Comments on: A cult soda brand fights for survival

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:46:52 +0000

Some people are beyond stupid…if you want healthy, or natural, why are you purchasing a soft drink? America is the ideal place to sell this soft drink because it uses natural sweeteners (or at least it used to) so it could fake and appeal to the minutely concerned health conscious who still drink soda.
I hope they stick around. So much innovation in a market dominated by Coke and Pepsi who have no soul and are all about dominating little players and destroying as much hope for change or innovation as possible.
Long live you Jones… I hope what ever you're working on works out. Bring in Van Stolk's ideology again, Jones, you are just too old and "Coke" style to really understand this brand.
Poor choice of a new CEO

By: Tracy, SW Oregon

Tracy, SW Oregon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:59:58 +0000

WHERE? do they ship?

By: Matt, schuylerville

Matt, schuylerville — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:24:44 +0000

I hope they can pull through. I enjoy their soda because I'd rather consume cane sugar instead of that that crap called high fructose corn syrup.

By: Thad Schiele, Denver, CO

Thad Schiele, Denver, CO — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:06:11 +0000

I love jone's soda, and buy it whenever I buy soda at the supermarket, which isn't that often. I buy it in cans or bottles. I will continue to buy it as long as they use cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. I hope they can figure things out with their distribution. I really enjoy the product.

By: Rant Naples FL.

Rant Naples FL. — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:56 +0000

Jones has a great product as long as they stay with glass bottles and cane sugar. I hate cans and plastic bottles
and high fructose syrup or any other sweetner than pure cane sugar. I ONLY buy Coca-Cola and Pepsi that is Black Marketed in from Mexico in 16 oz GLASS BOTTLES and with real CANE SUGAR.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:46:18 +0000

So they put all OUR money into cans, went broker, now taking it all out of cans, still going broke–do any of these guys know what they're doing? I've lost thousands believing they did–feeling stupid as a rock in Oregon.

By: liv.,mi.

liv.,mi. — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:15:36 +0000

don,t like glass/can.I would buy more if it was plasic

By: Chris, Portland, Oregon

Chris, Portland, Oregon — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:46:42 +0000

I used to dig the Jones Soda brand (although being diabetic I didn't usually drink it). I enjoy the labels designed with pictures that real people send in as opposed to multi-million dollar marketing firms that come up with crap (in fact, a picture my friend took of me actually ended up on a bottle apparently, but I've yet to see it).
Recently the humor website Something Awful posted a gallery of parody Jones soda bottles with made-up flavors. Jones Soda responded with legal threats to the webmaster, stating that "These unauthorized postings and images are damaging our client's business and product reputation and unfairly capitalizing on the hard-earned goodwill and reputation Jones Soda has developed."
Boo-Hoo. Somebody makes a Jim Jones joke and Photoshops it on a Jones Soda bottle and this will totally ruin Jones Soda's business? Shows how "hip" and "cool" they are when they alienate their demographic audience with a frivolous lawsuit (hasn't Mad Magazine basically done the same thing for DECADES?).
Good riddance if they go under.

By: D, Michigan

D, Michigan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:29:23 +0000

With so many Diabetic's they just need to ship out more sugar free

By: pw, los angeles, ca

pw, los angeles, ca — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:32:52 +0000

Jones needs to learn the meaning of "parody." Here a little article that linked to this story:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/62jwsu

By: Anthony, New York

Anthony, New York — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:29:47 +0000

Jones does use sugar cane you dimwit

By: Charlie Brash-Sorensen

Charlie Brash-Sorensen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:14:30 +0000

I wish the company luck in a tough marketplace that is getting harder by the day. The average consumer is worried. My daily x2 visit to Starbucks just got cut in half while I dragged out my closeted Gaggia and bought some beans of my own for the second cup. It just makes sense that the consumer is bagging trendy drinks and bottled water.

By: Steve Evans, Rome, GA

Steve Evans, Rome, GA — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:00:16 +0000

Wish they would offer their products without so much sugar – they have a couple of sugar-free products – but not in the flavors I would buy.

By: Curt Fawcett Irvine, Ca

Curt Fawcett Irvine, Ca — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:41:31 +0000

Another Jim Cramer recomendation at $7.00 a share. Thanks Jimbo…….

By: Ronald, Brunswick, MD

Ronald, Brunswick, MD — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:22:06 +0000

I prefer cane sugar and no preservatices. That leaves NJ based Boylan, at least here in the mid atlantic.

By: chicago illinois

chicago illinois — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:35:47 +0000

Jones lost its cache when they stepped into the Club stores like Walmart and others. Niche B-Gone.
You're canned!! Literally and visibly.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:40:23 +0000

I like cane sugar instead of the typical high fructose corn syrup. Jones uses cane sugar, and that's a big plus.

On the other hand, they must be aiming solely for the kid-market. There's enough sugar in a Jones to gag a goat … or satisfy a 12-year-old …

How about knocking down the sugar level in some of the adult flavors?

By: D. Miller, Bow, NH

D. Miller, Bow, NH — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:26:11 +0000

I would like to see Jones push their cola. While my kids like the variety Jones offers, their cola is excellent. It would be good to see it in bottles, but priced more moderately. It is disheartening to walk into a store and see such monsterous displays of the competition, but wonder if you can find a Jones cola.

By: Stacey, Boston, MA

Stacey, Boston, MA — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:26:23 +0000

Jones Soda isn't experiencing anything that every other brand in the beverge product category isn't experiencing. They are a solid brand that has found a unique niche in a saturated market. What may seem like mistakes and failures are only highlighted due to the down economy. Chances are that if the economy were in good shape, no one would even notice or care that Jone's Soda ventured into canned products. I agree that this was a stray from their brand identity but it is not something that they can't overcome.

By: Simon Ginsberg

Simon Ginsberg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:52:35 +0000

The comapny seems to have lost it innovation soul since Van Stolk and his charisma left. Loss of distribution in the latest press release sounds more like involuntary loss of distribution. Who, in this economy drops distributors?
….and is this CEO prepared to cut his own salary during this readjustment period…….the slide all year isn't a surprise…has anyone been reading between the lines …….sorry I didnt short it after Peter left.