It’s early AM. The bikes are ready to go. We are ready to throw the switch to take HQ off the grid. It’s bike power from here on….

Come on down and join us. Free soda, free tshirts, FUN.

So tomorrow is Earth Day and once again Jones is going off the grid and powering the office with bikes!

Check the sweet poster:

Check the set up:

Bikes are getting set up for max POWER!

Stay tuned as we will be updating the Blog tomorrow during the event!

Later,

JSC

Chace Productions sent over their latest BMX vid and it’s sweet.

Check it out here: Chace Productions

Still shot from Chace Productions vid. Click link above.

Hey Jones Fans,

Greetings from the Pizza Expo in Las Vegas! Jones went big and set up an amazing booth complete with the Jones RV. You can’t miss Jones presence at this show and the traffic to the booth has been amazing. We are meeting a ton of people who want Jones in their restaurants. Check the booth.

Pulling the RV into the convention center. Nice job Frankie!

Emily and Amanda discuss the finer points of their display..."the waterfall"

Minutes before the show...we prep for the crowds. Bring it.

Thanks to the team for rocking this show: Emily, Amanda, JG, SPF, Zac, Joth, Dave, Paul, Mike

Hey Folks…we like to step away from the soda thing and keep an eye on the world around us. Over the last couple of weeks we have been asking our fans to help our efforts to help the people of Haiti. We are asking for donations from people who stop by our HQ for free sodas on Friday and asking our online customers to add $1 to their cart that we will pass on to Doctors Without Borders. Please see http://www.myjones.com/store/new-items/haiti-donation.html for more information.

Thanks!

Jones Soda Co.

Jones Soda along with Snowboard Magazine, Ride Snowboards, Horizon Airlines, Mammoth Mountain and Skullcandy present:

Roadtrip Jones 2:
The Quest for POW

CONTEST: Jan 19 – Feb 19, 2010

Every roadtrip is an adventure in the making and a story waiting to be told. Show us the best photos from yours, and you could win a trip for 2 to Mammoth Mountain plus a full snowboard gear + apparel setup from Ride Snowboards. Not to mention, your winning photo on thousands of bottles of Jones Soda across the country.

Your roadtrip can be whatever you want – a couple hours drive up to your local ski resort or an epic winter-long quest for pow. It’s up to you. Grab your board, skis, toboggan; it doesn’t matter what you ride. What matters is that you’re out there going for it.

To make things interesting, we’ve teamed up with Snowboard Magazine, Ride Snowboards, Skullcandy, Mammoth Mountain and Horizon Airlines on a bunch of cool prizes, and we’ll be heading out in the Jones Soda RV on a roadtrip of our own.

More details at: www.jonessoda.com/roadtripjones

Jones Soda gives back...Check it!

Jones Soda can proudly display the “MakeGood badge” on its website as a symbol of its commitment to being a socially responsible company.

December 18, 2009 – MakeGood is pleased to announce that Jones Soda has become a member of

the world’s leading community for “good business.”

Jones Soda

being a socially responsible company. A click on the badge opens up to a dynamic, interactive “Profile”

that highlights all of their positive community contributions.

Check out the Jones RV at the 4th Avenue Street Fair in Tucson, AZ last weekend. Our RV drive Frank B passed out product and greet fans (100K+) all day….

Nice! Jones billboard.

Jones RV...Like the new design?

Jones representing on the street

No pics of Frank B’s lovely face…stay tuned.

Your intrepid correspondent waded through the dangerous swamps at the Jones Soda World Headquarters in search of the odd and the arty. Here’s what he found:

Animatronic Flashlights...Chas

OBJECT: Animatronic Flashlights

OWNER: Chas

These funky flashlights came in handy for Jones’ Earth Day Event (see it at  http://www.jonessoda.com/files/earth-day.php). They moo, roar, whinny and cluck when activated, turning every inconvenient power outage into a barnyard extravaganza!

Cute Nodding Cats...Hannah

OBJECT: Cute Nodding Cats

OWNER: Hannah

This triumvirate of nodding felines is supposed to be lucky, but Hannah tells your correspondent that, late at night, when Hannah is trying to finish her month-end reports, they tell her things. True, terrible things. She’s tried throwing them away—once she even threw them off the Bremerton ferry into the deepest part of the Sound—but they turn up back on her desk the next day like nothing’s happened.

Puffin d'art...the Operations Department

OBJECT: Puffin d’art

OWNER: the Operations Department

One of our vendors sends us a hand-carved bird every year. The puffin is a favorite. He turns up in the strangest places.

PUFFIN VS. DINO SMACKDOWN! TWO ENTER ONE LEAVES!

Tacos de los Muertos Taco Truck...Cory

OBJECT: Tacos de los Muertos Taco Truck

OWNER: Cory

Embodying our love for taco truck in papercraft form!

Origami...LB

OBJECT: Origami

OWNER: LB       

 Steve’s quite the Origami master, and he doesn’t mind sharing.

Paper Bag Guy...the Operations Department

OBJECT: Paper Bag Guy

OWNER: the Operations Department

 The real brains behind Ops.

Bottles...Everybody

OBJECT: BOTTLES

OWNER: EVERYBODY

 This being a soda company, though, mostly we decorate with bottles.

More Bottles...Pretty Near Everybody

OBJECT: More Bottles

OWNER: Pretty near everybody

 More bottles, including our infamous 2006 Turkey and Gravy Soda.

Bottles a la Warhol...Your Humble Jones Photojournalist

OBJECT: Bottles a la Warhol

OWNER: Your Humble Jones Photojournalist

 Who’s that handsome devil?

Thanks for joining us on our tour! Watch this space for more updates!

From Jones collector, historian and former employee Jason Hockney:

Who can forget FUN?

Jones Soda has had many, many… MANY flavors over the 13 or so years we’ve been around. We thought it’d be really fun to go through and show our adoring fans some of the rarest of the rare bottles, flavors and ideas that we’ve come up with throughout the years.

Our friend Pineapple Upside Down Soda

Old School Jones Juice...Fu Cran Fu

Also, it might be fun to let you folks in on a few inside secrets you might find on our bottles, both old and new. So without any further adieu, here are just a few random facts about Jones Soda Flavors, labels, people and bottles.

Sugar Free Ginger Ale...yum

-          Jones’ first American address listed on the back of a Jones Soda Bottle was 4550 Birch Bay Rd, in Blaine, WA. There was never a Jones office in or near the town of Blaine, WA… but rather this was a PO Box that was close to the border of Canada. When Jones needed to collect bills from their American Distributing partners, they would have to cross the border and collect their mail and bring it back to the old warehouse/HQ in Vancouver, BC.

-          On the back of a Jones Soda Bottle, the labels changed from saying “Urban Juice and Soda Co” to Jones Soda Co. in 1999. In 2006, the front of the labels changed wording from “Jones Soda Co.” to “Jones Pure Cane Soda.”

-          When Jones Soda first began, there was only one contributing photographer, Victor John Penner, from Vancouver, BC. All of the “Original Six” flavors featured his photos. The idea to include submitted fans’ photographs wasn’t a fully realized production possibility until after the first run of Jones had begun.

-          By last count, Jones Soda has released a total of over 150 Different flavors of product across 11 Different Brand platforms.

• Jones Soda
• Jones Natural Soda
• Jones Sugar Free (AKA Slims, AKA Zilch)
• Jones Organics
• Jones 24C
• Jones GABA
• Jones Naturals
• Jones Juice
• Jones Waters (AKA WAZU Water)
• Jones Energy
• Whoopass Energy Drink

If you care enough, We want to know if you would like to see a blog dedicated SOLELY TO OLD, DISCARDED, “RETIRED” Flavors of Jones.. Any interest? You may even win some!