New Product Pacesetters
Convenience Store Products' New Product Pacesetters features the best-selling new products in the convenience store industry from research company IRI.
Published in Convenience Store Products Magazine May/June 2015
This year’s c-store Pacesetters—which consist of the top-selling new products of 2014—all fit neatly into certain buckets. Of the top 10, four fall squarely in the energy bucket, three in flavored beer and three in tobacco. The rest of the top 20 can be characterized as portable (meal replacement and protein), progressive (innovative e-cigs and flavored ales), peppy (energy!) and poppable (mini candies). The four P’s of this year’s Pacesetters are positively popular.
Rank |
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Company |
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10 | Angry Orchard Hard Cider | Boston Beer Company |
2 | Blu Ecigs | Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
3 | Bud Light Lime Straw-ber-Rita | Anheuser-Busch InBev |
19 | Cheetos Mix-Ups | PepsiCo |
17 | Core Power | Fairlife, LLC |
13 | Kit Kat Minis | The Hershey Company |
4 | Marlboro Edge | Altria Group Distribution Company |
16 | Monster Energy Punch | Monster Beverage Co. |
5 | Mtn Dew Kickstart | PepsiCo |
12 | Muscle Milk Proseries 40 Mega Protein Shake | CytoSport |
9 | Muscle Monster Energy Shake | Monster Beverage Co. |
6 | Newport Smooth Select | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
1 | Red Bull Editions | Red Bull North America, Inc. |
8 | Redd's Apple Ale | MillerCoors |
15 | Redd's Strawberry Ale | MillerCoors |
7 | Rockstar Pure Zero | Rockstar Energy Drink |
14 | Rockstar Super Sours Energy Drink | Rockstar Energy Drink |
18 | Snickers Bites | MARS Chocolate North America |
11 | Starbucks Iced Coffee | Starbucks Coffee Company |
20 | Starburst Minis | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. |