Top 10 Best-Selling Sodas

If you're reading this, you probably already know that Old 52 General Store stocks 300+ varieties of unique and retro soda (our inventory list currently reads in the mid 340's). It can be overwhelming for new visitors and fans to start looking at our entire line-up, so many newcomers ask us which sodas are our top sellers.

For this post, I'd like to do a quick rundown on our Top 10 Best-Selling Sodas, based on sales in our Sabin, MN, Old 52 store and our 11 MAC'S Hardware stores in ND, SD, and MN (our MAC'S stores stock varying selections of the glass-bottled sodas, so to see the full line up your best bet is to visit Old 52 in Sabin).

#1 - REMOVED
Due to a request, #1 has been removed from this list. It is a soda only available at our Sabin store, so stop by the store, ask us what our #1 seller is, and we'll be happy to point it out to you. :)

#2 Coke from Mexico
Like #1, this is a classic version of a mainstream soda, properly presented in a glass bottled and sweetened with cane sugar. Unlike #1, we are able to ship Coke from Mexico to anywhere in the US via UPS Ground, so if you can't make it to the upper midwest, hit up our website to snag some.

#3 Nehi Grape
Just like Radar used to drink on M*A*S*H! This soda is our top-selling grape flavored drink for a reason: it boasts a classic, not-too-sweet flavor with a brand name that's been around since 1924.

#4 Dr Pepper
Another mainstream soda served up in glass: this one lists "sugar and/or corn sweetener" on the ingredients list, but customers tell us it still tastes different than the Dr Pepper soda found in plastic or aluminum containers. Dr Pepper has been serving up its unique blend of 23 flavors since 1885.


#5 A&W Root Beer
After success with a drink stand selling root beer during a 1919 parade, Roy Allen decided to take on Frank Wright as a partner, and in 1922 Allen and Wright combined their initials to name the beverage A&W Root Beer. This old time favorite offers a perfect blend of carbonation and sweet for a full-bodied flavor.

#6 Dad's Root Beer
Developed in Chicago in 1937, Dad's combines the classic root beer ingredients of wintergreen, licorice, and vanilla for an old-fashioned, premium flavor. Caffeine free, Dad's brings nostalgia to young and old alike with its timeless packaging and smooth root beer taste.

#7 Dublin Dr Pepper
This one was always pretty popular--it's made only in Dublin, Texas using a special recipe that features imperial cane sugar as the sweetener--but after news that Dr Pepper Snapple had filed a lawsuit against Dublin Dr Pepper, more customers have been snatching it up in fear that it may not be around in the coming years. Lawsuit or not, we'd recommend giving it a try for a slightly unique spin on the already interesting taste of Dr Pepper.

#8 Nesbitt's Orange
An American classic, Nesbitt's Orange has been a local favorite since we brought it into the stores a few years back. The Nesbitt's Fruit Products Company was founded in 1924 as a soda fountain syrup manufacturer, and in 1938 they began bottling their famous soda. Orange is their original flavor, a candy sweet soda that finishes smooth with no sticky aftertaste.

#9 Leninade
"Get hammered and sickled...A taste worth standing in line for!"
"Drink, Comrade! Drink! It's This or the Gulag!"
Leninade is truly a one-of-a-kind soda, offering a sweet citrus-orange-berry mix made with real cane sugar. Although many people first buy this soda for its fun "Communist" packaging, most are impressed with its flavor upon trying it. This comes highly recommended as it's one of my (Jess's) favorite sodas!

#10 Squirt
Increasingly hard to find in certain areas of the country, this version contains the same great Squirt flavor you know and love served in a glass bottle and sweetened with real sugar for an authentically sweet taste. We import this from Mexico, where bottles are still recycled and refilled like they were here in the USA in decades past, so part of the fun of this soda is seeing the differing Squirt logos on each bottle.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did your favorite glass-bottled soda make the Top 10 list? Tell us in the comments section!