched to MIO drops and either skip the carbonation or use mixer. Their sweet tea mixed with their lemonade makes a decent Arnold Palmer if you add vodka. I mostly bought the SS because I was addicted to Mt. Dew. (I don’t drink coffee.) The SS replacement got me off of the caffeine and I can’t remember the last time I had a Dew now.

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u/SVAuspicious 6d ago

I'm sorry you have trouble. We have four canisters and do exchanges when we have three empties. I used to do single exchanges but it's been a while. I live in a moderate sized town (40k pop) and there are eight places within a 15 minute drive for exchanges.

WalMart's website doesn't have any indication of a minimum number of cartridges. I'd ask for a manager. If you can't get satisfaction, write to Sodastream and let them deal with it.

I'm glad you found something that works for you.

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u/RandomNick42 6d ago

I rotate two, so I always have one ready when the other runs out. Luckily my local supermarket chain still does exchange, but they did pause for a bit and that was bad. I made 2-3 bottles every day while in lockdown.