Holy crap - CHEERWINE sighting!

vsp · 04-29-2004, 08:22 PM

I went to my local indy grocery store tonight to fill my Jones Soda fix, and my jaw hit the floor when I saw six-packs of Cheerwine sitting right above the Jones row.

For the uninitiated, Cheerwine is a cherry soda that's particularly indigenous to the southeastern US; it was ubiquitous when I was in college in Raleigh, but I hadn't seen a trace of it in eleven years back up north. Even their website shows their "territory" ending in Virginia; to find it in suburban Philly was off the charts.

AND my wife likes it, so we'll be getting that much more. Cool!

SteveDallas · 04-30-2004, 08:55 AM

MMMM yummy... where was this?????

I love Cheerwine.. I picked up my taste for it while growing up in North Carolina, and I always pick up a couple cases when I visit my parents, or make them bring a couple when they come up here.

We now have Krispy Kreme here too... If we can just get a Bojangles, I'll be all set with all the food products I miss from North Carolina!

Tonchi · 01-08-2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

If we can just get a Bojangles, I'll be all set with all the food products I miss from North Carolina!

Anybody who grew up in North Carolina misses the BARBEQUE more than anything else. Nowhere in the country do they make it as fantastic as back in NC

vsp · 04-30-2004, 02:26 PM

A Thriftway in West Chester.

You can have it shipped directly from their web site, but I don't know what they charge for shipping.

SteveDallas · 04-30-2004, 02:29 PM

Last time I looked (I admit, several years ago, the first time I noticed "cheerwine.com" on one of the cans), it was something like $23 a case, which is too much for soda in my book, no matter how good!

OnyxCougar · 05-11-2004, 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas
MMMM yummy... where was this?????

We now have Krispy Kreme here too... If we can just get a Bojangles, I'll be all set with all the food products I miss from North Carolina!

OOOOOH MAN.... I LOVE Bo's!! And here in our little burg, they have CheddarBo's, apparently something found only here, ... their incredible biscuits with a big slab of cheddar slapped in the middle of it, melted by the heat lamps. Oh yeah....

Haven't tried Cheerwine yet, tho.

And just as a WTF moment, I present to you:

http://www.subserviantchicken.com/

melidasaur · 06-07-2004, 11:59 PM

I saw Cheerwine Sherbert at the grocery store today, but I too am in NC, just like Cheerwine and BoJangles. Long live the BoBerry Biscuit!

SteveDallas · 06-08-2004, 08:24 AM

Cheerwine sherbet?? Hmmm I'll have to look for that when I visit the 'rents in July.

melidasaur · 06-08-2004, 08:47 AM

I saw it at Food Lion in Chapel Hill.... I would assume that other Food Lions would have it too.

They also had Sun Drop Sherbert.

Leave it to Food Lion to have such things!

jane_says · 07-05-2004, 06:45 PM

I can get Cheerwine, Bojangles and Krispy Kreme all in a span of about ten minutes here. Actually, I could if the starter hadn't gone out on my car. I can't get shit right this very minute.

I had no idea Cheerwine was a regional thing.

vsp · 07-06-2004, 09:22 AM

<a href="http://www.cheerwine.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=About.Territory">Here</a> is the region where Cheerwine is most common.

Krispy Kreme has found its way northward; the local Acme carries their donuts, and there's a standalone store in north Wilmington.

Bojangles... I remember them from when I was in college, and not altogether fondly.

jane_says · 07-06-2004, 03:52 PM

I don't like Bojangles either, except for their dirty rice. I don't like chicken (or any meat, for that matter) with bones, so maybe that's the main reason. Also their Boberry biscuits, as others have mentioned, are pretty damned tasty too.

melidasaur · 07-07-2004, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jane_says

I don't like Bojangles either, except for their dirty rice. I don't like chicken (or any meat, for that matter) with bones, so maybe that's the main reason. Also their Boberry biscuits, as others have mentioned, are pretty damned tasty too.

You should try the cajun filet - no bones! I hate boney meat too! Also a boberry biscuit - that is heaven!!!

Hardee's breakfast biscuits are good, but BoJangles is so much better!

SteveDallas · 07-06-2004, 05:01 PM

MMMM...... T - 9 days till we drive down to NC.... Bojangles.... Hardee's Breakfast Biscuits.... If I have to take up a collection to buy new clothes when I get back y'all will understand!!!

jane_says · 07-07-2004, 12:08 PM

Isn't Hardee's the same as Carl's Jr.? Do they not have breakfast? Or do they have neither in Philly?

04-29-2004, 08:22 PM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Holy crap - CHEERWINE sighting! I went to my local indy grocery store tonight to fill my Jones Soda fix, and my jaw hit the floor when I saw six-packs of Cheerwine sitting right above the Jones row. For the uninitiated, Cheerwine is a cherry soda that's particularly indigenous to the southeastern US; it was ubiquitous when I was in college in Raleigh, but I hadn't seen a trace of it in eleven years back up north. Even their website shows their "territory" ending in Virginia; to find it in suburban Philly was off the charts. AND my wife likes it, so we'll be getting that much more. Cool!

06-07-2004, 11:59 PM	#7
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I saw Cheerwine Sherbert at the grocery store today, but I too am in NC, just like Cheerwine and BoJangles. Long live the BoBerry Biscuit! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

06-08-2004, 08:47 AM	#9
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I saw it at Food Lion in Chapel Hill.... I would assume that other Food Lions would have it too. They also had Sun Drop Sherbert. Leave it to Food Lion to have such things! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

04-30-2004, 08:55 AM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	MMMM yummy... where was this????? I love Cheerwine.. I picked up my taste for it while growing up in North Carolina, and I always pick up a couple cases when I visit my parents, or make them bring a couple when they come up here. We now have Krispy Kreme here too... If we can just get a Bojangles, I'll be all set with all the food products I miss from North Carolina!

04-30-2004, 02:26 PM	#4
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	A Thriftway in West Chester. You can have it shipped directly from their web site, but I don't know what they charge for shipping.

04-30-2004, 02:29 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Last time I looked (I admit, several years ago, the first time I noticed "cheerwine.com" on one of the cans), it was something like $23 a case, which is too much for soda in my book, no matter how good!

06-08-2004, 08:24 AM	#8
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Cheerwine sherbet?? Hmmm I'll have to look for that when I visit the 'rents in July.

07-05-2004, 06:45 PM	#10
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	I can get Cheerwine, Bojangles and Krispy Kreme all in a span of about ten minutes here. Actually, I could if the starter hadn't gone out on my car. I can't get shit right this very minute. I had no idea Cheerwine was a regional thing.

07-06-2004, 09:22 AM	#11
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	<a href="http://www.cheerwine.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=About.Territory">Here</a> is the region where Cheerwine is most common. Krispy Kreme has found its way northward; the local Acme carries their donuts, and there's a standalone store in north Wilmington. Bojangles... I remember them from when I was in college, and not altogether fondly.

07-06-2004, 03:52 PM	#12
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	I don't like Bojangles either, except for their dirty rice. I don't like chicken (or any meat, for that matter) with bones, so maybe that's the main reason. Also their Boberry biscuits, as others have mentioned, are pretty damned tasty too.

07-06-2004, 05:01 PM	#14
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	MMMM...... T - 9 days till we drive down to NC.... Bojangles.... Hardee's Breakfast Biscuits.... If I have to take up a collection to buy new clothes when I get back y'all will understand!!!

07-07-2004, 12:08 PM	#15
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	Isn't Hardee's the same as Carl's Jr.? Do they not have breakfast? Or do they have neither in Philly?

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