Heather has been a SURGE fan from
the start. Like many SURGE fans, she's also experienced a lot of
heartbreak as her favorite soda disappears from place to place.
She shares her story below:
I am so excited I found this site. You don't
know how long i've been craving Surge! Now I know im not alone.
Anyways, my story. I remember when it first came out. I was living
in Austin and decided to check it out. I instantly fell in love
with the soda. It became an obsession. Surge for breakfast, lunch,
and dinner. I couldnt get enough of it. When they had the thing
where one in six won a free surge; I drank so much I had at one
time twenty free Surge caps. Sometime later, I had to move to
northern illinois. Unfortunately, they didnt sell it there for
some reason. I was devastated. But alas, we went to Lake Geneva,
and the local Walmart had it. So, at least once a month, I would
drive there and purchase several cases of Surge. I remember that
feeling you get when you finally score some Surge. So on one trip
full of anticipation, I arrived at the store. And the shelf had
been replaced with Mello Yello. My stomach sank. On a frantic
trip across the town of Lake Geneva, I had went into 4 grocery
stores and about 10 gas stations. It was gone. GONE!!!! Emptyhanded,
I went home. About six months later I discovered that the local
Steak n Shake had it in their fountain drink selection. SURGE!!
For the next three months, that is where I bought it. It was surge,
but fountain drinks are never as refreshing as an ice cold bottle
right out of the cooler. But then it was also replaced with mello
yellow. Another year had passed, and I was in southern california
visiting a cousin of mine. The local Kmart had it. Relief. I had
missed it. A few days before I left to go home I went there and
it was empty. The clerk said they used their last box of syrup.
Heartbroken yet again. So, it has been two whole years now since
ive tasted Surge. The only soda which has come close to surge,
(but nothing will be as good) is SunDrop, which they make in Gastonia,
North Carolina. They sell it throughout the southeastern states.
That is my story, I will do what I can to help.
I have already sent two letters to the Missouri coca-cola bottling
company.
Your fellow surge addict,
Heather
