Vess
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Vess Soda is a brand of soft drink manufactured and distributed primarily in the St. Louis, Missouri, United States metropolitan area and recently in Canada through Dollarama and Giant Tiger locations. The company was founded in 1916 by Sylvester Jones, who arrived at the Vess brand name from his nickname.
Cincinnati, Ohio
.
Vess was purchased in 1994 by
Cott Beverages.[2]
In 2017, Refresco purchased Cott and assumed ownership of the Vess label. Vess continued to be distributed primarily in the Midwestern United States with its core business centering around St. Louis, where the Vess bottle statue near the Gateway Arch is a protected landmark. In 2021, Vess hired Folsom Distributing Company of St. Louis to distribute its products in the St. Louis region.
Current products
As of 2007, Vess is sold in small plastic bottles and cans, as well as 2- and 3-
liter
bottles. Its slogan is "The Billion Bubble Beverage."
Past products
In the 1980s, Vess produced a chocolate beverage similar to Yoo-hoo called Vess Chocolate. It was discontinued in the mid-1990s.
Vess also made Holy Cow collectible soda in a variety of flavors in 1988. It featured an illustration of Harry Caray's face on each can.
See also
References
- ^ William Lockhart. "Pop Central Articles: The 7Up Story". New Mexico State University at Alamo. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Company News: Cott buys Missouri Bottler for $27.4 Million