Big 8 Beverages is a soft drinks company based in the town of Stellarton, near New Glasgow,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native En ...

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. Established in 1986 and owned by the

Sobeys Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, with over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales o ...

chain of supermarkets, which is also headquartered in Stellarton, the company produces fizzy soda drinks of a wide range of flavours, and also bottles mineral water.

History

The Big 8 brand name was created in the 1930s by Fenton and Day Beverages, and is now owned by

. Created in the 1930s by Fred Day and his brother-in-law George Fenton. They named their cola Big 8 after the eight-cent price for a bottle roughly a litre in size. Coca-Cola wanted to purchase Fenton and Day in 1946, but wouldn't pay what the owners thought the company was worth. Three months later 7-Up Maritimes offered the right price, founders Fenton and Day sold and retired. The Big 8 name stayed idle until Maritime Beverages, under which 7-Up is sold, gave the label to Sobeys free of charge in 1986.

Soft drink flavours

Cola Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand, in 1886, which was ...

* Diet Cola * Diet Cola Caffeine-Free * Big Up * Diet Big Up * Root Beer * Spruce Beer * Ginger Ale * Diet Ginger Ale * Golden Ginger Ale * Cranberry Ginger Ale * Blackberry Ginger Ale * Cranberry/Raspberry * Sparkling Lemonade * Diet Sparkling Lemonade * Lime * Grape * Cream Soda * Mountain Burst * Orange * Diet Orange * Pineapple * Vanilla Cola *Big 8 Dr Zip (Similar to

Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. It was created in the 1880s by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904. It is now also sold in Europe ...

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Bottled water

* Soda Water * Sparkling Lemon-Lime Water * Sparkling Water * Tonic Water * Spring Water

References

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* {{Colas Drink companies of Canada Food and drink companies based in Nova Scotia Sobeys Canadian brands Cola brands Products introduced in 1986 Cuisine of Nova Scotia