Customers lined up to taste-test new products at the Consumer’s Choice Contest hosted at a truenorth convenience store.

Convenience Store Decisions (CSD) has announced the winners of the second-annual Consumer’s Choice New Products Contest.

The product contest, hosted by Truenorth Energy, took place on Thursday, July 28, in the parking lot of a truenorth convenience store in Medina, Ohio. Customers and passersby sampled and evaluated more than 60 product SKUs that spanned 12 categories, rating the items on taste/quality, innovation and uniqueness, and likeliness to buy. The foodservice category was also rated on its portability.

And the winners are……

In the bars category:

• Detour- Simple Salted Caramel Cookie Dough Bar won for taste/quality.
• General Mills- Nature Valley Biscuits w/ Almond Butter, won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Mars-Goodnessknows Snack Squares- Very Cranberry, won for likeliness to buy.

In the chocolate candy category:

• Mars- Snicker Crisper won for taste/quality.
• Hershey-Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cups won for uniqueness/innovation.
• Road Crew Crunch- Milk Chocolate Mile won for likeliness to buy.

In the non-chocolate candy category:

• Mondelez International- Stride Iceberg Mint Gum won for taste/quality.
• Wrigley- Starburst Gummies won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Wrigley-Skittles America Mix won for likeliness to buy.

In the carbonated beverages category:

• Frostop- Rootbeer won for taste/quality.
• Voss Water- Flavored Sparkling- Tangerine Lemongrass won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Voss Water- Flavored Sparkling- Tangerine Lemongrass won for likeliness to buy.

In the energy category:

• Tweaker Extra Strength Watermelon was the winner in all three categories.

In the foodservice category:

• AdavancePierre Foods- BIG AZ Sriracha Glazed Chicken Sandwich won for taste/quality.
• Johnsonville Sausage- Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Don Miguel – Chicken Chipotle Chicken BOMB Burrito won for likeliness to buy.
• Tyson- Chicken Sandwich won for portability.

In the healthy category:

• Bay Valley- McCann’s Quick & Fast Steel Cut Oatmeal Cups won for taste/quality.
• Reichel Foods- ProSnax Sweet Gala Apples & Almonds won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Organic Valley- Stringles- Mozzarella Cheese won for likeliness to buy.

In the juice category:

• Britvic- Fruit Shoot Orange Mango was the winner across all three categories.

In the meat snacks category:

• Old Wisconsin- Original Stick won for taste/quality.
• Chef’s Cut – Bacon Jerky won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Tyson- Ball Park Flame Grilled Jerky won for likeliness to buy.

In the non-carbonated beverage category:

• Whitewave- Stok Cold Brew Iced Coffee (Black) won for taste/quality.
• Chobani- Drinkable Yogurt won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Nestlé- Nesquik Protein Plus- Chocolate won for likeliness to buy.

In the salty snacks category:

• Good Foods-Chunky Guacamole won for taste/quality.
• Gehl’s- Smoky Bacon Cheddar Cheese Sauce won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Gehl’s- Smoky Bacon Cheddar Cheese Sauce won for likeliness to buy.

In the sweet snacks category:

• Rich Products- Cinnamon Roll Sweet Middles won for taste/quality.
• Tyson- Sara Lee Pumpkin Pie won for uniqueness and innovation.
• Lehi Valley- Sweet & Salty Snack Trail won for likeliness to buy.

Congratulations to all of the winners. Stay tuned to CSD’s October issue for more on the winning products. Check out the video below taken at this year’s product contest.

https://www.facebook.com/CStoreDecisions/videos/1188061767913365/

 

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