Big 8 Beverages
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| Type | Soft drink |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Big 8 Beverages |
| Distributor | Sobeys |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Introduced | 1930 |
| Flavour | Cola |
| Variants | Spring water, lemonade, limeade, orangeade, root beer, ginger ale |
| Website | big8beverages |
Big 8 Beverages[1] is a soft drinks company based in the town of Stellarton, near New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Established in 1930 and owned by the Sobeys chain of supermarkets since 1986,[2] the company produces fizzy soda drinks of a wide range of flavours, and also bottles spring and distilled water.
History[edit]
The Big 8 brand name was created in the 1930s by Fenton and Day Beverages,[3] and is now owned by Sobeys.[4] Created in the 1930s by Fred Day and his brother-in-law George Fenton. They named their cola Big 8 after the eight-cent price for a bottle roughly a litre in size. Coca-Cola wanted to purchase Fenton and Day in 1946, but wouldn't pay what the owners thought the company was worth. Three months later 7-Up Maritimes offered the right price, founders Fenton and Day sold and retired. The Big 8 name stayed idle until Maritime Beverages, the 7-Up distributor for the Maritime provinces, gave the label and trademark to Sobeys free of charge in 1986.
Soft drink flavours[edit]
- Cola
- Diet Cola
- Diet Cola Caffeine-Free
- Big Up
- Diet Big Up
- Root Beer
- Spruce Beer
- Ginger Ale
- Diet Ginger Ale
- Golden Ginger Ale
- Cranberry Ginger Ale
- Blackberry Ginger Ale
- Cranberry/Raspberry
- Sparkling Lemonade
- Diet Sparkling Lemonade
- Lime
- Grape
- Cream Soda
- Mountain Burst
- Orange
- Diet Orange
- Pineapple
- Vanilla Cola
- Big 8 Dr Zip (Similar to Dr Pepper)
Bottled water[edit]
- Soda Water
- Sparkling Lemon-Lime Water
- Sparkling Water
- Tonic Water
- Spring Water
- Distilled Water
References[edit]
- ^ Katsriku, George. "Big 8 Beverages | Providing high quality water and soft drinks to our customers for over 25 years". big8beverages.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "Export Spotlight: Big 8 Beverages Ltd. | Nova Scotia Business Inc". www.novascotiabusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ The Halifax Herald 1989
- ^ "Big8 - Corporate Structure". Sobeys Inc. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008.
