OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- The winners of CSP’s 11th annual Retailer Choice Best New Product Contest represent a remarkable array of tastes, formats and equipment.
Winners were selected by convenience-store retailers in the industry’s most significant new-product awards for 28 different categories from a pool of hundreds of products that were nominated.
The contest included products released in the convenience-retailing format between Aug. 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014. Candidates were narrowed to a list of three in each category, chosen over the course of one month of online voting. Thanks to all retailers who voted for their favorites; the contest would not have been possible without your participation. Congratulations to all the winners!
| Category | Winning company | Winning product |
| Best new packaging | The Coca-Cola Co. | Chill Activated Can |
| Chicken | Brakebush Brothers | Sriracha Bites |
| Chocolate | Nestle USA | Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups |
| Cigars | Swisher International | Limited Edition Cigaillos |
| Dispensed beverage equipment | Keurig Green Mountain Inc. | K150 Single-Serve Brewing System |
| Dispensed beverages | Nestle Professional | Nestle Coffee-mate Italian Sweet Creme Liquid Creamer Singles |
| E-cigarettes | Altria Group Distribution Co. | MarkTen |
| Edible grocery | Good Humor | Reese's Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cup |
| Energy drink | Monster | Monster Energy Ultra Red |
| Foodservice equipment | TurboChef | Panini Oven |
| Foodservice--general | J&J Snack Foods Corp. | SUPERPRETZEL SuperTwists |
| Foodservice--sweets | McCain Foods USA | Sweet Classics Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites |
| General merchandise | Church & Dwight | Trojan BareSkin Condom 3-ct. |
| Gum/Mints | Ferrero USA | Tic Tac Summer Ice Pop |
| Handheld entree | Johnsonville Sausage LLC | Sausage & Gravy Stuffed Biscuits |
| HBC | GlaxoSmithKline | Tums Chewy Delights Very Cherry |
| Meat snacks | Jack Link's | Small Batch Handcrafted Beef Jerky |
| Non-chocolate | Impact Confections | WARHEADS Sour Dippin' Pucker Packs |
| Non-food-related equipment | iSee Store Innovations | Icelight Cooler |
| Nuts/Seeds/Legumes | Thanasi Foods | BIGS Lightly Salted Pumpkin Seeds |
| Packaged beverage | Bolthouse Farms | Salted Caramel Latte 15.2oz. |
| Snacks--bars | KIND Healthy Snacks | Strong & KIND Bars |
| Snacks--salty | JM Smuckers | Jif to Go Dippers |
| Snacks--sweet | Mrs. Freshley's | Peanut Butter Flavored Swiss Rolls |
| Technology--hardware | Comdata | SmartSight |
| Technology--software/services | Gilbarco VeederRoot | Play At The Pump |
| Tobacco accessories | BIC Corp. | Collector Series Duck Dynasty |
| Vaping | CB Distributors/21st Century Smoke | Vapin Plus Liquid Vaporizer Pen & E-liquids |
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based CSP Business Media, publisher of CSP, Convenience Store Products, FoodService Director and Restaurant Business magazines, is a market-dominant, business-to-business, multi-media communication company specializing in the convenience retailing, restaurant and on-the-go food industries. In addition to its print products, CSP Business Media has an extensive portfolio of online products including e-newsletters (CSP Daily News), websites, web conferences, CSPTV and other video products, mobile applications and custom solutions. And CSP Leadership Conferences & Events produces more than 20 major EduNetworking live conferences and focused meetings a year.
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