Polar Beverages 4191813 223342961 2008-07-03T17:39:30Z Jerem43 2189852 [[Category:Soft drinks]] {{Infobox Company | company_name = Polar Beverages | company_logo = [[Image:Polar-Logo-for-Web.gif]] | company_type = [[Privately held company]] | foundation = 1882 | location = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Massachusetts|MA]], [[United States of America|USA]] | key_people = Ralph Crowley, Jr. | industry = Beverages | products = Polar Seltzers, Sodas and Mixers | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.polarbev.com/default.html Polar Beverages website] | footnotes = }} '''Polar Beverages''' is a fourth- generation, family-owned business that traces its roots back to 1882 and is based in [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Massachusetts]]. The company is currently run by [[Ralph Crowley, Jr.]], the great-grandson of founder [[Denis Crowley]]. It is the largest independent soft-drink bottler in the United States. The company creates many of its own beverages including a full line of [[Soft drink|sodas]], [[Carbonated water|seltzers]], and [[mixer]]s, while also bottling other regional and national brands. Polar products are often personally "imported" to the New York Tri-State area due to the large population of Bostonians now living in the area. ==Other brands that Polar bottles and distributes== * [[7Up]] * [[AriZona Beverage Company|AriZona]] * [[Cape Cod Dry]] * [[Country Time]] * [[Gatorade]] * [[Izze]] * [[Hydrive]] * [[Squirt]] * [[Nantucket Nectars]] * The Beast * [[Sunkist (soft drink)|Sunkist]] * [[Snapple]] * [[RC Cola]] * [[Fiji water]] * [[Monster Energy]] * [[All Sport]] * [[Moxie]] * [[Rush!]] * [[Glacéau|Glacéau Products (Vitamin Water)]] * [[O Beverages]] * [[Steaz]] * [[Stewart's]] * [[Caribbean Iced Tea]] ==Orson the bear== Polar is famous for its billboard off of [[Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)|I-290]] in Worcester. Next to the billboard sits the company mascot, Orson the inflatable [[polar bear]]. Orson is known for "disappearing," due to vandalism. ==Conflict with Coca-Cola== In 1994 Polar made a TV commercial where a polar bear considers drinking a Coke, but throws it away and drinks a Polar seltzer instead. Coke sued Polar and got a restraining order against the ad which they claimed infringed on their previous television advertisements which contained polar bears.<ref>Steven M. Cordero. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/respect/antibarbie.html Cocaine-Cola, the Velvet Elvis, and Anti-Barbie: Defending the Trademark and Publicity Rights to Cultural Icons]. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, 1998.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.polarbev.com/default.html Polar Beverages website] * [http://www.hoovers.com/polar-beverages,-inc./--ID__108689--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml information from Hoovers.com] [[Category:Soft drinks]] [[Category:Beverage companies of the United States]] [[Category:Worcester, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Companies based in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Companies established in 1882]]