CSP has named the finalists and opened voting in its 23nd annual Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest (BNPC). | CSP Staff
CSP has named the finalists and opened voting in its 23nd annual Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest (BNPC). The BNPC honors today’s top product innovations and tomorrow’s solutions in the convenience-store industry, focusing on the most successful product launches from the past year.
CSP editors identified all finalists in 29 product segments from products nominated by convenience-store industry members.
Now it’s up to c-store retailers to select the winners. Retailers can vote now through Aug. 7.
Winners will be announced in late September, and awards will be given out at the NACS Show, which takes place Oct. 6-9 in Las Vegas. They will also be featured in a future issue of CSP magazine and online.
Click here to view last year’s winners.
The full list of 2026 finalists:
| Supplier | Product | Product category |
| Smokey Mountain Brands | Peach Caffeine Pouches | Caffeinated Pouches |
| IGNITE International | Tropical Energy Pouches | Caffeinated Pouches |
| Grinds | Watermelon Energy Pouches | Caffeinated Pouches |
| WIP | Fruit Punch Energy Pouches | Caffeinated Pouches |
| Denssi | Berry Beast Energy Pouches | Caffeinated Pouches |
| The Hershey Company | Reese's OREO® Cup | Candy: Chocolate |
| Mars Snacking | Twix Bits | Candy: Chocolate |
| Mars Snacking | M&M's Caramel POP'd | Candy: Chocolate |
| The Hershey Company | Shaq-A-Licious Slams | Candy: Gummy |
| Ferrara Candy Company | Nerds Juicy Gummy Cluster | Candy: Gummy |
| PIM Brands, Inc. | Welch's® Fusions™ Tropical Tornado | Candy: Gummy |
| General Mills Convenience | Blue Gushers | Candy: Gummy |
| Mars Snacking | Skittles Gummies Fuego | Candy: Gummy |
| Candy Dynamics | Slime Licker Drops® | Non-Chocolate |
| HI-CHEW® | 2-in-1 Lychee & Raspberry Stick | Non-Chocolate |
| breathROX | Chili Lime Mango | Non-Chocolate |
| Century Snacks | Snak Club x Mike's Hot Honey Bombs | Non-Chocolate |
| Mars Snacking | Extra Gum Sours | Non-Chocolate |
| McLane Company | Frazil Root Beer Float | Dispensed Beverage |
| Red Diamond® Coffee & Tea | Simple Sweet™ Refreshers | Dispensed Beverage |
| Sunny Sky Products | NERDS® Juicy Gummy Cluster Strawberry Punch FCB Slush | Dispensed Beverage |
| Rich Products | f'real Creamsicle milkshake | Dispensed Beverage |
| Hudson Leramo Beverage Group | Van Holten Pickle Lemonade Slush | Dispensed Beverage |
| Nappy Boy Dranks | Good Game by T-Pain Strawberry Surge | Energy Alternative |
| ALL Labs, Inc. | Cherry Cola Energy Spray | Energy Alternative |
| Drips Energy LLC | Micro-Dosed Effervescent Caffeinated Candy | Energy Alternative |
| Riize Up | Riize Energy Strip | Energy Alternative |
| McLane Company | HiBird | Foodservice: Meal Solutions & Entrees |
| WEFoods Inc | Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagelitos | Foodservice: Meal Solutions & Entrees |
| MegaMex Foods | Don Miguel Breakfast Mini Tacos | Foodservice: Meal Solutions & Entrees |
| High Liner Foods | Fully Cooked Panko Breaded Pollock Strip | Foodservice: Meal Solutions & Entrees |
| Ajinomoto Foods | Golden Tiger Kimchi Fried Rice | Foodservice: Snacks & Appetizers |
| Big Mozz | The Mozz Junior | Foodservice: Snacks & Appetizers |
| Simplot Global Food | Tater Squares | Foodservice: Snacks & Appetizers |
| Rich's | Farm Rich Queso Dip Bite | Foodservice: Snacks & Appetizers |
| Ruiz Foods, Inc. | El Monterey® S'mores Cheesecake Mini Chimis | Foodservice: Dessert |
| Dutch Waffle Company | No Bake Stroopwafel Pie Crust | Foodservice: Dessert |
| Rich's | Our Specialty Treat Shop S'mores Mousse Parfait | Foodservice: Dessert |
| Newco | Infinibrew | Foodservice: Equipment |
| BUNN | Nitron®-4X | Foodservice: Equipment |
| Hatco Corporation | Flav-R-Savor® Heated Display Merchandiser | Foodservice: Equipment |
| Food Concepts, Inc. | Panelrak Impulse Merchandiser | Foodservice: Equipment |
| Hunt Brothers® Pizza | BBQ Chicken Pizza | Foodservice: Pizza |
| McLane Company | Duo Slice Pizza | Foodservice: Pizza |
| Rich's | Pizzeria Uno Steak & Cheese Calzone | Foodservice: Pizza |
| Johnsonville, LLC | Johnsonville® Ultimate Dr Pepper® Inspired Sausage Link | Foodservice: Roller Grill |
| Home Market Foods | Spicy Tequila Lime chicken RollerBites | Foodservice: Roller Grill |
| Ruiz Foods, Inc. | Cheesy Burger Tornados | Foodservice: Roller Grill |
| Dover Fueling Solutions | ProGauge® DMP™ MagRF | Forecourt |
| Commercial Zone | Avante™ Series | Forecourt |
| Guardian Fueling Technologies | Guardian Connect | Forecourt |
| BIC | FLEX 5 Trim & Shave | General Merchandise |
| Little Joe | Little Duck Spring Rain Air Freshener | General Merchandise |
| Wagging Dog Bakery | Puppin Mini Cupcake Treats for Dogs | General Merchandise |
| 1st Phorm | Honey Chipotle Protein Stick | Meat Sticks |
| Chomps | Original Chicken | Meat Sticks |
| Carl Buddig & Co | YUMBO | Meat Sticks |
| JiMMYBAR! | Creatine Protein Bar | Nutrition Bars |
| Barebells | Brownie Batter | Nutrition Bars |
| Built Puff | Sour Puff Blue Razz Blast | Nutrition Bars |
| 1st Phorm | Strawberry Smashcake Level-1 Protein Bar | Nutrition Bars |
| Anheuser-Busch | BeatBox Coconut Breeze | Packaged Beverages: Alcohol |
| SLAMZEES | Elf Fuel | Packaged Beverages: Alcohol |
| Big Sipz | Diamond | Packaged Beverages: Alcohol |
| Simply Spiked | Bolder (12% ABV) | Packaged Beverages: Alcohol |
| Topo Chico Hard | Margarita MAX - Strawberry Hibiscus | Packaged Beverages: Alcohol |
| Anheuser-Busch | Phorm Energy | Packaged Beverages: Energy |
| REFOCUS | Vitamins + Energy | Packaged Beverages: Energy |
| BUM Energy | BUM Energy | Packaged Beverages: Energy |
| One 11 Brands | PHX Hydration Energy | Packaged Beverages: Energy |
| Botanic Tonics | Kava Maté | Packaged Beverages: Energy |
| Cirkul® | Water | Packaged Beverage: Functional |
| Yerba Madre | Strawberry Kiwi | Packaged Beverage: Functional |
| Rockin' Protein | MAX 50G Chocolate Banana Protein Shake | Packaged Beverage: Functional |
| PLAYR1 LLC | Functional Beverage 12 oz. can | Packaged Beverage: Functional |
| Benjamin Blue | Natural Spring Water | Packaged Beverage: Functional |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Coca-Cola Cherry Float | Packaged Beverages: Non-Alcohol |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Mr. Pibb | Packaged Beverages: Non-Alcohol |
| Keurig-Dr. Pepper | Canada Dry Fruit Splash Strawberry | Packaged Beverages: Non-Alcohol |
| Keurig-Dr. Pepper | Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut | Packaged Beverages: Non-Alcohol |
| Chinook Seedery | Hot Honey Sunflower Seeds | Salty Snacks |
| Bubbies | Snacking Pickles | Salty Snacks |
| SuckerPunch Pickles | Slow Burn Nashville Hot SuckerPunch Pickles | Salty Snacks |
| Hormel Foods | PLANTERS® Garlic Chili Crisp Flavored Cashews | Salty Snacks |
| The Hershey Company | Dots Snack Mix | Snack Mixes |
| Century Snacks | Snak Club PB&J Trail Mix | Snack Mixes |
| General Mills Convenience | Chex Mix M&M's | Snack Mixes |
| JM Smucker | Hostess Donettes Churro | Sweet Snacks |
| General Mills Convenience | Pillsbury Mini Soft Baked Cinnamon Roll Cookies | Sweet Snacks |
| Rip Van | Crispy Choco Peanut Butter | Sweet Snacks |
| JTM Foods, LLC | Cookies-n-Milk Ready-to-Eat Cookie Dough Protein Bites | Sweet Snacks |
| Kitchen Fresh | Fluffernutter | Sweet Snacks |
| Fintech | SBT | Technology: Back of House |
| Mako Networks | 6700 Edge Platform | Technology: Back of House |
| PDI Technologies | PDIQ | Technology: Back of House |
| Supplyit | Supplyit Digital Packing | Technology: Back of House |
| Modisoft | Sunny | Technology: Back of House |
| Patron Points | Rebate Activation | Technology: Loyalty |
| Let Us Nudge | Nudge In QR Code Tabletop | Technology: Loyalty |
| Velocity Logic Group | Pay with Points and Target All | Technology: Loyalty |
| Dover Fueling Solutions | 4Court Media | Technology: Retail Media Networks |
| AdAction | AdGem Play | Technology: Retail Media Networks |
| OptiSigns | Optisigns Ads Portal | Technology: Retail Media Networks |
| Horticulture Co. | Tempter's THC Spritzer | THC Beverage |
| Delta Beverages Inc | 5mg Variety Pack | THC Beverage |
| Gigli | THC Cocktails | THC Beverage |
| Nowadays | Black Cherry spirits and canned cocktails | THC Beverage |
| RYTHM, Inc. | Señorita THC Margaritas | THC Beverage |
| Good Times Tobacco | Sweet Woods 2ct Dark Sweet | Tobacco: Cigars |
| Swedish Match Cigars Inc. | Game Leaf 3 Pack | Tobacco: Cigars |
| ITG Brands | Backwoods Irish Cream | Tobacco: Cigars |
| Swedish Match Cigars Inc. | White Owl Red, White & Berry | Tobacco: Cigars |
| ITG Brands | Zone Jalapeño Lime | Tobacco: OTP |
| Lucy | Apple Cider Breakers | Tobacco: OTP |
| Joey Op Co LLC | Banana | Tobacco: OTP |
| Turning Point Brands | Stoker's Proud Moist Snuff | Tobacco: OTP |
| NYKD USA | Premium Nicotine Pouches | Tobacco: OTP |
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