BNET Industries

Polar Beverages

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Polar Beverages, the country's largest independent soft-drink bottler, is a fourth- generation, family-owned business that traces its roots back to 1882. Polar Beverages began as the J. G. Bieberbach Company, which bottled seltzers, ginger ale and imported mineral water and was also a wholesaler of alcoholic beverages in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to coming to Worcester, Mr. Bieberbach had immigrated to New York City from Germany at the request of the Shafer Brewing Company, the first company in the nation to brew Pilsner beer. In 1901 Dennis M. Crowley, the great grandfather of the present owners of Polar Beverages, founded D. M. Crowley & Co., a wholesale and retail liquor business. The top selling product of the day was Crowley's Ball Brook Straight Whiskey. In 1916 the Crowley's acquired the J. G. Bieberbach Company. The combined wholesale-retail liquor companies were extraordinarily successful. Dennis, also known as "Boss Crowley," was a second-generation American. His parents had emigrated from Ireland because of the Great Famine. In 1918 Dennis continued to expand the business by purchasing the Leicester Polar Spring Company, and the combined businesses became known as the Bieber Polar Ginger Ale Company. The acquisition of Leicester Polar Spring Company gave Polar a pure spring located Spencer, Massachusetts. This pure spring water was used for the company's bottled water and was also used in the manufacture of Polar's flavored drinks. ...

President Susan Neely and Aba Chairman
Ralph Crowley
Number of Employees 1,000
Contact Information

1001 Southbridge St

Worcester, Massachusetts 01610-2218

www.polarbev.co...

(508) 753-4300

NAICS Code Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers: 424490

Recent Events

  • ZICO coconut water signs Polar Beverages

    6/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

polar beverages - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Mike Mulrain CFO
Christopher Crowley Treasurer & Executive Vice President
Stephen W. Beck Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Gerald Martin Vice President, Sales Planning & Immediate Consumption
Rick Foley Assistant Director, Marketing
Tracy Falcon Director, Marketing
Richard W. Anderson Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Ralph Crowley President Susan Neely and Aba Chairman

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Polar Beverages President Susan Neely and Aba Chairman Current

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Polar Beverages CFO Current

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Polar Beverages Treasurer & Executive Vice President Current

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Polar Beverages Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

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Polar Beverages Vice President, Sales Planning & Immediate Consumption Current

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Polar Beverages Assistant Director, Marketing Current

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Polar Beverages Director, Marketing Current

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Valpey-Fisher Corporation Chairman Current
Polar Beverages Director Current

Executive News

  • Cold Off the Press: Gosling's Rums and Polar Beverages Unveil 'Definitive' Ginger...

    Reuters - 5/08/09 - View Story

  • Cold Off the Press: Gosling's Rums and Polar Beverages Unveil 'Definitive' Ginger Beer

    PR Newswire - 5/08/09 - View Story