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I bought a clover valley diet cola from dollar general today, 6-5-12. The date on the cola was october 2012, so imagine my surprise when i drank a swallow of it and it was so nasty i had to spit it out, i started to by 2 of them but i m glad i didnt, if you cant sell anything that doesnt taste no better than that you should stop selling it, yuck, nasty,

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kng19
Girard, US
Jun 11, 2011 2:42 am EDT
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Today when I went to Dollar General I bought a thing of Pecan Shortbread Cookies. When I went and ate one it tasted like mold. Any other time I've bought them they tasted phenomenal. I don't think I'll be buying them anymore if they taste like mold.

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Calvert36854
valley, US
Aug 21, 2012 9:46 am EDT

I have been buying clover valley 2-liters from my local dollar general for years, but this last shipment that was put on the shelves have the MOST MESSED UP TASTE it almost taste like some kind of candy is mixed in with it, and they act like they all have been shook up, and no the taste isn't that of a flat cola.ex date Jan.12 2013

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shaksy
Pomeroy, US
Sep 14, 2012 8:16 pm EDT

bought a 12 pack of grape clover valley soda, I love grape soda, I love other off brands too! Clover valley tasted like, as my son said, "garage" . The date was fine, but it tasted old, musty-gross :(

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Josie722
Jefferson, US
Nov 08, 2012 10:24 am EST

My son bought a 12 pack of the reg. clover valley cola and a 2 liter of the diet.When i opened the 2 liter.It was was the most awful taste.The reg was no better.But the diet was terrible.Should be taken off the shelves.

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Psudo
Saint Charles, US
Jan 05, 2013 10:32 am EST
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I can't speak for the diet flavor, but the cola is awesome from a can when you get it super cold. The soda reminds me of real soda, where you actually taste the cola nut (which you can't really in something like Pepsi). Maybe it was a problem with the 2 litre? I'll try the grape in a few days. When I was in Dollar General they didn't have any of the flavored kinds, it was diet or reg only.

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Caroline May
Greenfield, US
Mar 07, 2013 1:05 pm EST
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I have bought a Clover Valley Pancake Syrup from Dollar General, and we opened it today and it smelled aweful. My ma says it smells like a bio hazard, and the expiration date doesn't expire till December 2013. I am very displeased at this.

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Kimwr
Sturgis, US
Sep 29, 2013 3:15 pm EDT
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Always do lots of shopping at Dollar General. I use the Clover Valley brand a lot. I've noticed the last 2 times I purchased artificial sweetener that the packages weren't completely sealed and the sweetener leaks out. This is not good business

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isaiahbarnfield
Greenville, US
Dec 27, 2013 7:28 pm EST

I had a two liter bottle of Clover Valley diet cola a few months ago and it was fine. I got a 12 pack the other day and I can't even finish a can. The date on the can shows that it isn't expired, but this is the worst soda I have ever taken. It literally has the taste and smell of a musty box or a soured dish rag. I am not picky at all about using non-name brand products. Maybe a bad shipment.

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Matthew1986
Hobart, US
Jun 09, 2014 8:34 pm EDT

I have been loyal to Clover valley cola for at least 4 years It is my Cola of Choice so I was alarmed to see at my local Dollar General a new and improved label. I asked the associate if it had been changed or it was just the label I was informed they didnt drink it but all cola tastes the same... ALL COLA TASTES THE SAME IS RIGHT because the unique flavor that was Clover valley cola is now gone it tastes like every other cola ever. No longer superior to Coca Cola the new clover valley is a less than Pepsi product that I am embarrassed to have in my trash. I will say the new label looks nice but PLEASE BRING BACK Clover valley cola with its unique flavor that is so good . I have only drink Clover Valley brand Cola for 4 years and I hate that I can no longer find it in its original and delicious flavor only some generic Pepsi that is not original wearing the proud Clover valley Label like some impostor! I Consider Clover Valley superior to all other colas this is a travesty . Please bring back Clover Valley if you need to have this nasty cola too call the original Clover valley Classic but please I hate going back to coca cola when I found a better cola and now its gone. Sincerely Matthew Indiana

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shirleysue
centerville, US
Jul 11, 2014 5:52 pm EDT

I am very dissapointed in the new and improved taste of clover valley diet cola which i bougt 3 and thru them away it does taste like cola at all bitter and flat please bring back the old recepie and I will gladly buy again sincerly shirley in indiana

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utfilthy
Fayetteville, US
Sep 14, 2014 3:17 pm EDT

i am a pepsi drinker, have been for years, both diet and regular, but it is getting exspensive so i am currently looking into generic sodas with a pepsi taste. i have read so far that clover valley and kmart brand colas are the closest so im going to try them and check back in
Rodney from NC

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Transamlady474
Bunceton, US
Feb 18, 2015 7:41 pm EST

I love the old clover Valley diet cola ... Clover valley the new improved has an aweful taste

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queennikkilove
Tallahassee, US
Apr 03, 2015 5:29 pm EDT

Smells awful just like mildew i thought it was the cup i was using so i tried several cups plus i smelled the 2 liter bottle itself and it was the soda i am very upset

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walter bssa
Tamaqua, US
Apr 07, 2015 11:50 am EDT

I just bought a 12 pack of new improved Clover Valley Root Beer 12 oz cans from Dollar General Alll I could say is IT IS NASTY tates like gear oil and believe me I have tasted gear oil before

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Caitlinwilson96
Mims, US
Jun 18, 2015 11:10 am EDT

The new diet cola is hard to even stomach it's like drinking a cleaning product it's just so bad and disucsting! Please fix it...

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Caitlinwilson96
Mims, US
Jun 18, 2015 11:12 am EDT

Walter is correct and right on point about it tasting like gear oil I couldn't quit put my finger on it I was thinking more along the lines of acid but he is right.

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Mrs. Steele
US
Sep 08, 2015 2:44 pm EDT

I purchased three twelve packs of the clover valley brand soda at our local dollar general. (the store is great by the way, and we shop there often). However the orange soda tasted awful. It tasted very much like mold. And unfortunately it was all of it, not just one can. we were very disappointed. On the can it says happiness guaranteed, but it was disgusting.

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Jlinde77
US
Sep 14, 2015 1:19 am EDT

I purchased a 2 liter of Clover Valley Rootbeer and when my son opened it up he told me that it smelled like dead roaches. I smelled, it and he was right. I set a roach trap in our garage and this is exactly the smell. I thought I'd be brave and taste it. Unfortunately, it tastes like it smells plus a hint of petroleum or some type of chemical. No one in my family was able to stomach it. It was nasty. We were disappointed because we love rootbeer, but this was undrinkable. I don't understand how they can sell it.

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Reviewer74058
Nov 23, 2015 5:23 pm EST

I wanted to post a picture of the feather that was found in a can of sauerkraut I purchased at the Dollar General Store in Muncy, Pennsylvania a few weeks ago. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

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Reviewer47562
Dec 24, 2015 6:53 am EST

My husband found a small metal rivet in a chuck of cheese we bought at dollar general in delphos ohio

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Kelly L. Lane
US
Jan 02, 2016 4:04 pm EST

We had an employee party and someone brought Clover Valley root beer. I decided to give it a try. There was this lingering smell of dust/chemicals and I thought maybe it was the plastic cup I was drinking out of, so I switched to a ceramic cup. The awful smell still remained and I determined it was the root beer and immediately dumped it out. I would use caution if consuming any of their products honestly. What exactly do they put in them anyway?

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krisphernelia
US
Nov 29, 2016 8:32 pm EST

My family has been buying Clover Valley stuff from Dollar General for years. But every so often we get a 2 liter of cola or their brand of Mountain Dew that tastes and smells like, I honestly don't even know. It smells like oil or an old, dirty dishrag. And it tastes horrible. I honestly do not know what is wrong with this stuff half of the time.

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bheath
US
Dec 14, 2016 12:03 pm EST

I don't usually purchase food from dollar general; however, I stopped in for a bottle of Pepsi and needed some rolled oats. I didn't see Quaker brand so purchased some by Clover Valley. The smell and the flavor of the cooked oats are bot totally disgusting! How can a company not get rolled oats right? Now I remember why I don't purchase food from Dollar General.

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Scitso666
US
Jun 22, 2017 10:58 am EDT
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Really I bought a 2.5 liter soda and I happen to drink it all and then I happen to read the label what idiot puts STD on the LABEL for real no matter the meaning all went for I read sexual transmitted disease I feel stupid after drinking abd it made me feel sick and made my stomach turn I advise change label and don't put STD IN IT
My name is James Harris and my email is
Thelocaldealer25@Gmail.com

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madkatt
US
Sep 27, 2022 1:58 am EDT
Replying to comment of Scitso666

STD. is abbreviation for "standard". The label reads "25% more than standard 2 liter."

Go hit the books! How do you not recognize an abbreviation? Maybe all that soda is rotting your brain.

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JenniferAsMe
US
Feb 22, 2018 2:15 pm EST

Ive never had problems with Clover Valley 2 liter drinks... I like the taste, it has less sugar than regular cokes, and affordable. Now Dollar Generals wont be selling the 2 liters anymore, they are being discontinued. Sad..

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Marsha without morning coffee
US
Aug 10, 2018 7:22 am EDT
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My husband and I would buy 7 to 10 bottles of French vanilla at a time. This creamer was the only creamer we would buy and a lot of our friends and church. Last month I bought 7 bottles and notice the new label and bottle shape. Saying to myself I hope the creamer is still the same. Got home made coffee, stirred in creamer, poured out coffee. Opened my next bottle thinking maybe it's just that one that taste bad. Tried the new bottle same bad taste. Opened another, tried it absolutely horrible. Nothing wrong with changing your look but if the rest isn't broke it didn't need to be fixed. Now we're all in search of another creamer because this was the only one we really liked. Delight and coffee mate didn't compare to what clover valley French vanilla was. I guess we just have to drink it black.

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Seriously27
US
Jul 15, 2021 3:40 am EDT

Just bought some milk by clover valley. It tasted like tons of crushed up tylenol was mixed into it. An extremely bitter pill flavor!

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Cheree Mann
US
Sep 08, 2021 10:18 am EDT

Drinking a glass of milk from Clover Valley, made me ask, "What do these cows eat?" The milk tastes terrible and I love a good tall, cold, glass of milk. I will not buy this brand ever again. It's simply horrible.

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Cheree Mann
US
Sep 08, 2021 10:21 am EDT

While drinking a glass of milk from Clover Valley, I asked, "What do these cows eat?" The milk tastes terrible and I love a good, tall, cold glass of milk. I don't know what the problem is, but I will never buy Clover Valley milk products again. Icky.

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Misty D W
Bokoshe, US
Nov 20, 2021 11:23 am EST

Clover Valley milk is horrible! I used to love their salted caramel mocha liquid creamer also. They changed it up a few years ago and it is disgusting! Why mess up a good thing?

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Gypsy Mutter
US
Nov 23, 2021 5:37 pm EST
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I have always liked their milk, but this last one I bought a few days ago was weird tasting. Something wasnt right about it.

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Greg Lafuse
Liberty, US
Nov 29, 2021 2:52 am EST

What is wrong with the milk?I can't drink it!

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Jennpettie
Baltimore, US
Mar 27, 2022 11:38 am EDT
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I bought a gallon of Glover vallet milk yesterday and I poured the whole gallon out. Its taste word to me. It does not taste like regular milk.

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Catherine Hackett-Brown
US
Apr 16, 2022 5:25 am EDT

Dear Dollar General

Please stop with the Clover milk. Even my child will not drink it. It tastes like plastic and not enjoyable at all.

Since the grocery store is 15 + minutes away from me, when I need a gallon fast I now go to Casey’s down the road and pay a little over 5 dollars. It’s a sad fact but I’d rather pay double then ever buy Clover milk again. Please change the brand. Yuck.

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Jordan Boi-Genego
US
Apr 25, 2022 6:56 pm EDT

i found chunks in my milk... ):

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This milk is liquid ass
US
May 05, 2022 11:36 am EDT

Clover valley milk does have a very strange taste. Is it actually cows milk or is it something else like horse milk or diluted seagull [censored]? The milk has a unique flavor to say the least. I have a strong suspicion this milk cost next to nothing to produce. That or their cows feast on asbestos flowers and vinegar grass. Seriously this milk should only be fed to a landfill.

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Heather Hoyt
US
Oct 25, 2022 12:42 am EDT

I think it tastes watered down

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Gyaitmfhrnbibymfa
Benton, US
Jul 03, 2023 1:43 am EDT
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Haha. Very good discription! I'm going to call the number on the milk jug and ask what is really in their milk!? Seagull or cow (censored)?! LOL 😹😆

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Christine Holm
US
May 24, 2022 8:58 pm EDT

I also bought a gallon of clover valley milk last night for4.50..Taste's hasty dumped it out.. Also customer service there is terrible..! I'm Glad I'm not the only one about the milk.. It's awful..! Why no one seems to know..Will never go there again.!

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Raze
US
Jun 29, 2023 10:12 pm EDT
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We just got a dg in orrick, so bought 2% milk a gallon, took a drink and wow was that bad. Go to store tell manager whoms literally always like scowling it taste funny and Im the crazy one, they sell it everyday she says.. Glad to read your post, I d had same exact experience! Now, more importantly they dg, now have like 26500 soters here, only competitor.. walmart whose down to 4-5 thousand? Point here is walmart has much better food and stuff than dg! I f they go under, what are we left with? DG,s nightmare! PLease support Wally World!

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Mbrannen
Millen, US
May 27, 2022 10:14 am EDT

My mom called me this morning complaining about clover valley milk she purchased at DG yesterday ...said it taste like plastic or weird flavor ..I told her I have got some before that taste bad and had to pour out ..she said well that’s it ! not ever buying again ..must be something the cows are fed …yuck!..

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desiree price
US
Jul 05, 2022 1:58 pm EDT

this is the second time weve got whole milk from dollar general that taste bad. we wont be buying from there again.

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Thewellmans06
Camp Grove, US
Jul 14, 2022 4:01 am EDT

We hate clover valley milk. It's awful. My daughter, who is now 4, still won't drink it, even if we dump in tons of chocolate in it, she still says, "this milk is

yucky!"

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Melonea
Ontaria, CA
Oct 14, 2022 10:14 pm EDT

most dollar general stuff is fine but I leave their colas alone. Only buy coke or Pepsi products. Tried their milk--it is gross. Don't waste your money on any milk, totally undrinkable!

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Ethan Mills
US
Oct 18, 2022 11:53 pm EDT

Clover valley milk is definitely weird tasting. Will not be buying it again. Some sort of highly concentrated fatty/ chemical aftertaste

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MitchellPeggy
Pelham, US
Nov 21, 2022 11:31 pm EST
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Yes! You are correct! I got some today and I swear it taste like the smell of raw eggs! It’s very yucky like taste that makes you second guess and makes me wanna vomit from the grossness of the taste! It’s awful!

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GregMt
Riverside, US
Nov 20, 2022 6:32 pm EST

Food prices are ridiculous…2.75 for a box of 4 packs of these crackers? And the packages are not even full?!

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