Snapple Green Tea Takes Home the Blue Ribbon at the Annual North American Tea Championship™

The Best Stuff on Earth keeps getting better. Snapple Green Tea was awarded first place in the Ready-to-Drink-Flavored Green Tea category at the North American Tea Championship held this May by World Tea Media. Snapple Sweet Tea was also recognized as the second place winner in the Ready-to-Drink-Sweetened Black Tea category.

“Snapple has a history of bringing the ‘Best Stuff on Earth’ to our fans,” said David Thomas, executive vice president of research and development for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. “We are honored to be recognized for our flavor innovation and great taste, and look forward to continuing our tradition of making the ‘Best Stuff’ even better.”

The North American Tea Championship™ is an independent competition, judged by professional cuppers and foremost retail buyers of tea, to distinguish the highest quality and best tasting teas commercially produced in the North American marketplace.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Named as Beverage Forum 2010 Company of the Year

In May 2010, Dr Pepper Snapple Group was named Company of the Year by the Beverage Marketing Corporation and Beverage World magazine. The award recognized the company's outstanding performance, flavor leadership and innovation. DPS was honored at The Beverage Forum, the annual beverage industry conference, in the large company category. The large company category for Company of the Year recognizes one organization with more than $1 billion in revenue.

"Dr Pepper Snapple Group continues to be one of the most vibrant and innovative CSD companies in the industry today, and its diverse portfolio of leading brands is one of its greatest strengths. Although the company's roots are deeply entrenched in CSD history, its ongoing success is a testament to what can be achieved when the right brands and the right people are combined with an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to innovation," said Kevin Francella, co-chair of The Beverage Forum and publisher of Beverage World magazine.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Innovation Honored at Inaugural Product of the Year USA Awards

In January 2009, Dr Pepper Snapple Group took home top honors from the inaugural Product of the Year USA awards, one of North America's largest consumer-voted programs recognizing product innovation. With more than 100,000 U.S. consumers voting, Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale won Beverage of the Year and Mott's for Tots won in the Kids Nutrition category.

Snapple and Crush Cherry Named 2010 CSP Retailer Choice Best New Product Awards

Snapple Compassionberry Tea, created by Holly Robinson Peete on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice, and Crush Cherry were named best new products in the 2010 Convenience Store Petroleum (CSP) Retailer Choice Best New Products competition. Inspired by the mission of the HollyRod Foundation, Snapple Compassionberry Tea earned top prize in the ready-to-drink (RTD) teas category while Crush Cherry, the first pure cherry-flavored soda in the marketplace in the past four years, won the carbonated soft drinks category.