Polar Beverages is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that traces its roots back to 1882. It is based in Worcester, Massachusetts. The company is currently run by Ralph Crowley, Jr., the great-grandson of founder Dennis M. Crowley. It is the largest independent soft-drink bottler in the United States.
The company is a manufacturer and distributor of fruit-flavored sodas, seltzer, ginger ale, drink mixers, and spring water to customers in the northeastern United States. It markets beverages under its flagship brand, Polar Beverages, as well as the brands Adirondack and Cape Cod Dry. In addition to its own drinks, Polar bottles and distributes national brands such as A&W, Izze and Sunkist. The company has two bottling plants and six distribution facilities; it also offers corporate water services and beverage vending equipment.
Polar Beverages began as the J. G. Bieberbach Company, bottler of seltzers and ginger ale and distributor of imported mineral water. The company was also a wholesaler of alcoholic beverages. Prior to coming to Worcester, Mr. Bieberbach, the company’s founder, had immigrated to New York City from Germany, at the request of the Shafer Brewing Company, to help brew the first Pilsner beer in the United States.
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