Sam's Choice is a private label brand created by Cott Beverages for

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

stores. The brand was introduced as "Sam's American Choice" in 1991 and has since been shortened to simply "Sam's Choice". It is named after

Sam Walton Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's ...

, the founder of Walmart. Items produced under the Sam's Choice label primarily are grocery items.

Brand portfolio

Beverages

Soft drinks

All varieties are available in 2-liter bottles. Some varieties are available in 12oz cans, 8oz cans, 12oz bottles, 16.9oz bottles and 20oz bottles. Many Walmarts have Sam's Cola branded vending machines in their vestibules or entranceways. *

Cola Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand, in 1886, which was imi ...

(in various varieties, including diet, cherry, and diet caffeine free) * Twist-Up (lemon-lime) * Mountain Lightning (formerly ''Green Lightning''; citrus flavored; also available in orange and grape) * Dr. Thunder (formerly ''Southern Lightning''; also available in diet; "pepper" type) *

Root Beer Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree '' Sassafras albidum'' or the vine of '' Smilax ornata'' (known as sarsaparilla, also used to make a soft drink, sarsaparilla) as the ...

Grapette Grapette is a grape-flavored soft drink that was first produced and marketed in 1939 by Benjamin "Tyndle" Fooks. Grapette is now produced by Grapette International, and is marketed in the United States by Walmart as part of its Sam's Choice li ...

* Orangette *

Ginger ale Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger. It is consumed on its own or used as a mixer, often with spirit-based drinks. There are two main types of ginger ale. The golden style is credited to the Irish doctor Thomas Joseph ...

Lemonade Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored beverage. There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In North America and South Asia, cloudy still lemonade is the most common variety. There it is traditionally a homemade drink using ...

* Pineapple *

Fruit punch The term punch refers to a wide assortment of drinks, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic, generally containing fruits or fruit juice. The drink was introduced from the Indian subcontinent to England by employees of the East India Company in the ...

* Raspberry * Grapefruit * Cream soda * Red Tornado (red cream soda)

Kid's Choice 8oz. bottles

* Bubble Gum (blue-colored) * Orange * Fruit Punch * Grape * Lemonade * Water

Other beverages

* Bottled water * Clear American carbonated and flavored water * Tea * Coffee

Other products

* Ice Cream (regular & premium) * Chocolate * Pizza (regular & thin crust, e.g. buffalo chicken) * Plastic wrap * Salsa