Little Hug

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Little Hug
Founded1974
Headquarters
America
ProductsFruit drinks
Website littlehug.com

Little Hug Fruit Barrels is a brand of fruit-flavored drink introduced in plastic 8-ounce (236mL) barrel-shaped bottles (marketed as Little Hug) and 16-ounce (470 mL) bottles (marketed as Big Hug).

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History

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Nutrition facts on a Little Hug package

Little Hug Fruit Barrels were introduced in 1974 by the American Beverage Corporation. [1]

In March 2015, Royal Wessanen sold the American Beverage Corporation to Harvest Hill Beverage, owner of Juicy Juice. [2]

Little Hugs are often colloquially referred to as quarter waters. [3]

Products

Flavors include lemonade, orange, fruit punch, blue raspberry, grape, kiwi-strawberry, lemonade, tropical punch, wild berry, lemon berry, and cherry berry. [5]

Endorsements

Stenhouse Jr. racing against William Byron at Darlington Raceway Ricky stenhouse jr. william byron (51430594458).jpg
Stenhouse Jr. racing against William Byron at Darlington Raceway

Little Hug had an endorsement with NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. [6]

They currently sponsor the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GR Supra for Brandon Jones.

References

  1. "About | Little Hug". Little Hug. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  2. Tascarella, Patty (March 9, 2015). "American Beverage being sold for $55M to Harvest Hill". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. Patel, Anjali (July 13, 2015). "What's The Name Of This Childhood Beverage? Quarter Waters? Bug Juice? Little Hugs?". BuzzFeed . Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  4. "Products | Little Hug Fruit Barrels". Little Hug. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  5. "Little Hug Fruit Barrels Launches Brand Refresh". BevNET.com. May 3, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. Jayski.com staff (May 11, 2017). "Stenhouse Jr. gets a 'Little HUG' after big Talladega win". ESPN.