Christmas and New Year are when the fridge empties faster than you expect — and when NZ couriers get busy. The useful move is not a last-minute café hunt. It is three boxes cold before people turn up.
Sidekick is a honey-sweetened soda from Wānaka: real fruit, New Zealand honey, no cane sugar, no stevia. 250ml cans.
Order the fridge now: Fridge Fill — three 12-packs, free NZ shipping, $6 off. Lead with Mango.
Lead with Mango
Mango is the summer can people finish first. Put at least one full Mango 12-pack in the box. If you only buy one flavour for the holidays, buy Mango.
A three-box Fridge Fill that works for Christmas through NYE:
1. Mango 12-pack
2. Cherry 12-pack — the restock flavour when the bright one runs out
3. Second Mango, or Pear if you want something food-friendly after dinner
Build it on Fridge Fill. Watermelon is a separate pre-order when it is on — it does not count as one of the three everyday boxes.
How many cans
Count adults who will drink soda, not the whole guest list.
| Adults | Cans (2 each) | 12-packs |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | 2 |
| 18 | 36 | 3 |
Eighteen people over the fortnight is a Fridge Fill. Order early enough that the boxes are cold before Christmas Eve — not on the 23rd.
Ice tub rules
Cans only in the tub. Ice to the rim. Labels up. Keep water in the same cooler — soda is the treat, not hydration.
Skip glass in a slurry. Pour a can into a glass at the table if you want one. Format note: cans vs glass.
If someone wants a mixer
Ice, a can, cream if you like it. Keep the syrup light. NZ builds: Dirty soda, NZ edition — Mango coconut is the summer default.
On the lakes for New Year
If the holidays are in Wānaka or Queenstown, named places to grab a cold can sit on Where to drink Sidekick in Wānaka and Where to drink Sidekick in Queenstown. For the bach or home fridge anywhere we deliver, ship Fridge Fill.
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Fridge Fill — 3 boxes, free NZ shipping, $6 off
Summer build twin: Mango honey soda for a summer Fridge Fill
Mango first. Three boxes before the courier crunch.
