Macleans Toothpaste No Longer Sold?

airtime on 19/08/2024 - 18:48
Last edited 19/08/2024 - 22:45 by 1 other user

I've been searching for a particular toothpaste that was sold under the Macleans brand here in Australia. It used to be available from various outlets but slowly started to disappear. Then until about 6 months ago it was only available through Chemist Warehouse. Now even Chemist Warehouse has them marked as clearance online and no Macleans branded toothpaste available in the stores.

I can no longer find anyone stocking or selling Macleans branded toothpaste (except to clear out old stock).

Has the Macleans brand been discontinued/killed off?

I think it originated years ago from New Zealand.

Health & Beauty Macleans Toothpaste

Comments

  • RED27APPLE on 19/08/2024 - 19:10
    +1

    Check out Amazon
    https://amzn.asia/d/2N5e5pV

  • pjetson on 19/08/2024 - 19:10
    +4

    searching for a particular toothpaste

    You didn't name the particular toothpaste you're searching for, only the brand "Macleans".

    • DazMon on 20/08/2024 - 21:30

      its any of them, I'm looking too and its Colgate that dominates.

  • holdenmg on 19/08/2024 - 19:12
    +6

    Macleans Extreme Clean Lasting Fresh Toothpaste | 170g is at Coles.
    Macleans Extreme Clean Whitening Fluoride Toothpaste | 170g is at Coles

    Macleans Toothpaste Multi Action Whitening Fluoride Toothpaste 170g is at Woolworths
    Macleans Multi Action Whitening Toothpaste 170g is at Woolworths.

    https://www.catch.com.au/brand/macleans?srsltid=AfmBOopARNeV…

    BigW
    https://www.bigw.com.au/product/macleans-protect-fresh-mint-…
    https://www.bigw.com.au/product/macleans-protect-mild-mint-t…

  • airtime on 19/08/2024 - 19:15

    Sorry, I was looking for McCleans Little Teeth 4-6 yrs old.

  • pjetson on 19/08/2024 - 19:17
    +1

    Macleans used to be a GlaxoSmithKline product. I'm not sure whether it still is, but you could ring GSK and ask.

    • Trance N Dance on 20/08/2024 - 10:05

      In a sense it still is a GSK product.
      GSK was restructured in 2022 where the consumer health products were spun off into a new company called Haleon. GSK remains as a pharmaceutical company.

  • airtime on 19/08/2024 - 19:18
    +3

    Thank you everyone for the fast responses.

    I've been able to buy 4 from Amazon.

    Woolies, Coles, Chemist Warehouse, local pharmacies here in south-west Sydney have zero McCleans in my (limited) experience. Similar Woolies in Sydney's North-Shore area.

    • RichardL on 19/08/2024 - 22:45
      +1

      PS: it's Macleans and not McCleans.

      • ThirdRonnie on 19/08/2024 - 23:39

        …and it's pronounced mc-lanes.

        • altomic on 20/08/2024 - 08:26

          Thats not how a true scot would pronounce it

  • JimJim on 20/08/2024 - 18:46
    +2

    Whilst I don't buy that same one you do, I definitely have noticed it getting more and more difficult to find in supermarkets etc. over the years. It's the only brand I can use, due to sloughing with the ingredients of Colgate etc.

    Colgate and Oral B seem to have a vice grip on the supermarket shoppers.

  • zzyss on 09/09/2024 - 10:05

    Hope this is OK since it's the forums and not a deal post, even though it's not Classifieds, but if anyone lives around 2117, I have 3 tubes of Little Teeth you can have for free. My son just didn't like it. PM me.

    But yeah I just had a look yesterday and it seems like Macleans is definitely gone, although you can still find bits and pieces on Amazon and at various Pharmacies (probably old stock). Not sure what happens once that all sells through, but there hasn't been any formal announcement anywhere as such.

  • casho on 09/09/2024 - 15:41

    Are you MacLeans showing?

  • 852 Neon Nights on 10/09/2024 - 12:05

    When I returned from overseas, I noticed many of my favorite toothpastes were missing. I used to love the old original Colgate flavor, which was really inexpensive at Big W, but that's no longer available. Instead, I picked up Grants of Australia at my local Coles.

    Hopefully, buying local will help keep the product in production. I also noticed that Lux soap bars are no longer available, but I managed to find Balnea soap at Woolworths instead. This is also a local product. I found that Imperial Leather, which is the cheapest option at my local chemist, had an odd, unusual chemical smell.

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