Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coming Soon, Rumors, Red Bull, Red Bull GmbH on Mar 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
Red Bull is getting into the soft drink market with a cola entry: Red Bull Simply Cola. Angled as a drink derived from 100% natural sources, it’s rumored to contain flavors from both the kola nut and coca leaf, most closely resembling the classic cola taste. This is similar to the strategies found with Pepsi Raw and Pepsi Retro.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coming Soon, PepsiCo, Mountain Dew, Energy Drinks, News, Grape, Amp, Rumors, Orange on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
From the beverage rumor mill… PepsiCo is looking to roll out a couple of flavor extensions to its Amp Energy Drink, including Grape and Orange. Possible launch date would be March. With Amp’s NASCAR sponsorship and Super Bowl commercial, it looks like this brand is really shooting for growth in 2008.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, PepsiCo, Sierra Mist, Rumors, Orange on Dec 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
From the rumor mill… an orange-flavored version of Sierra Mist, marketed under the name of Sierra Mist Undercover Orange. Discovered via a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, could this finally be Pepsi’s replacement for Orange Slice?
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, PepsiCo, Sierra Mist, Rumors on Sep 27th, 2007 No Comments »
From the rumor mill… a recent trademark filing indicates that a new mojito-inspired flavor of Sierra Mist may be in the works, under the name Sierra Mist Mojito Splash (and Sierra Mist Free Mojito Splash). You may recall that Jones Soda has had some success with limited edition mojito soft drinks, so there might be some merit to this filing.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, PepsiCo, Mountain Dew, Rumors on Apr 6th, 2007 No Comments »
First mentioned in a discussion forum posting from February 2007, Mountain Dew Clash is rumored to be a berry-flavored, Pepsi Blue-like line extension. It was provided to the forum member as part of a marketing research test. No new information is available regarding this rumored flavor.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, PepsiCo, Mountain Dew, Rumors on Dec 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Mountain Dew Electrocution was a hoax, created in late 2004 as to drive traffic to a blog. The rumored drink was to have arrived around Easter 2005 and would have tasted like a “rush of wild berries.” Um, right. But in the end, it was nothing more than a rumor. Move along!