Big 8 Beverages facts for kids

Big 8 Beverages is a company in Canada that makes many kinds of fizzy drinks, also known as soft drinks or sodas. They also bottle different types of water. The company is located in a town called Stellarton, in Nova Scotia. It has been making drinks since 1930. Since 1986, a big supermarket chain called Sobeys has owned Big 8 Beverages.

How Big 8 Beverages Started

The Big 8 brand name began in the 1930s. It was created by two people, Fred Day and his brother-in-law George Fenton. They owned a company called Fenton and Day Beverages.

They decided to name their cola "Big 8" because a large bottle of it cost only eight cents.

In 1946, a famous company called Coca-Cola wanted to buy Fenton and Day. But they didn't offer enough money. So, the owners didn't sell.

Three months later, another company, 7-Up Maritimes, offered a fair price. Fred Day and George Fenton sold their company and retired.

The Big 8 name wasn't used for a while. But in 1986, Maritime Beverages, which distributed 7-Up in the Maritime provinces, gave the Big 8 brand name and trademark to Sobeys for free. This is how Sobeys came to own Big 8 Beverages.

Kinds of Soft Drinks

Big 8 Beverages makes many different flavours of soft drinks. Here are some of them:

• 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 (This drink is similar to Dr Pepper)

Bottled Water Products

Besides soft drinks, Big 8 also bottles different kinds of water. These include:

• Soda Water
• Sparkling Lemon-Lime Water
• Sparkling Water
• Tonic Water
• Spring Water
• Distilled Water