Cheer-wined
11-27-2003, 02:30 PM
Went through north-eastern Tennessee (Johnson City area) and Harlan Co., KY just before Thanksgiving. Although I doubt many of you pass this way, for reference here's what I found.
Harlan, KY.:
- Ale-8-One in 12pk cans and 6pk glass at Dons Super Saver (Galaxy) and Macks; 20oz plastic and 12oz singles at the Texaco.
- Red Fusion was in the bargain pit at Dons, 12pk for $2.97.
- Upper 10 (1 can in the entire store ) at the Texaco, produced by All-American since they have a plant in Louisville I assume it came from there. Texaco also had 2 different Wild Cherry Pepsi 12oz., both from Pepsi Norton and both with the same drink by date of 10/27/03.
- Southern Swirl sparkling berry berry 12oz glass, from White Rock, also at the Texaco
- Faygo blueberry 16oz glass at the Big Lots
- Barqs 8oz longnecks in 6pks at Macks. Can someone help me figure out where this was produced. The neck of the bottle has "APR2604MROGC1" printed on it, the cap only says "bottled by a member of the CCE bottling group..."
Around Pennington Gap, VA
- Sioux City various flavors, 12oz glass in c-stores
- Pepsi Blue in 20oz plastic, 1 row in a Pepsi fridge display at an Amoco station. Produced by Carolina Canners, Cheraw SC. The only Pepsi Blue I saw during the entire trip. The same Amoco carried Sunkist grape which is not common for this area.
- Cool Mountain 12oz longnecks in several flavors at c-stores
- Carvers ginger ale 12oz glass at the Addco c-store in Weber City. I was surprised to find this so far from Montross VA where it's produced.
- Le Bleu Cola 12oz can at the Exxon station US 58/421 intersection. This was an odd find, LeBleu is a bottled water company near my hometown (Winston-Salem, NC) that has apparently started making a cola.
Johnson City, TN
- Dr. Enuf (Tri-City Beverages) is produced here and it is everywhere - billboards, vending, etc. I stopped at their factory, Ill put the details on a separate topic later.
- Some of the BP stations are carrying Cokes Swerve (I think I saw a separate topic on this somewhere in the General Discussion.) At the BP on S. Roan they were also carrying 12oz longnecks (with the white plastic twist-cap, from All-American) of Big Red, A&W, Sunkist orange, 7up and RC Cola.
- Charlie Os (another Tri-City product) was hard to find, I only saw it in Dr. Enuf vending machines. Tri-City has introduced another line of flavored sodas called TCs (peach, grape, strawberry, grape) in 10oz deli bottles that seems to be getting the marketing push, its in supermarkets and c-stores.
- Gordons (yet another Tri-City brand) also tough to find but available in some mom & pop stores.
- The Save-A-Lot had Code Red, Live Wire and Pepsi Vanilla in the bargain pit, $1 for a 6pk of 12oz cans.
- Sunkist grape and Welchs grape are carried in some vending machines and 6/12pks at Whites supermarkets. Unusual in this area for C-S to have two grapes in the same place.
http://home.triad.rr.com/coolmoon/TN_KY.jpg
Other misc. stuff
Some supermarket chains in this area and the private label/store brands that they carry:
Food Country USA Lotsa
Food City Food Club, ValuTime
Ingles Laura Lynn
Whites Fresh Foods BestYet, Lotsa
Save-a-Lot their usual line with the various horrible names (Dr. Pop, Mountain Holler, Bubba Cola, etc.)
Winn-Dixie Chek
Most of these are available in vending machines near the store entrance also. Whites and Ingles have the best soda selection.
Found the bottle of Blenheim in Damascus, VA, didnt expect that one either. 8oz. cans of MD, DP, Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Mello Yello, Coke, diet Pepsi were fairly common in supermarkets.
Coke: Fresca, Barqs, Remix, Pibb Xtra, Fanta, MY Cherry, other core Coke products. Pepsi: also had their basic brands, including Twist, One, Slice orange, MD Code Red, Mug, etc. Frostie cherry, root beer, cream, peach in supermarkets and grape in c-stores. Also 2L Frostie in Ingles supermarkets. Double Cola/Ski are not distributed in this area although the company is in Chattanooga.
[ 11-27-2003, 06:23 PM: Message edited by: Cheer-wined ]
Harlan, KY.:
- Ale-8-One in 12pk cans and 6pk glass at Dons Super Saver (Galaxy) and Macks; 20oz plastic and 12oz singles at the Texaco.
- Red Fusion was in the bargain pit at Dons, 12pk for $2.97.
- Upper 10 (1 can in the entire store ) at the Texaco, produced by All-American since they have a plant in Louisville I assume it came from there. Texaco also had 2 different Wild Cherry Pepsi 12oz., both from Pepsi Norton and both with the same drink by date of 10/27/03.
- Southern Swirl sparkling berry berry 12oz glass, from White Rock, also at the Texaco
- Faygo blueberry 16oz glass at the Big Lots
- Barqs 8oz longnecks in 6pks at Macks. Can someone help me figure out where this was produced. The neck of the bottle has "APR2604MROGC1" printed on it, the cap only says "bottled by a member of the CCE bottling group..."
Around Pennington Gap, VA
- Sioux City various flavors, 12oz glass in c-stores
- Pepsi Blue in 20oz plastic, 1 row in a Pepsi fridge display at an Amoco station. Produced by Carolina Canners, Cheraw SC. The only Pepsi Blue I saw during the entire trip. The same Amoco carried Sunkist grape which is not common for this area.
- Cool Mountain 12oz longnecks in several flavors at c-stores
- Carvers ginger ale 12oz glass at the Addco c-store in Weber City. I was surprised to find this so far from Montross VA where it's produced.
- Le Bleu Cola 12oz can at the Exxon station US 58/421 intersection. This was an odd find, LeBleu is a bottled water company near my hometown (Winston-Salem, NC) that has apparently started making a cola.
Johnson City, TN
- Dr. Enuf (Tri-City Beverages) is produced here and it is everywhere - billboards, vending, etc. I stopped at their factory, Ill put the details on a separate topic later.
- Some of the BP stations are carrying Cokes Swerve (I think I saw a separate topic on this somewhere in the General Discussion.) At the BP on S. Roan they were also carrying 12oz longnecks (with the white plastic twist-cap, from All-American) of Big Red, A&W, Sunkist orange, 7up and RC Cola.
- Charlie Os (another Tri-City product) was hard to find, I only saw it in Dr. Enuf vending machines. Tri-City has introduced another line of flavored sodas called TCs (peach, grape, strawberry, grape) in 10oz deli bottles that seems to be getting the marketing push, its in supermarkets and c-stores.
- Gordons (yet another Tri-City brand) also tough to find but available in some mom & pop stores.
- The Save-A-Lot had Code Red, Live Wire and Pepsi Vanilla in the bargain pit, $1 for a 6pk of 12oz cans.
- Sunkist grape and Welchs grape are carried in some vending machines and 6/12pks at Whites supermarkets. Unusual in this area for C-S to have two grapes in the same place.
http://home.triad.rr.com/coolmoon/TN_KY.jpg
Other misc. stuff
Some supermarket chains in this area and the private label/store brands that they carry:
Food Country USA Lotsa
Food City Food Club, ValuTime
Ingles Laura Lynn
Whites Fresh Foods BestYet, Lotsa
Save-a-Lot their usual line with the various horrible names (Dr. Pop, Mountain Holler, Bubba Cola, etc.)
Winn-Dixie Chek
Most of these are available in vending machines near the store entrance also. Whites and Ingles have the best soda selection.
Found the bottle of Blenheim in Damascus, VA, didnt expect that one either. 8oz. cans of MD, DP, Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Mello Yello, Coke, diet Pepsi were fairly common in supermarkets.
Coke: Fresca, Barqs, Remix, Pibb Xtra, Fanta, MY Cherry, other core Coke products. Pepsi: also had their basic brands, including Twist, One, Slice orange, MD Code Red, Mug, etc. Frostie cherry, root beer, cream, peach in supermarkets and grape in c-stores. Also 2L Frostie in Ingles supermarkets. Double Cola/Ski are not distributed in this area although the company is in Chattanooga.
[ 11-27-2003, 06:23 PM: Message edited by: Cheer-wined ]