Foodservice

MAPCO Express Selects Original Slushie Co. as FUB Provider

Retailer to begin carrying frozen uncarbonated beverage brand this summer

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- MAPCO Express Inc. will begin carrying The Original Slushie Co. frozen uncarbonated beverage (FUB) product this summer. In a collaborative venture with MAPCO the new partnership entails the conversion of 450 existing Bunn powder auto-fill units to liquid pour-over. The conversion is estimated to occur over a six-to-eight week period.

"We are excited by the opportunity to partner with MAPCO and provide premium quality products that will reinvigorate sales for an important c-store category." said W. Ashley Edens, CEO of Sunny Sky Products, which owns The Original Slushie Co. brand.

"Sunny Sky's mission is to have our entire family of beverage brands consumed and enjoyed at any time, any place and any location. MAPCO embracing our Original Slushie Co. FUB program reaffirms our mission and propels forward our ever-evolving national presence by adding about 375 locations where thousands of customers will enjoy a flavorful, refreshing Slushie."

Sunny Sky Products is a full-service beverage manufacturer based in Houston. As a leader in the dispensed specialty beverage category, Sunny Sky Products manufactures and markets dispensed beverages to a variety of distributors and customers including convenience, foodservice, healthcare, education, concessions, supermarkets, restaurants and taquerias. Sunny Sky's brand family includes The Original Slushie Co. (carbonated and uncarbonated), Mega Energy, El Nino Aguas Frescas, Iced D'Lites, Juice D'Lites, Sweet Avery's and Pepper's.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based MAPCO Express operates approximately 375 convenience stores in seven states under the MAPCO Express, MAPCO Mart, East Coast, Discount Food Mart , Fast Food & Fuel, Delta Express and Favorite Markets brand names.

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