Welch’s patriotic beverage is a sparkling way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday
For the nation’s semiquincentennial, the company has released a limited-edition blueberry flavor to go with Sparkling Strawberry and Sparkling White Grape.
A bunch of cool new and returning food I found in supermarkets, stores and gas stations this past week.
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Where I found it: Harris Teeter
Did I buy it? Yes. This was the big one for me this week. The revamped Mr. Pibb Zero Sugar finally showed up at our grocery store. I’ve been waiting for this soda since Coke announced it was coming last fall — and it was worth it. Weirdly, Harris Teeter didn’t have the non-Zero Sugar version but did still have Pibb Xtra in the soda aisle.
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