It's Official - Tide Free & Gentle Powder is Gone for Good

[bradfordwhite]

That's hilarious. You'd think they were selling a life time supply.

What's a person to do when they run out? lol

The other thing is detergents lose their effectiveness with time. Fresh is best.

 

[fisherpaykel]

80 load box was still available

here in Vancouver
Canada a few days ago when I went to my local supermarket which carried this, I bought one of the 3 or 4 boxes on the shelf. Now before I go to see if still on shelf am I correct in recalling a few months ago discussion that Tide Free & Clear Powder has enzymes but no optical brightener? If it has optical brighteners I will check if Canadian Resolve powder for colours or Mexican Vanish Powder for colours does not-the Mexican Vanish oxi action Crystal White powder does,ingredientes percarbonato de sodio al 85%,(ingrediente, active-CAS N*15630-89-4):45% (CAS ingrediente active), carbonato de sodio 31-41)%,sulfato de sodio, tensoactivo anionico, tensoactivo no ionico, hidrotropo, abrillantador optico y enzImas (proteasa, amilasa) Less than 5% - I will check Reckitt Benckiser's Canadian website-powerofresolve.ca for Canadian ingredients,- and just use that in future along with hot water rather than warm when needed. I don't want optical brightener for my colour clothing nor for my whites, I just want clean whites. Wow $99.95 for a 68 load box, my 80 load box was $29.95. Canadian which is just a little over $20 odd dollars US

 

[angus]

Re: Reply #24: Greg - I was at my local Costco this week and they still have Kirkland powder, in addition to Tide and Gain powders. So maybe the Costco stores in your area are selling the Kirkland branded powder more quickly?

Checked Big Lots and Ocean State Job Lot for any Tide F&G powder but nothing there. Not surprising, though..

Also noticed in Target that Tide Ultra Stain Release Free & Gentle liquid seems to have disappeared. that was the only store that carried that particular version. But they do carry Tide Coldwater Clean Free & Gentle Pods. I don't recall if those were difficult for people to find. And in a strange coincidence, I noticed a few large jugs of Cheer Free & Gentle Liquid. I haven't seen that anywhere in years.

Another odd coincidence - for years, I occasionally used All Baby liquid for lightly soiled golf shirts and like items since it had a rather pleasant fragrance - not like the heavy baby powder scent of Dreft for example (and I didn't need the cleaning muscle of Tide or Persil for those things). However, this year, Henkel "improved" the scent and, well you can guess the rest. Smells like cheap body spray based on some odd artificial coconut suntan oil. The comments on the All website are particularly scathing. Can't imagine anyone willingly doing laundry in that. How does this relate to Target you may ask? Well, while in Target a few weeks ago, I spied some bottles of their "Up and Up" baby detergent so I sniff tested - and voila - smelled identical to the old version of All Baby liquid. So I stocked up. And yesterday while in Target, sniff tested again and unfortunately it now smells just like the "improved" version of the All stuff. So I guess it's fair to conclude that Henkel is making at least some of the detergents for Target. Hmmm....

 

[launderess]

Tide Ultra Stain Release Free & Gentle liquid seems to be one of those products where P&G cut special deal with one or a few vendors. Have not seen it advertised or on shelves other than Target.

Amazon claims to sell it but bottle shown is of scented version. Reading reviews is of now help since we all know good amount of those on Amazon are fake.

https://www.amazon.com/Tide-Release-Laundry-Detergent-Original/dp/B00JC60KTY#customerReviews

 

[launderess]

Apparently Walmart had Tide Ultra Stain Release Free... but they've sold out.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tide-Ult...id-Detergent-48-Load-92-Oz-92-Fl-Oz/389586827

 

[supersuds]

I made one of my rare visits to Walmart a couple of weeks ago, and was pleased to see they had Tide Ultra Oxi powder. It may have TAED now, but it works as well for me as previous formulations, and the scent is not too bad on clothes. I did put the powder I’m Mason jars to keep the entire downstairs from smelling like the detergent, though.

This variety of Tide works better for me in stain removal than anything else…clearly better than Biz powder (still available in these parts) or Euro Persil powder, for instance. That’s just my experience.