P&G to discontinue Gain Detergent

[oxydolfan1]

Are there regional preferences for certain brands in the US?

Maybe Gain really doesn't sell well out in the Midwest, the West, or the South.

Look at Colgate Palmolive. They ditched all their detergent brands, and Unilever only has All and Wisk left now.

 

[re563]

Well, It will be really interesting to watch this unfold. From my personal experience, and working in the realestate field, going into a lot of homes, I can tell you that I see just as many people using Tide as I do Gain. So here in Florida, it seems to be a popular detergent. Even I myself, switch back and forth from Tide to Gain.

 

[retromom]

Gain gone?

There's still lots of powdered Gain here in Texas. I can't imagine it disappearing from the shelves completely.

Eugene/Frigilux....found a new Ariel Powder; Ariel Acti-Blu with an oh so pleasant lime scent. I have been using it consistently for the last few weeks. Could you use a bag?

 

[oxydolfan1]

Oh, no, retromom. The OP said he heard they were going to phase it out at the end of 2007!

It seems to be a very popular product up here too. It's Purex and All powder that is disappearing hereabouts....

 

[agiflow]

Gain is a good detergent from my experiences...do not know why a good product such as that would be discontinued...P&G should promote it better the way they do with their multiple versions of Tide and sales would go up. Besides regular Gain also has a great fragrance to it.

 

[sudsdudeshane]

Gain

I called P&G corporate regarding the info I received about the Gain Brand being discontinued. Turns out the woman I met that told me this is no longer employed with the company.<obviously some nutcase>!..They wouldn't clarify if the brand as a whole was indeed phased out but did tell me that the Joyful expressions scent as well as the Original scent was discontinued as of 2007. Original scent is being reformulated. Also, for us powder lovers, Powder isn't going anywhere! yippee!!.
Thought everyone would like to know this..Sorry for the misinformation

 

[westytoploader]

My suspicions were confirmed. I'm glad Gain (which is what I've been using for the past couple of weeks) is still going to be with us! It will be interesting to see how the new formulation of the Original scent is. I myself prefer the pleasant "bath-soap" scent the current version has, but I know others on here weren't too pleased with it.

 

[brettsomers]

changing the scent? well, im not P&G, but thought Gain was ALL ABOUT its original scent? i would be pissed if i bought a box of gain only to discover a change in scent.

 

[oxydolfan1]

I've been using Gain w/Bleach powder on whites in hot with a hit of Clorox (I know, I know, but old habits die hard!) for a week and a half now and it's great in my water!

One pair of white socks from playing football had a LITTLE bit of leftover residual schmutz that Tide with Bleach powder may have removed, but it could be argued that I should have trashed them in the first place and I didn't hit 'em with brown soap first.

It sudses up something fierce...at first. Then it subsides quickly, like Kirkland powder does.

The real disappointment this week was the Surf/All powder from Target. Nice controlled suds, decent smell....but not a good stain remover, and did get a mild case of the "itchies" from sweats, work clothes, etc. It's reminiscent of the "classic" Purex I tried earlier this year (but, unlike Purex, it did dissolve)...I don't think the savings are worth it for me.

I stand by my earlier prediction that they will discontinue the Gain With A Touch Of Softness powder, though. The manager at one store told me that none of the Tide w/Downy products were moving, either.

Still on a quest, lol!

 

[toggleswitch]

Paging Launderess.............

How does combining oxygen bleach in a detergent work with liquid chlorine bleach?

 

[launderess]

Oxygen bleach and chlorine bleach cancel each other out. Indeed oxygen bleach is used to neutralise chlorine bleach in both textiles and tap water. Many laundry detergents/colour safe bleaches" that state they protect colours from fading, do so by benefit of the oxygen bleach which cancels the chlorine bleach found in most tap water. In fact just peeped an old box of Lemon Chlorox II bleach at a discount store, and as one of the product benefits it lists that CII will protect colours from fading by dealing with the chlorine found in tap water. Chlorox II, including this version contains sodium perborate (oxygen bleach).

 

[dixieland]

I was in Toronto a couple of days ago and saw lemon-scented Purex liquid. It smelled SO much better than the Sunlight and Tide lemons. Wish we'd get that here. I am so wanting a lemon-scented detergent. I use downy-free so softener would not affect the smell.

I still like Classic Tide powder (just gave some to my Mom because she gets on that mountain fresh kick and I hate it). All classic powder is good too.

I stopped using Cheer because I didn't feel like it cleaned as well and the scent has become too much for me.

 

[oxydolfan1]

They DO have a Tide with Febreze citrus-scented liquid and fabric softener, but something got lost in the translation somewhere...reminds me of a "Long Island Ice Tea", unfortunately without the same effects, lol!

I guess the conglomerates just don't think Americans like the smell of lemons...

I never got a hit of any lemon-scented Purex liquid, but one Canadian product I loved (which of course means it's been discontinued) was Sunlight lemon tablets.

Incidentally, my ShopRite supermarket is discontinuing the Gain with Softener product....

 

[vintagesearch]

gain go's bye bye

wtf? why would p&g stop making gain? damn it thats the only detergent we've ben using for about a year all we've been using is either tide, tide mountain fresh or gain,gain with a touch of softener. damn it i say lolz we really are adicted to it here especailly my mom! if i use gain i wont really use fabric softener! i dont care much for fabric softeners thats why we use gain we dont need to (however my parents still use fabric softener)what they should stop making is cheer instead never used it and never want to! ohh and yeah if i use a dryer i use the gain dryer sheets!

 

[dixieland]

Cheer is not a bad detergent - it just needs to go retro. The newest packaging is to me, tacky. Why not go back to a more classic scent and packaging. I am no marketing guru but if one brand did it.... they might have an advantage over others. Plenty of people want something comforting and welcoming. That's the biggest issue facing powdered detergents today - the producers changed the scents and lost their market. Studies do suggest that children may start out their independent lives by experimenting with brands (all of things) their parents didn't use but end up reverting back to something more familiar as they mature. Oh well... enough useless banter from me. Cheers!

 

[oxydolfan1]

I think if they would have killed off Cheer, they would have done so already.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Cheer powder and liquid are now the only detergents that do not contain optical brighteners (powdered All and Surf AFAIK did not either, but are not widely available around here).

I have noticed that it is now priced noticeably lower than Tide.

 

[eluxomarty]

NO!!!!

Gain Original is my absolute favorite!!!I even like to put some in a fresh vacuum cleaner bag! I just love the scent!! I'm going to have to start stock piling up!!! Marty

 

[oxydolfan1]

No, DON'T!!

Go up about a dozen posts....sudsdudeshane spoke to someone.

They're not killing the brand after all!

 

[angus]

I am not sure why lemon scented detergents seem to be a Canadian thing only. The closest things I have seen here in a long while were the very short lived All "citrus breeze" liquid and now Tide with Febreze comes in a "citrus" scent.

I also wonder why the manufacturers will continue to introduce more and more variations in stronger and stronger fragrances, but will absolutely NOT consider going back to the original fragrances that everyone remembers.

Even what is sold as the "original" scent Gain bears absolutely no resemblance to the real original outstanding Gain fragrance from the 60's through the 80's.

Oh, well.....

 

[oxydolfan1]

The only lemon-scented detergent I've seen here is the Pathmark house brand, and that is not an effective cleaner.

They killed lemon Dash off about ten years ago. It came in powder and liquid form and was pushed as a bargain brand.

I guess everything goes around in cycles, and until it does, it's tear gas or it's nothing!