Big 8 Cola

Big 8 Cola is a brand of cola sold in Sobeys stores in Atlantic Canada. The Big 8 brand name was created in the 1930's by Fenton and Day Beverages,^[1] and is now owned by Sobeys.^[2]

Big 8 is also a spring water, manufactured by Big 8 Beverages Ltd. in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

History

Created in the 1930's 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, under which 7-Up is sold, gave the label to Sobeys free of charge in 1986.

Brand portfolio

• Big 8 Cola
• Big 8 Diet cola
• Big 8 Big Up
• Big 8 Diet Big Up
• Big 8 Cream Soda
• Big 8 Ginger Ale
• Big 8 Diet Ginger Ale
• Big 8 Golden ale
• Big 8 Grape soda
• Big 8 Lime
• Big 8 Mountain Burst (Similar to Mountain Dew)
• Big 8 Orange soda
• Big 8 Pineapple
• Big 8 Root Beer
• Big 8 Spruce Beer
• Big 8 Sparkling Cranberry
• Big 8 Sparkling Lemonade
• Big 8 Diet Sparkling Lemonade
• Big 8 Soda Water
• Big 8 Soda Water Light with lemon
• Big 8 Spring Water
• Big 8 Vaniila Cola
• Big 8 Dr Zip (Similar to Dr Pepper

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