Polar Beverages

Trivia question: What is the name of the Worcester beverage manufacturer owned by the Crowley family?

Polar Beverages, the venerable Worcester manufacturer of sparkling water beverages, has joined a nationwide movement aimed at reducing food waste and promoting recycling. 

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

A warehouse and distribution center in Auburn being leased by Worcester manufacturer Polar Beverages has changed owners.

In Worcester Business Journal's annual list of the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy, the Power 50, one-third of those listed have ties to the manufacturing industry.

Polar Beverages has agreed to lease nearly 100,000 square feet of space at the former A. Schulman manufacturing plant on Millbrook Street in Worcester.

Polar Beverages has signed a long-term franchise agreement with Keurig Dr Pepper that will take the Worcester manufacturer, known for its seltzer lines, to a national distribution.

Polar Beverages has become a major player in the ballooning seltzer market as an underdog: a Worcester manufacturer family owned since its start in the 1880s. While Polar has ridden the wave of seltzer's soaring popularity, it's now facing a harder battle than ever against the carbonated beverage industry's giants.

Since the Pawtucket Red Sox announced on Aug. 17 of their intention to move to a new...

Ralph Crowley Jr., president and CEO of Worcester manufacturer Polar Beverages, will become a part owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox as the team plans for its 2021 move to the Canal District.