http://blog.americansoda.co.uk All the latest news, views and musings from American Soda Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:52:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/11/thanksgiving-competition-winner-announced/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/11/thanksgiving-competition-winner-announced/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:56:50 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=1157 We had almost 200 entries. That’s 196 different reasons to be thankful. I’m not joking when I tell you that we here at American Soda have been utterly blown away by the response we’ve had from you. We did not expect so many of you to be so open and honest about your lives, sharing [...]

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]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/11/thanksgiving-2011-what-are-you-thankful-for/feed/ 196 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/09/announcing-our-photo-contest-and-100-winner/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/09/announcing-our-photo-contest-and-100-winner/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:00:58 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=1009 After 112 entries, hours spent picking 10 finalists and over 1,000 votes we finally have our winner! But before we announce who the lucky recipient of the £100 prize is, everyone at American Soda wants to say thank you to everyone who entered and / or voted in this competition. We all had a great [...]

]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/09/announcing-our-photo-contest-and-100-winner/feed/ 4 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/08/win-100-with-just-a-photo/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/08/win-100-with-just-a-photo/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:19:11 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=876 If you’ve liked us on Facebook then you’ll know we created a photo album on our Page that we’ve been rapidly filling with pictures you’ve been sending us, photos of your latest orders, your culinary creations using American Soda products and all manner of other pics. Such has been the amazing response to the album [...]

]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/08/win-100-with-just-a-photo/feed/ 0 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/08/last-chance-captain-america-comp/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/08/last-chance-captain-america-comp/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:34:42 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=902 Hi there. Just a quick one to remind you of our Captain America colouring competition in which you could win £15 to spend on your favourite American sweets. And it’ll give the kids something to do during the holidays! You’ve only got until the end of today as we’ll be announcing the winner tomorrow to [...]

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]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/keep-kids-entertained/feed/ 2 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/championship-challenge-final-and-now-its-your-turn/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/championship-challenge-final-and-now-its-your-turn/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:10:31 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=857 This is it! The grand final of the American Soda Championship Challenge between myself, Dave Hughes, and my brother, Pete Hughes. The Hughes Brothers, if you will! There were some muted cries of “FIX!” when we both made it to the final, but I can assure you that it was pure skill and intestinal fortitude [...]

]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/championship-challenge-final-and-now-its-your-turn/feed/ 0 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/american-soda-championship-challenge-the-semi-finals/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/american-soda-championship-challenge-the-semi-finals/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:16:02 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=852 Yesterday we shared the Championship Challenge First Round videos with you – today it’s the semi finals, which pitted our marketing man Jordan against none other than Peter Hughes and me, Dave Hughes, against Stef from Admin. If you thought yesterday’s videos were funny, you haven’t seen anything yet! So on with the show… (And [...]

]]> http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/american-soda-championship-challenge-the-semi-finals/feed/ 0 http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/american-soda-championship-challenge-round-one/ http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/2011/07/american-soda-championship-challenge-round-one/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:26:38 +0000 American Soda http://blog.americansoda.co.uk/?p=846 The first round of the inaugural American Soda Champinship Challenge has taken place and what a competition it was. We recorded it all for your enjoyment. Here’s each challenge as it happened! James Turner versus Jordan Pilkington The Challenge: How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth without chewing The Winner: Jordan Pilkington Peter [...]

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