Our Story

A movement,
not a memory.Since 2020.

We’re not a marketing department. We’re drinkers and lifelong fans who refused to accept that the best cola ever made was simply gone.

The mission

We exist to bring TaB back — for good.

When Coca-Cola announced it would discontinue TaB in October 2020, fans across the country were devastated — and then they got organized.

The SaveTaBSoda Committee formed within weeks. The idea was simple: instead of thousands of scattered, heartbroken posts, give TaB lovers a single, coordinated voice. We hold meetings, plan campaigns, and bring our case directly to the people who can actually pour it again.

We’ve been at it since 2020, and a registered nonprofit since 2021 — run entirely by volunteers. No one profits. Every dollar and every hour goes toward one goal: getting fresh TaB back on shelves.

The SaveTaBSoda Committee together on a Zoom meeting, raising their TaB cans
The committee, together — cans raised on one of our regular meetings. Coast to coast, one voice.
Six decades of devotion

The life & times of TaB

  1. 1963

    The original diet cola

    Coca-Cola launches TaB — its first-ever diet soda, born in an age of full-sugar drinks.

  2. ’70s–’80s

    A pink-can phenomenon

    TaB becomes a cultural icon — the “beauty drink,” the cool, defiant alternative, with a flavor no one could copy.

  3. 1982

    Diet Coke arrives

    A new sibling shifts the spotlight — but TaB keeps a fiercely loyal, high-devotion following.

  4. 2020

    Discontinued

    After 57 years, Coca-Cola retires TaB. The fans, however, are not finished.

  5. Now

    The comeback campaign

    Petitions, phone campaigns, three billboards in Atlanta, birthday cards to HQ. We’re still here — and louder than ever.

Curious how it all began? Read the full history of TaB & its discontinuation.

What we’ve done

Loud, organized, relentless.

Billboards

Three billboards in Atlanta

We’ve raised three billboards in Coca-Cola’s hometown — a message every executive’s commute couldn’t miss.

Billboard reading Bring TaB Back — Never Say Never on a rooftop in Atlanta
Atlanta trip

Birthday cards delivered

For TaB’s birthday, committee members dropped off hundreds of handwritten cards — straight to Coke.

A table covered with hundreds of handwritten birthday cards for TaB
Call days

Ringing 800·GET·COKE

Coordinated call-in days flood Coca-Cola’s line with polite, persistent requests. Every call is counted.

A pink retro phone beside a pink can reading 800-GET-COKE, Call Today
Publicity

Sponsoring a racecar

Fun events like this one in Atlanta — Coke’s own hometown — keep the energy around TaB loud, proud, and impossible to ignore.

A bright pink race car wrapped with Save TaB Soda branding at an Atlanta event
In the news

The world is paying attention.

CNN Business

“Coke killed Tab soda. Meet the superfans trying to save it.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Fans hope to convince Coca-Cola to revive the once-popular diet soda.

TheStreet

“A group of diehard fans have taken extraordinary steps to get Coke to bring back their favorite soda.”

Read the full coverage

Headlines paraphrased from published coverage of the SaveTaBSoda Committee.

“The power to revive TaB rests with us.”

Join the campaign Sign the petition

Photo album

TaB through the years

Six decades of cans, ads, billboards, fan stashes and committee adventures — browse the full photo album.

Open the album