Cheer-wined
11-21-2003, 07:01 PM
Lotta buzz about Carolina Bev. expanding Cheerwines distribution, but not much mention of their other soft drink, Cool Moon, a citrus soda.
It's a hard product to find. I live less than an hour from Salisbury, NC (Carolina Bevs HQ) and the product has never really had a presence here. My local Cheerwine distributor said its because they (and I suppose many other Cheerwine distributors as well) already carry Sundrop and dont want the competition. Years ago I used to find it around here only rarely, produced by Summit Canning out of Princeton, WV.
The Cheerwine distributor in Salisbury (I-85 exit Jake Alexander Blvd., right behind the Arbys) carries Cool Moon and other products from Independent Beverage in Charlotte, mostly Cadbury stuff like RC, Diet Rite, Crush, 7up, dnL, Tahitian Treat, Vernors, Welchs, A&W, Sunny D, etc.) I stopped by there today and bought a couple of six packs (cans only.) Nice people, they gave me a product list and some brochures about Cheerwine history, plus their recipe for holiday punch (tis the season, I guess.) They didnt have any promotional items for Cool Moon, and even admitted that there was no real attempt to market it. I stopped at a convenience store right across the street from the distributor and even they didnt carry it, but as you could guess they had a full line-up of Sundrop (I also saw Code Red and Live Wire in cans, isnt that stuff supposed to be gone by now?)
I think the product itself tastes a lot tamer than Mountain Dew or Sundrop, but citrus drinks are not my thang so what do I know. Anyone seen it outside of the Charlotte, NC area?
It's a hard product to find. I live less than an hour from Salisbury, NC (Carolina Bevs HQ) and the product has never really had a presence here. My local Cheerwine distributor said its because they (and I suppose many other Cheerwine distributors as well) already carry Sundrop and dont want the competition. Years ago I used to find it around here only rarely, produced by Summit Canning out of Princeton, WV.
The Cheerwine distributor in Salisbury (I-85 exit Jake Alexander Blvd., right behind the Arbys) carries Cool Moon and other products from Independent Beverage in Charlotte, mostly Cadbury stuff like RC, Diet Rite, Crush, 7up, dnL, Tahitian Treat, Vernors, Welchs, A&W, Sunny D, etc.) I stopped by there today and bought a couple of six packs (cans only.) Nice people, they gave me a product list and some brochures about Cheerwine history, plus their recipe for holiday punch (tis the season, I guess.) They didnt have any promotional items for Cool Moon, and even admitted that there was no real attempt to market it. I stopped at a convenience store right across the street from the distributor and even they didnt carry it, but as you could guess they had a full line-up of Sundrop (I also saw Code Red and Live Wire in cans, isnt that stuff supposed to be gone by now?)
I think the product itself tastes a lot tamer than Mountain Dew or Sundrop, but citrus drinks are not my thang so what do I know. Anyone seen it outside of the Charlotte, NC area?