Frostie Root Beer is an American brand of

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that was originally produced in 1939 by The Frostie Beverage Company of

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, owned by George Rackensperger. In 1971, Frostie Enterprises, as the parent company was known, purchased a competing rootbeer brand and drive-in chain,

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(sold in 1979). Another expansion happened in 1974, when Frostie Enterprises purchased the

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Root Beer Drive-in and brand. At the end of 1979, the Frostie brand was sold to the

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. After years of being under-promoted by Monarch in favor of

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, the Frostie brand was sold in 2000 to Leading Edge Brands of

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. In 2009, Leading Edge Brands sold the Frostie line of beverages to Intrastate Distributors Inc. of

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Flavors

The Frostie line includes the following sixteen flavors: * Root Beer * Diet Root Beer *

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Root Beer * Blue Cream Soda * Cherry Limeade * Concord Grape * Orange * Strawberry * Green Apple * Lemonade * Pink Lemonade * Strawberry Lemonade * Watermelon Lemonade * Blue Lemonade * Ginger Ale * Ginger Beer

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