Boyds Coffee releases the new Island Mist Mint Green Iced Tea for retailers to offer at their stores this summer. The tea is available in 24 3-ounce packets, starting July 2012. The new mint green iced tea can be a refreshing product for consumers with its all-natural taste. Island Mist offers a variety of other…
NYC Mayor Expects To Restrict Soda Sales
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes to ban the sale of large sugary drinks. New York City residents might be in for a shock if Mayor Michael Bloomberg follows through on his proposed ban of sugary drinks with more than 16-ounces in eateries. The ban will affect restaurants, delis, food trucks, sports stadiums and movie…
Monin Gives Kids Vibrant Beverage Options
Monin Gourmet Flavorings, a provider of premium syrups and flavoring products, offers more than 100 products made with pure cane sugar and authentic flavors to satisfy both kids and parents. The flavors offered by Monin are popular choices such as smoothies, homemade sodas and flavored lemonades. They contain no artificial flavoring, color or high fructose…
RaceTrac Kicks Off SodaPalooza
Social media promotion gives customers a chance to win free fountain drinks for a year. RaceTrac is kicking off SodaPalooza 365, which gives social media savvy customers a chance to win free fountain drinks for a year at RaceTrac. The promotion runs May 21-Aug 31, and the contest will see two weekly winners. Customers have…
Light Summer Teas
The Community Coffee Co. debuts two new iced tea flavors for convenience store operators to sell in their stores. The Community Green Tea with Lemon is light and refreshing with naturally occurring antioxidants. The Community Skinny Sweet iced tea contains fewer calories than traditional sweet tea, and is made of orange pekoe and cut black…
Fruit Punch in a Box
CRYSTAL LIGHT promotes its new bag-in-box liquid concentrate lineup with CRYSTAL LIGHT Fruit Punch. Convenience store operators can encourage customers who love drinking water to trying CRYSTAL LIGHT’s new offering. The bag-in-box dispensers are easy to set up and save operators from the messes that are caused by self-mixed pouches. Operators can just hook up…
7-Eleven Launches Flavors of Summer
Slurpee Light marks first Slurpee-branded sugar-free drink. 7-Eleven Inc. is kicking off its “Flavors of Summer” campaign with Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango, promising all of the flavor of a traditional Slurpee drink with 50% fewer calories. This marks the first Slurpee-branded, sugar-free drink and the first sugar-free frozen beverage to be available at participating…
Tedeschi Debuts Sparkling Waters
The new proprietary line provides customers with a beverage that is flavorful as well as healthful. Tedeschi Food Shops has released a new line of proprietary Tedeschi Select Sparkling Waters. The 20-ounce line of calorie-free, caffeine-free and sodium-free waters are available in four unique flavors: Raspberry Blackberry, Kiwi Strawberry, Key Lime and Wild Cherry. Tedeschi…
Roo Cup Returns
Kangaroo Express celebrates the return of its popular refill cup, which can be refilled with any fountain or frozen beverage for only 25 cents through Labor Day. The Pantry Inc., an independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern U.S., has announced details for its second annual Roo Cup deal, a refillable cup for fountain…
New Lemonade Combinations
Once trumpeted as the drink of summer, lemonade is flexing its versatility and causing stores to clear shelf space and take notice year round. Single-serving lemonade sales are up more than 11% in the past year. MADE Drinks Co.’s original MADE Lemonade has been on the market for almost a year. Now the company is…