Breuvages Kiri, L.P.

Limited partnership

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, also known as Technobev S.E.C.. is an independent bottler of soft drinks, water and other non-alcoholic beverages. The head office and its principal production facilities are located in Saint-Félix-de-Valois

Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec

Saint-Félix-de-Valois is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.Quebec author Réjean Ducharme, recipient of several Governor General's Awards, was born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois in 1942....

, which is located near Joliette in the region of Lanaudière

Lanaudière

Lanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population of 429,053 inhabitants.-Geography:...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. Kiri enjoys a modest share of the regional beverage market and has been around for more than 30 years.

TechnoBev soft drinks are marketed in Ontario under the brand name Snow White http://www.soda-snowwhite.com, with no mention of Kiri on the product packaging.

The company's brands included Kiri

Kiri

Breuvages Kiri, L.P., also known as Technobev S.E.C.. is an independent bottler of soft drinks, water and other non-alcoholic beverages. The head office and its principal production facilities are located in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, which is located near Joliette in the region of Lanaudière, Quebec...

 cola and Snow White

Snow White

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 black cherry, root beer, strawberry, champagne cider, spruce beer

Spruce beer

Spruce beer is a beverage flavored with the buds, needles, or essence of spruce trees. Spruce beer can refer to either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages....

 and other flavours. The company was originally called Liqueurs Bergeron.

The company successfully filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2011 and remains in production.

In popular culture

Kiri was featured in Season 3, episode 11 of the TV series How It's Made

How It's Made

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