Students can try Cheerwine-flavored food today at a fan party for the popular southeastern cherry-flavored beverage.
Today at Beaty Market from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. students can receive free food, drinks and prizes at a Cheerwine Fan Party.
Students can get the Cheerwine drink, Cheerwine-flavored wings, Cheerwine-flavored cupcakes and Cheerwine ice cream floats. They can also win raffle prizes, which include Cheerwine signs, coolers, T-shirts and hats, said Joy Ritchie, who works in the Cheerwine marketing department. Students can enter to win a Cheerwine scooter that will be given away in April.
“We are excited Cheerwine is on campus and wanted to throw a fan party,” Ritchie said.
She said UF is the only school that will be having a party.
The beverage teamed up with Pepsi Beverage Co. in January to bring Cheerwine to Florida. UF is the only school in the state that offers it.
It is available by fountain in the two dining halls and at all campus convenience stores, Ritchie said.
Family youth and community sciences senior Kelli Serio loves Cheerwine and usually buys some when she’s at the Reitz Union.
“The wings sound really interesting,” the 22-year-old said. “I’m definitely going to have to try them.”
