OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- The winners of CSP’s 10th annual Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest represent a variety of new ideas and new flavors that are bringing fresh bang to convenience stores across the country.
The winners of the industry’s most significant new-product awards were selected by retailers in the c-store industry in 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, 2012, and July 31, 2013. Candidates were narrowed to a list of three in each category, chosen over the course of one month in online voting.
CSP thanks all the retailers who voted for their favorites; the contest would not have been possible without your participation. Congratulations to all the winners!
Tobacco E-cigarettes
New Starter Pack (blu ecigs)
Tobacco-Cigars
White Owl Gold (Swedish Match)
Tobacco-Accessories
Hip Nation Series (BIC Corp.)
Tobacco-OTP
Grizzly Wide Cut Wintergreen (RJ Reynolds)
Packaged Beverages
TummyTickler (In Zone Brands)
Packaged Beverages-Energy
Red Bull Editions (Red Bull)
Packaged Beverages-Functional
MiO Fit, Liquid Water Enhancer (Kraft Foods)
Dispensed Beverages
Sugar Free Strawberry Lemonade Frozen Carbonated Beverage (Sunny Sky Products)
Dispensed Beverage Accessories
Nestlé Coffee-mate Vanilla Caramel Liquid Creamer Singles (Nestlé Professional)
Candy-Chocolate
Kit Kat Minis (The Hershey Co.)
Candy-Non-chocolate
Starburst Minis (Wrigley)
Candy-Gum/Mints
5 Focus Gum (Wrigley)
Foodservice-General
Hot Pockets Mac & Cheese (Nestlé Professional)
Foodservice-Breakfast
Donut Holes To-Go (Prairie City Bakery)
Foodservice-Sandwiches/Burgers
BIG AZ BaconAddict Cheeseburger (AdvancePierre Foods Inc.)
Snacks-Sweet
Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Snickerdoodle (General Mills Convenience)
Snacks-Bars
KIND Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt (KIND Healthy Snacks)
Snacks-Meat Snacks
SQUATCH Snack Sticks (Jack Link's Beef Jerky)
Snacks-Salty
COMBOS® Baked Snacks 7 Layer Dip Tortilla (Mars Chocolate North America)
Edible Grocery
Cuties 3 Pack Snack Sleeve (Sun Pacific Marketing)
HBC
Scope Outlast to Go 1 Use (Procter & Gamble)
General Merchandise
Rayovac Alkaline Batteries & Flashlights (Lil' Drug Store Products)
Foodservice Equipment
Matchbox Oven (Ovention Ovens)
Dispensed Beverage Equipment
TouchPoint (Lancer Corp.)
Equipment-Nonfood Related
LadderPort Convenience Store Package for Ladder & Roof Access Safety (LadderTech LLC)
Technology-Software/Services
LoyalDebit Mobile™ (The Pinnacle Corp.)
Technology-Hardware
Impulse (Gilbarco Veeder-Root)
Best New Packaging
Camel Snus Fresh Seal Packaging (RJ Reynolds)
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based CSP Business Media LLC, publisher of CSP, Convenience Store Products, FoodService Director and Restaurant Business magazines, is a business-to-business communication company specializing in the convenience retailing, restaurant and on-the-go food industries. In addition to its print products, CSP Business Media's two divisions (Convenience & Petroleum Retailing Group and Foodservice Group) produces multiple e-newsletters (including CSP Daily News and Convenience Store Products E-News), websites, CSPNetwork CyberConferences, CSPTV, CSPedia, CSP Leadership Conferences and CSP Custom Solutions.
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