CSP is excited to announce120 finalists in 11categories and 40 subcategories in the Fifth Annual CSP Retailer Choice BestNew Product Contest. Congratulations to the manufacturers of the followingproducts, selected by our industry as among the finest in their respective categoriesfor 2009. Many thanks to the record number of people who took the time tocomplete their nominations.

20 09

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 39

Candy20 09

[NON-CHOCOLATE]

[GUM]

Mars Snackfood US

SKITTLES Crazy Cores

Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

Life Savers Gummies® Island Fruits

Mars Snackfood US

STARBURST GummiBursts Sour

Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

5® Gum Solstice™

Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

Orbit Mist™

Watermelon Spring™

Cadbury North America

Stride® Nonstop Mint®

Ghirardelli LUXE MILK™Hazelnut Bar

Reese’s® Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups M&M’s Premiums

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company The Hershey Company Mars Snackfood US

[CHOCOLATE]

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 41

20 09[ROLLS , DROPS & MINTS]

[BREAKFAST]

The Hershey Company

BREATH SAVERS®Energy Mint Wintergreen

Wm Wrigley Jr. Company

Eclipse®Peppermint Pressed Mints

Ferrero U.S.A., Inc.

Tic Tac®Melon Mango Mints

John Morrell & Co.

Denver Style Breakfast Griller

Johnsonville Sausage LLC

Spicy Sunrise Skillet Sausage

Lettieri's

Chorizo & Egg Breakfast Burrito

High Performance CountertopConvection Ovens & Accessories New & Improved Glenray® Kettle MultiChef 7500PC

Cadco Ltd. Tomlinson Industries Motion Technology, Inc.—Autofry/MultiChef

Foodservice

[ FOODSERVICE COOKING/DISPLAY]

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 43

Candy

20 09[HEAT N EAT]

[DISPENSED BEVERAGES]

Ruiz Foods, Inc.

Gigante Burrito

Tyson Foods Inc.

Freshmade Meals BakedPenne & Italian Style Meatballs

Don Miguel Mexican Foods, Inc.

Mini Monster PorkChile Verde Battered Taquitos

Boyd Coffee Company

Hi-Rev® French Vanilla Coffeefrom Coffee House Roasters®

Alligator Ice

Al's Famous Iced Coffee

Steve’s Frozen Chillers, Inc.

Frozen Sweet Tea

Cheesy JalapenoChicken Rollerbites Corn Dough Dog Handi-Stuff Spicy Chicken Egg Rolls

Home Market Foods Kraft Foods Schwan’s Food Service, Inc.

[ROLLER GRILL ]

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 45

Foodservice

20 09[PACKAGED DRINK MIXES]

SANDWICHES/WRAPS/BURGERS]

Twang Partners

Twangerz, Apple Envy

Bayer HealthCare LLC

OneADay Energy Advantage 2OComplete Multivitamin Drink Mix

Nestlé Professional

Nestea Stick Packs

Tres Picosos/Passport Foods Company

Egg, Spinach & Feta Wrap

Tyson Foods Inc.

Shredded Chicken Enchiladas

Kraft Foods

GO>WICH Stuffed Rolls BBQ PulledPork with Bull's-Eye®BBQ Sauce

S39 Barsystem Touch MilkPS Latte LoungeExpressions Cappuccino Machine

LA Cimbali Van Houtte Coffee Curtis

Foodservice Equipment[HOT DISPENSED EQUIPMENT]

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 47

Foodservice

Foodservice Equipment20 09

[COLD DISPENSED EQUIPMENT]

Scotsman Ice Systems

Scotsman Prodigy®Nugget Ice Machine

Follett Corporation

Ice Pro™ Automatic Ice Bagging System

Hoshizaki America, Inc.

FD-1001M_H-C

Mark VII Equipment Inc.

Softwash XT®

Triton

Triton RL1600 ATM

Corporate Safe Specialists

Net Changer Coin Dispenser

BIC Hidez Classic Lighter & Case Elvis Lighters Simron Lighter & Case

BIC Corporation Djeep Simron International, Inc.

General Equipment

General Merchandise[ L IGHTERS]

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 C S P 49

General Merchandise20 09

[SEASONAL]

[HEALTH & BEAUTY CARE]

Gish Logging/Hotsticks

Nuggets by Hotsticks

Allstar Products Group

Snuggie™

Morton Ice Melting Solutions

Morton Safe-T-Plus EcoSafe Ice Melt

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Colgate®Wisp®

Johnson & Johnson Sales Logistics Company, LLC

Zyrtec 3 ct.

Ansell Healthcare Products LLC

SKYN® Polyisoprene Non-Latex Condoms

Red Bull Energy Shots DynaPep Energy™ Micro-ShotStacker 2® 6 Hour Power™ Extreme Energy Shot

Red Bull North America DynaPep™ NVE Pharmaceuticals

HBC

[ENERGY SHOTS]

50 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

Technology20 09

[SOFTWARE]

[HARDWARE]

KSS GSP Marketing Technologies

GSPSurveyor™

Dresser Wayne

Dresser WayneDispenser Secure Access

Gilbarco Veeder-Root

Ecometer

Dresser Wayne

Dresser Wayne FusionForecourt System

NCR

NCR RealPOSTM 70XRT

Dunhill Fine Cut Marlboro Blend 54 CAMEL Crush

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Altria Sales & Distribution R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Tobacco[C IGARETTES]

52 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

KSS Mapping

20 09[C IGARS]

[OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS]

Swedish Match North America

White Owl White Grape FoilFresh Blunts

Swisher International, Inc.

BlackStone Wine Tip Cigarillos

Altadis U.S.A.

Dutch Master Corona Strawberry

National Tobacco

Stoker’s Moist Snuff

Republic Tobacco

Tube Cut

Conwood Co., LLC

Grizzly Straight & Mint Pouches

Nordic Ice® Snus Frosted Mint CAMEL SNUS Mellow DISCREET SNUS

Nordic American Smokeless Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company American Smokeless Tobacco Co.

[SNUS]

Tobacco

54 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

Packaged Beverages20 09

[JUICES]

[ALCOHOL-BEER]

Campbell Soup Company

V8 V-Fusion AcaiMixed Berry 100% Juice

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Ocean Spray®Cranberry Pomegranate Lift Cranergy® Energy Juice Drink

PepsiCo.

Trop50

The Boston Beer Company

Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Budweiser American Ale

Crown Imports LLC

Pacifico Beer 7 oz. Package

Smirnoff Ice Mango Mike’s HARDER Lemonade™Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea, Original Recipe

Diageo-Guinness USA Mike’s Hard Lemonade Co. Twisted Tea Brewing Company

[ALCOHOL-OTHER]

56 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

58 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

20 09[CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS]

[ENERGY DRINKS]

PepsiCo.

Sierra Mist Ruby Splash

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Dr Pepper Cherry

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

7UP Cherry Antioxidant

VPX

Redline Peach Mango

The FRS Company

FRS® Healthy Energy®Lemon Lime Drink

Wet Planet Beverages

Jolt Blue Raspberry 16 oz.

Purple Stuff Grape Pro-Relaxation Celsius Green Tea Raspberry Acai Drank

Funktional Beverages Celsius, Inc. Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc.

[ FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES]

Packaged Beverages

20 09[SPORTS DRINKS]

[NUTRIT IONAL BEVERAGES]

Coca-Cola North America

Powerade Ion4

PepsiCo

Gatorade Bring It

Crayons Kids Sports Drink

Crayons Inc.

CytoSport™, Inc.

Muscle Milk® Light 14 oz.

LaBrada Nutrition

Lean Body On the Go Bananas & Cream

VPX

Muscle Power

Nestea Red Tea Pomegranate Passion Fruit Organic Pomegranate Green Tea Healthy White Tea with Lemon

Coca-Cola North America AriZona Beverages Inko’s LLC

[READY TO DRINK TEAS]

60 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

Packaged Beverages

[WATERS]

[READY TO DRINK COFFEES]

National Beverage

Asante Mandarin Orange

Coca-Cola North America

Dasani Essence

Hint Inc.

Hint Essence Water Watermelon

Sun Shower Mocha Cappuccino

NBI Juiceworks

Shock Coffee

Triple Mocha Energy Blend

POM Wonderful

POMx Iced Coffee-Chocolate

Mrs. Freshley’s Banana Pudding Cakes Big N’ Fudgy Down Home Brownie

Rice KrispiesTreats Bars Strawberry

Flowers Foods Prairie City Bakery Kellogg’s Convenience Division

[SWEET SNACKS]

62 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

20 09

Snacks

Packaged Beverages

20 09[SALTY SNACKS]

[ALTERNATIVE]

Kellogg’s Convenience Division

Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers Sharp Cheddar & Parmesan

Lance, Inc.

Tom’s Thunder Red Hot Rumble Potato Chips

General Mills

Sweet & Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter Bugles

Abbott Nutrition

Zone Perfect Double Chocolate Bar

USNutrition, Inc.

MET-Rx Big 100 Colossal Peanut Butter Pretzel

Kellogg’s Convenience Division

Fiber Plus Antioxidants ChewyBars Chocolate Chip

MATADOR by Jack Link’s Snack Stick

Slim Jim/TABASCO®

Spiced Beef Jerky Oh Boy! Oberto Southern Style BBQ Pork Jerky

Jack Link’s Beef Jerky ConAgra Foods Oh Boy! Oberto

[MEAT SNACKS]

20 09

64 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

Snacks

66 C S P O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9

Mars Snackfood US

SNICKERS—New “Twist” Packaging for Two-Piece King Size

Overall Best New Packaging 20 09

PepsiCo

SoBe Zero Calorie Lifewater

TRC Nutritional Laboratories, Inc.

Sportastic Sports Drink (Soccerball Blue Chill)