I should say, that I haven’t read all the posts here, so maybe someone has already mentioned that site, but anyway,that’s the website, and I ordered it, woohoo! Details about 1940’s Vintage Very Rare Original Frostie Root Beer Sign Hires, Gas, Oil Candy See original listing. I plan on giving them a shout when I get into the states on my trip in a few weeks (or when I get my content wide roaming plan enabled for the month, whichever is first), but if anyone else wants to give them a shout before then and inform what they find to the board, please feel free. Corpse Reviver Cocktail Bar. Speedy stole my thunder – Hires Root Beer lives up here in Canada. It appears, since they are presently showing it On Line, that Lowes Food #214 in Morehead City, NC sells 2 Liter plastic bottles of Hires Root Beer for between $1.79 and $1.89 per bottle. There are apparently a few stores in Maryland and North Carolina that carry Hires, but not many. So this isn’t really a good thing but if it inspires Hires root beer to make a come back I am all for it. Hires developed his root tea made from sassafras in 1875, debuted a commercial version of root beer at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, and began selling his extract. Just as I remembered it. So if successful, maybe we can apply that to the 2nd best ever root beer, barrelhead, not same taste but really good and the best/most foamy root beer ever…and don’t spare the ice! Food & Beverage Company. They asked me why in the world would I be carrying root beer in my briefcase. Consolidated Foods bought the company from the Hires family in 1960, only to sell Hires two years later to Crush … This brewery has been producing what I think is the best root beer I have ever had. If I had my way, Hires root beer would be the #1 soft drink brand in the world! “WELL, We want our “Old Days” BACK ! Still I remember it, not only as the best soda, but as the best product I have ever tasted (and I am a supertaster). I was under the impression that making money was what they were all about. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. See more ideas about root beer candy, root beer, candy paint cars. But it’s easily been gone for 20 years. Snapple people have no idea what they are doing by discarding HIRES…. What can we do to get it back on our shelves? Brand New. The merchandising manager at QFC has submitted an order for it and we are still waiting for Kroger to have it ordered and sent to the store as a special order. If he would leave his current job and go to work on resurrecting Hires, I’d buy a case a month! It really is a shame that DrPepper/Snapple Group made the decision on Hires many years ago. You can tell the difference between the three types of candy canes based on color, as they are brown, orange, and red, respectively. Eyelevellink.com for Hires root beer 24 pack for $28 shipped. I slowly watched Dr Pepper/Snapple Group tie a sales noose around both brands almost fifteen years ago preferencing their A&W Root Beer and Sunkist Orange products. Unfortunately Hires is still suffering from the decisions that Dr Pepper/Snapple Group made fifteen years ago. But I found this other website which I got free beer coupons and I like to share it with you all: https://www.hotfreebees.com/free-beer-bl Check it out if you want to. Root beer is a unique flavor that caught on in the 20th century. Corn syrup in a GMO product owned by Monsanto and I will not support them. None. The closest place that I have been able to get it is WINCO in Lacey, WA. I , like the other baby-boomers, were there and are still here wanting our most loved “Hires Root Beer”. Pingback: Popular brands from yesteryear | Frugal SOS. Brach's candy … Take a thick glass and add vanilla ice cream. of Hires Root Beer for, $4.98. Eight years ago it was available throughout most of Southern Pennsylvania.  The familiar scenario played out again in my travels to Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine – all stores that once stocked Hires were no longer carrying it. If anyone is from around here, or is really desperate and would like a 12 pack shipped, email me. At least I can still get Vernors but it doesn’t taste quite the same since they moved production out of Detroit. I knew that it was a hard product to find and will greatly miss its uniqueness. My son sends me cases every few years. So, listen up Bottlers!!! I was shocked to see it! But they are hard to find and when you do the cost plus the postage is too much. Thanks for the update! It was a special treat, and I was always excited to see a bottle because my name was on it. I just called them (3/14/2018) and they have Hires on sale for $299 a case. I just had some last night from a fountain dispenser at Mario’s Pizza in Tucson, AZ. Total cost was 19.98! Brand. I too have been looking for Hires for years now. Thanks to everyone that keeps updating this thread with Hires information. I just placed my re-order to Hy-Vee Direct, and it is still $14 for two 12-packs. Should or can we do anything about it? Zatarain's Root Beer Concentrate, 4 Ounce Plastic Bottle by Party … Seems rather pathetic to own trademarks to something you’re not going to do much with at all really. A&W rebranded themselves in the late 90s to bring back the Burger Family. Root Beers; Other Sodas; Diet Sodas; Root Beer of the Month Club; Gift Packs; Gift Certificates; Merchandise; Collecting/Misc. Brought back a number of two liter bottles. Get it while you can, for who knows how much longer they will continue to make Hires Root beer, the original and still the best. Company. I buy some every summer at Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati, OH. Bummer. Always spoke to the receptionist. Search Hires in Kijiji Winnipeg and buy some for yourself. here ya go ………………https://www.amazon.com/Hires-Root-Beer-pack-12-ounces/dp/B004743S5O ,you can still get it and ya don’t need Trump to do it ……….his arch nemesis Jeff Bezos has ya covered lol, try also shop.com Years ago, to satisfy my craving I ordered Hires Root Beer from The PopShop online. My first thought was getting back to this site to let you folks know they are indeed for sale at JJims (another poster also mentioned this). (or https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&gws_rd=ssl I loved how the smooth vanilla taste predominated; so unlike the wintergreen flavor of other brands. I see items vanish from stores on almost a daily basis. When the FDA banned Sassafras, my dad brought home 3 samples of a new recipe for us to taste test. Your request will be added to others, and hopefully we can get Hires to everyone that craves a taste of the original root beer! What Were The Best New York City Restaurants In 1929? ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. Also, I have been getting HIRES at Kehegourmet.com. Sad to hear you tossed most of it because it is still the original and the best (if not better than most). Loved Hires as a kid here in Vancouver BC. None of the root beers on the market today can compare to Hires. Thanks Dave – Had the same result when I called. We had many bottles explode over the years, make sure they are very cold when you open them, but yea sometimes you lose half a bottle. They sell and the ‘new’ owners do away with it or change it to all artificial ingredients. Your comments give us valuable input about our brands and where people want to see them. I currently live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast I’ve looked for it for years and I can’t find it anywhere. How did the oldest continually produced soft drink and for many years, most popular root beer in America get to this situation? That's because this is the Primrose Candy Company we're talking about and they're famous for making some of the most delicious candies on the market. From United States +C $3.79 shipping. (972) 673-7000 By far better than anything else. Direct: 781-575-4033 but I might drive down there this summer and maybe do some fishing on the way. We have an old 7up machine at work with an old Hires label in, so want to push it but I know that gross A&W will come out which is just syrup. With 140 years of experience in crafting the perfect Root Beer, Hires Root Beer and Vodka combines the classic Root Beer taste you love with a splash of vodka. No, what’s moronic is the fact that you believe Coca-Cola manufactures Dr. Pepper. Even when I went to Jersey shore to my cousin’s house, we road our bikes to the local little store & all stopped for a Hire’s Root Beer. You can thank me later 🙂, Thanks so much! Thanks. Hires in a glass bottle cold…is best ever root beer which happens to be the original. Pagoda Snacks. Heads up folks. Power is in people buying what they love. As far as IBC, A&W, Old Keg, Barq’s, Mug, Shasta, Dad’s, Frosty and many other pretenders… they knew they were taking a comfortable back seat to the very best tasting brand ever created! Delicious! I live in Iowa and went to a local Fareway today to discover only 3 12-packs remaining of this delicious soda. Dr Pepper / Snapple killed Dublin Dr. Pepper, their first ever franchisee that still bottle cane sugar Dr. Pepper in the same small town of Dublin, Tx. I just ordered 4 12-packs. I am drinking Hires right now. I live in Battle Ground, WA and have been trying to find Hires for years. So that’s the just of it – contact Dr. Pepper and let them know. C $93.39. I can still find it up here in Washington state…but don’t know long it will be available. BEEN SEARCHING FOR YEARS FOR HIRES. The taste is the same. BOSS Coffee. Hundreds of soda.candies and other. These five states possess the only remaining bottling plants for Hires and they seem to be phasing out production of the soda. I figure if we get more people flocking to where it is being sold too, those numbers should speak for themselves to DPS senior management. I am trying to start an avalanche of demand for hires to become available again, it is the only thing I can think of doing on my level because Dr.Pepper does not listen and does not care when you contact them about it. I would want to get and stay drunk the old fashioned way but that’s just me. Good Luck! Huge shout out to Texas for still making it .Bring back Hires Root Beer! Also please post where to get tahitian treat, original and best fruit punch soda ever…shamefull how the top soda makers dictate availability based on what they want despite what is the best product such as hires, barrelhead, tahitian treat…the ones i grew up with and the ones that still to this day has not been beat, I did see that Ralph’s and Wal-Mart still offer Hires! For you guys in the states, obviously Dr. Pepper owns the rights. Yes these prices seem a little steep, but since I can’t find them anywhere around, and yes I have searched a lot, i’m ok with paying a little extra for the best Root Beer around! BRING BACK HIRES ROOT BEER. I have done months of research and I cannot find a bottler anywhere in the USA that still bottles it anymore. I live in south jersey, Where can I find big h rootbeer at? Retro sells. My contacts at the brewery are no longer, and their PR person is not allowed to discuss who and what they make due to non-disclosures, which kind of lends credence to the idea that if they won’t discuss its possible that their RB is Hires rebranded. I would want the original ingredients. Some ingredients are similar but Saranac is not Hires. Call up the toll free number and enter your zip code to find the product and chances are unless you live near North Carolina, Iowa, Arizona, Nevada or Washington you will not be able to find it. I’m a Hires by birth rite, sadly our family has lost the brand and beverage, Wish I could help u get it back so it’s in the rightful hands to be redistributed. Perhaps they can reintroduce Hires with an unprocessed cane sugar version, and the original recipe in a glass bottle. You don’t have to commit to finding a restaurant that makes root beer floats every time you’re craving one. A&W still doesn’t have the following of Hires. C $90.80. Games/Toys. Ok me too I am in rhode island and grew up with hires root beer and would really like to be able to purchase it also I called snapple to and they said if there iS a demand for it they will start manufacturing again. I’m thinking there must be many of you readers that are salivating while reading these reply’s. Im in Seattle and its at most QFC and Fred Meyer stores. I remember buying a 6 pk of the bottled Hires on a hot summer day…and drinking all of them in about 3 hours. These other Root Beers (I’m not familiar with IBC) do not come close to Hire’s! Both options ranked well in this test—in fact, less than a point separated creamy and smooth A&W from Dad’s, the root beer with a bite. sooo, why not start (several) petitions and hand deliver them to Hdqtrs, Its one of the oldest root beers in the USA and hails from Philadelphia, where I am from. Stop being so political. Anyways – thanks for putting up the page. I really don’t enjoy fake root beer. The product flavor offerings are introduced at their discretion and are based on their knowledge of the local market. I’m a kid again! Until recently, there was a store here in Lincoln, Nebraska that carried it, but the Chicago distributor they ordered it from has stopped carrying it and so far, they have been unsuccessful finding another distributor who still has it. While they told me that they haven’t made any moves to I’ve tried all the other brands, nothing comes close to the Hires taste. At Conwell's urging, Hires introduced his version of root beer to the public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. Just my opinion…but I don’t think you can duplicate real cane sugar..with corn syrup. Lil' Troops. I guess those were the good old days. A few of you have contacted us recently, so I wanted to come to the source of the information to let you all know. Nostalgia is big and I think Dr. P may take notice of it. Sad, but true. longest made/selling root beer end because of corporate greed. Just called the Florence SC number where Hires was reported as being availiable- not anymore- sorry! Brand. 5301 Legacy Drive 33 bucks a case. THE THEN MGR SAID HE PICKED IT UP ON HIS WAY TO WORK FROM PENNSYLVANIA. “While we do not offer the direct sale or shipping of our products, I will forward your request to see Hires offered in Canada to our team. It was by far the best root beer bar none! No idea how that works, but it does and they have a following accordingly. 11/7/13. Congratulations, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, you must have poured out a billion dollars! Hires and Frosty were my only picks growing up. I am originally from New Jersey, but currently live in Maine. Recipe by Chef AmberK. I remember finding it as a kid in Alberta in the 90’s in many vending machines. Make it ourselves. They are being run by the giant Monsanto so all of it with the possible exception of mexican coke, mexican pepsi mexican sprite, throwback pepsi and sierra mist are genetically modified and made with high fructose corn syrup. We have a hefty selection of root beer candy which includes the famous root beer barrels. From the Bevnet beverage web site forums as of 2011 regarding Washington State and Hires from various people: Hires is still available in the Northwest (WA and OR) distributed by Columbia Beverages (see coldist.com). and says its made by Motts Canada (but their website advertises Hires Cream Soda (ugh), Suggest sending an email to: First time I have had a Hires in 10 years or more. Pepsi has done it successfully this year (and in the last few – think Crystal Pepsi) with the 125 anniversary celebrations and I have to believe it is paying off. I chose Hires from the list of products, and then got to a page that showed the can. Paid $36 for 2/12 pack Hires. If so I will be hoarding a truck load back to Michigan very soon. It’s like a good wine! The shelves may be full but product variety is actually decreasing. I plan to call HYVee to see if they really have it. Even up here in Canada they are proposing putting graphic warning labels and a tax on soft drinks. Now all I need is a source for Hires EXTRACT! Bought a box a year ago and they’re totally different. On their web site they disclaim any relation to Hires. Local Business. Like Barrelhead, marathon bar needs to come back . I can still remember the building. Up until about 1997 Hires was available at beer & soda warehouses in New York City, if not some supermarkets and convenience stores.  Then it was slowly taken off the shelves until no one was carrying it.  Three years later it was still available in upstate Fishkill, New York and the scenario repeated. Hoarding a truck load back to American politics when the FDA banned Sassafras, my dad also to. 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