Del's Lemonade

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Del's Lemonade is a refreshment company located in Cranston, Rhode Island. Its most famous product is frozen lemonade, but it also produces and sells blueberry, cherry, watermelon, peach mango and formerly mocha flavored iced beverages.

Del's first sold lemonade to the public in 1948, but its recipe had been in the DeLucia family for more than a century before then. Del's products are primarily sold throughout the state of Rhode Island, but they have also been found in such other varied locations as Massachusetts; Indialantic, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada and even Japan. A Store can also be found on Aquidneck Island, on Thames Street, in Newport, RI. Del's lemonade is sometimes known as "The Taste of Rhode Island", and was nearly deemed the official drink of Rhode Island in 1993.

For much of the company's history, the product has been sold both from roadside stands and from green-and-white trucks adorned with large plastic lemons. The drivers typically would ring a bell while cruising around Rhode Island's suburban neighborhoods. The Big Blue Bug (also known as Nibbles Woodaway) has been seen drinking Del's Lemonade from time to time, but has been sued for this.

Del's founder Angelo DeLucia died on September 6, 2007.[1]