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Free Slurpee’s at 7-11 Today!

July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment


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Don’t Touch My Japanese Soda!

July 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Amusing Japanese soda ad via neswsports.

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Tags: Advertising · Soft Drinks · YouTube

Readers Write: Pulled Pork Cheesesteak in Action

June 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My post suggesting that someone create a pulled pork cheese steak has led to a flood of e-mails and nearly 100 votes in my poll about it (as of today, 69% say the idea is “genius” and want to try one “now). One such e-mail I received about it was from a regular reader [...]

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Tags: Soft Drinks · Uncategorized

DEWmocracy: Mountain Dew Voltage in a Landslide

June 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Mountain Dew sent me the “DEWmocracy” sample packs that they’ve been giving to bloggers for review (read a good early review here) so late last week I broke it out the three pack they sent me, and decided to give the sodas a try. They have created three new soda flavors, and in the [...]

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Tags: Reviews · Soft Drinks · Web Sites

Get Buzzed Off Dr. Pepper Venom

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Dr Pepper has introduced a new energy drink: Venom. The energy drink will be available in two flavors, Black Mamba and Mojave Rattler (low cal version).  One unique aspect of the drink: the bottle.  Nearly all energy drinks come in cans, which cannot be resealed once opened.  Venom’s 16.9 oz aluminum bottle will be totally [...]

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AMP Energy Review

May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This morning I had the opportunity to try four new flavors of AMP Energy. AMP, which is a product of Mountain Dew, has rolled out a new campaign featuring a website which lets you determine your “AMP DNA” and matches each of four different athletes up with one of the four flavors.

AMP’s website also [...]

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Tags: Reviews · Soft Drinks · Uncategorized

Products of Convenience That Aren’t Convenient

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Via Boing-Boing, I’ve learned about The Fizz Cup, the do-it-yourself twist on ice cream soda float.

So, um, what exactly is the convenience factor? The cup DOESN’T COME PRE-FILLED WITH ICE CREAM!!! You STILL have to scoop your own ice cream.  But instead of putting it directly in a glass of soda, you have to gingerly [...]

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Tags: Interesting · Soft Drinks

AMP: Walk of No Shame

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Pretty amusing ad.

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Tags: Advertising · Soft Drinks · YouTube

Mentos and Diet Coke: A World Record

April 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Students in Leuven, Belgium have set a new world record for most simultaneous Mentos and Diet Coke geysers.

You can check out the video of the event below:

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Tags: Soft Drinks · YouTube

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 4/17/08

April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Serious Eats has a comprehensive recap of last night’s Top Chef.
Restaurants in NYC must now post calorie counts on their menus.
Domino’s and Pizza Hut engage in smack talk.
Top 10 most disgusting candies ever.
As Coca-Cola profits soar 19%, shareholders are upset about their Olympic sponsorship.
Slashfood shows you how to make hot fudge salsa.
The Bitten Word makes [...]

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Tags: Bacon · Blogs · Burgers · Candy · Cooking · Desserts · Fast Food · Health · News · Pizza · Reviews · Salad · Soft Drinks · Top Chef

Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back

April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

That’s the title of a great Top 10 list posted yesterday by my peeps over at Serious Eats. From Ecto Cooler to Tato Skins, head over to the original post to find out which nostalgic food favorites of yours made the list.

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Tags: Blogs · Snacks · Soft Drinks

Dr. Pepper Delivers on Chinese Democracy?

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

A little over two weeks ago, So Good wrote about Dr. Pepper’s challenge to Axl Rose: finally release Chinese Democracy, and we’ll give a free can of Dr. Pepper to everyone in America. Shockingly, there are now several reports that Chinese Democracy has been completed by Axl and has finally been sent to his record [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Soft Drinks

Anyone in Japan Tried This?

April 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

Pepsi Ice Cucumber debuted in Japan last summer.

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Tags: Bizarre · Soft Drinks

Conor Jackson on Dr. Pepper: “So Good”

March 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

As we begin the joys of yet another season of America’s pastime, I couldn’t help but notice some baseball related “news” that involved both my favorite soda (Dr. Pepper) and my favorite phrase (”So Good”)…which also happens to the name of this blog. ESPN baseball blogger Buster Olney, in a new blog post this morning, [...]

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The Top Ten Best Selling Sodas of 2007

March 28th, 2008 · 15 Comments

The other day, I came across an issue of Beverage Digest which outlined the volume of sales and market share for all sodas during 2007 (American sales only). After talking with the publisher, I obtained permission to share some of this information with my readers.

(Photo via what are words worth wordsworth)
This data is surprisingly difficult [...]

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Tags: Interesting · Soft Drinks

Dr. Pepper is Jonesing to Hear Chinese Democracy

March 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yesterday, Dr. Pepper put out a press release announcing that if Axl Rose finally releases his 17 years-in-the-making Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, during 2008, they will give everyone in America a free can of Dr. Pepper (except Slash & Buckethead).

(Photo of Axl from Elle Blog)
From the press release:
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Tags: Marketing · Soft Drinks · celebrities

Does Anyone Remember Snapple Elements?

March 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments

While we’re on the subject of Snapple, I remember LOVING these when they came out the summer after my freshman year of college. Sun, Rain, Fire…delicious. Yet it’s been years since I’ve seen them on a store shelf.  Anyone else remember these?

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Snapple Antioxidant Water

March 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A week or two ago, Snapple sent me 4 samples of their new Antioxidant water. Having previously read a mostly positive review from my pals over at The Impulsive Buy, I was curious to try it. My package arrived with four flavors, Grape Pomegranate, Strawberry Acai, Tropical Mango and Raspberry Acerola.

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Tags: Reviews · Soft Drinks · YouTube

Jones Soda Teaming up with Lolcats

March 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Jones Soda company has decided to put a lolcat image on one of their Jones Soda bottles and have joined forces with the website i can has cheezburger.  The site has set up a contest where users can submit their lolz, and visitors to the site can rate them.  The Top 5 rated lolz will [...]

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What Do You Think of the New Coke Caps?

March 10th, 2008 · 38 Comments

As some of you may have noticed, Coke now has new screw-off caps on their plastic soda bottles. That look like this:

The caps are slightly shorter than the old ones:

A quick scouring of the internet shows not everyone is pleased with the redesign. Here are a few of the comments I came across:

“Is it just [...]

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