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How we’re building US retail without fake pins

1 min read Fiona
Finding Sodakick in the wild

US beverage brands often look bigger online than they are in the cold door. We refuse that shortcut.

Sidekick’s US site is browse-first. We do not publish a public stockist map. Demand comes from people who name a real door.

The stack

  1. Product truth on sodakick.com — flavours, ingredients, story
  2. Suggest a store — demand signal for pitching
  3. Trade — Faire, Airgoods, or Fiona via for retailers

We will not publish a national chain as “in stock” because it photographs well.

Why slow looks like strategy

Specialty and hospitality doors that turn teach facing and reorder. Fake density teaches nothing and burns trust when a shopper walks in empty-handed.

Category wedge we are stocking into: Why “better soda” is two markets. Consumer find loop: Where to find Sidekick near you.

What NZ already proved

Cafés, grocers, and venues reorder when the can is faced properly. That playbook travels; the pins do not get invented. What NZ taught us before the US push.

Join the honest loop

Browse the range. Suggest a store if you want it nearby. That is how we expand — door by door.

THE KICK LIST

Join the Kick List for early access.

You’ll hear where Sodakick lands before anyone else — or suggest a store we should pitch.

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