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CHICAGO —CSP has named the finalists and opened voting in its 19th annual Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest (BNPC). The BNPC honors today’s top product innovations and tomorrow’s solutions, focusing on the most successful product launches from the past year.
The editors of CSPDailyNews.com and CStoreProductsOnline.com 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 of these coveted awards. Retailers can fill out a ballot now through Aug. 26.
The full list of finalists:
| Product category | Product | Supplier |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol: Beer | Bud Light Next | Anheuser-Busch |
| Eight Beer | Eight Brewing Co. | |
| Tecate Alta | Heineken USA | |
| Alcohol: Hard Seltzer | Bud Light Seltzer Hard Soda | Anheuser-Busch |
| Sparkling Ice Spiked Winter Warmer Variety 12-Pack | Beverage Innovation Group | |
| Truly Margarita-Style Hard Seltzer | Boston Beer | |
| Alcohol: Ready to Drink | Nutrl | Anheuser-Busch |
| Monaco Cocktail Watermelon Crush | Atomic Brands | |
| Simply Spiked Lemonade | Molson Coors/Coca-Cola Co. | |
| Behind the Counter | VLN Cigarettes | 22nd Century Group |
| Black Buffalo Zero Long Cut and Pouches | Black Buffalo Inc. | |
| White Owl Swirl: Triple Grape | Swedish Match North America | |
| Candy: Chocolate | ChocXO Butter Cups | ChocXO |
| Reese's Big Cup With Potato Chips | The Hershey Co. | |
| Dove Large Promises | Mars Wrigley | |
| Candy: Gummies | Haribo Goldbears | Haribo of America |
| Jolly Rancher Very Berry Gummies | The Hershey Co. | |
| Starburst Airs | Mars Inc. | |
| CBD | Forth CBD Disposable Vape Pens | EAS |
| Delta8 | iDelta | |
| Sky Wellness Sleep Softgels 5ct | Sky Wellness | |
| CBD Beverage | A88CBD | The Alkaline Water Co. |
| Aprch CBD Sparkling Water | Aprch Beverage Co. | |
| Forth CBD Juice Drinks | EAS | |
| Facilities | D25 Sink System | D|13 Group |
| 360 Waste Windshield Service Center | Forte Products | |
| Wayne Ovation Multi-Hose Fuel Dispenser | Wayne | |
| Foodservice: Components | Detroit Style Pizza Dough | Gonnella |
| Johnsonville Chorizo Sausage Strips | Johnsonville | |
| King's Hawaiian Pretzel Slider Buns | King's Hawaiian | |
| Foodservice: Dessert | La Panaderia Dulce Donuts | Golden Dough Foods |
| Goya Frozen Churros | Goya Foods Inc. | |
| Rich's Fully finished Donut Portfolio-Glazed and Iced | Rich Products Corp. | |
| Foodservice: Dispensed Beverage | Icee Limeade Zest | The Icee Co. |
| Red Diamond's Watermelon Simple Sweet Tea | Red Diamond | |
| Upouria Frappes | Sunny Sky Products | |
| Foodservice: Entree | Chester's Honey Stung Chicken Sandwich | Chester's Chicken |
| Tyson Hot N' Spicy Chicken & Waffles Sandwich | Tyson Convenience | |
| Handcrafted Breakfast Pizza | Uno Foods | |
| Foodservice: Ingredients | Cholula Street Taco Seasoning Mix | McCormick & Co. |
| Quorn Meatless Homestyle Cutlets | Quorn Foods | |
| SupHerb Farms Ready-to-Use Creamy Ginger Pepper Sauce | SupHerb Farms | |
| Foodservice: Roller Grill | Garlic Parmesan Chicken RollerBites | Home Market Foods |
| Tapatio & Cheddar Flavored Franks | Sigma Foodservice | |
| Chili Cheese Dog Burrito | Sigma Foodservice | |
| Foodservice Equipment: Dispensed Beverage | Bunn Ultra NX Frozen Beverage Dispenser | Bunn |
| Ronnoco Cold Brew Machine | Ronnoco | |
| Curtis Iced Tea Brewers and Dispensers | Curtis | |
| Foodservice Equipment: Oven | The Ibex Oven | Ibex/Vulcan/ITW |
| Vector Wide Multi-Cook Ovens | Alto-Shaam | |
| Broaster VF-3 Ventless Fryer With SmartTouch | Broaster Co. | |
| Frozen Snack | Halo Top Fruit Sorbet Pints | Halo Top |
| United Dairy Farmer's Main Avenue Creamery | United Dairy Farmers | |
| Veggies Made Great Keto Cinnamon Roll Muffin | Veggies Made Great | |
| Lighter | BIC EZ Reach Snoop Dogg Line | BIC |
| Scripto Ultima Premium Disposable Pocket Lighter | Calico Brands | |
| Avalon E Pastel Pocket Lighter | MK Lighter | |
| Meat Snack | Archer Fuego Beef Jerky | Country Archer Provisions |
| Vacadillos Carne Seca Chipotle Honey | Stryve | |
| Wenzel's Farm Smoked BBQ and Sweet & Spicy | Wenzel's Farm | |
| Packaged Beverage: CSD | Coca-Cola Starlight | Coca-Cola Co. |
| Mtn Dew Spark Zero Sugar | PepsiCo | |
| A-Treat Mike and Ike Soda | Just Born Quality Confectionery/The Jaindl Cos. | |
| Packaged Beverage: Energy | Monster Energy Ultra Peachy Keen | Monster |
| Optimum Nutrition Amino Energy Sparkling Orange Blast | Optimum Nutrition | |
| Nerd Focus | Nerd Focus | |
| T-Pain's Nxt Lvl Gamer Shot | TakeOver Industries | |
| Packaged Beverage: Enhanced | Health-Ade Pop | Health-Ade |
| Pwr Lft | The Vita Coco Co. | |
| Nirvana Muscle Recovery + Immunity | Nirvana Water Sciences | |
| Packaged Beverage: RTD Coffee | Community Coffee Mocha White Chocolate | Community Coffee |
| Java Monster Cold Brew | Monster | |
| Super Coffee Cinnamon Roll | Super Coffee | |
| Packaging/Promotion | Icee Color-Changing Cup | The Icee Co. |
| Swisher Sweets Life Is Sweet Contest Packaging | Swisher | |
| Choward's four-tier counter/power-wing display | C. Howard Co. | |
| Salty Snack | Chex Mix White Cheddar | General Mills |
| Pirate's Booty Cheddar Blast | The Hershey Co. | |
| Pringles Scorchin' Chili & Lime | Kelloggs | |
| Snack Bar | Clif Thins | Cliff Bar & Co. |
| Reese's Snack Bar | The Hershey Co. | |
| think! Keto Chocolate Mousse Pie | think! | |
| Sweet Snack | Hostess Jumbo Donettes Chocolate Mocha | Hostess |
| Jumbo Snax Apple Jacks | Kelloggs | |
| Birthday Cake Ooey Gooey Butter Cake | Prairie City Bakery | |
| Technology | Pickup Pod | Hatco Corp. |
| Minor Decliner Age-Restricted Door Access | Minor Decliner | |
| Vroom Delivery Online SNAP/EBT Payment | Vroom |
Voting will remain open through the end of the day Aug. 26. Click here to vote now.
Winners will be announced during the NACS Show in Chicago, online and in a future issue of CSP magazine. Click here to see last year’s winning products.
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