Big 8 Beverages facts for kids

Big 8 Beverages is a soft drinks company based in the town of Stellarton, near New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Established in 1930 and owned by the Sobeys chain of supermarkets since 1986, the company produces fizzy soda drinks of a wide range of flavours, and also bottles spring and distilled water.

History

The Big 8 brand name was created in the 1930s by Fenton and Day Beverages, and is now owned by Sobeys. Created in the 1930s 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, the 7-Up distributor for the Maritime provinces, gave the label and trademark to Sobeys free of charge in 1986.

Soft drink flavours

• 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 (Similar to Dr Pepper)

Bottled water

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