The Brooklyn Bottling Group is one of the largest independently owned beverage and food companies in the

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. Founded by Jack Miller in 1936, the company started out by selling seltzers and syrups door to door in

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neighborhoods. The second generation,

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, acquired the first bottling facility and the company began to produce soft drinks in 1947. In its third generation, Eric Miller has expanded the company's line up to include

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s. The Brooklyn Bottling Group bottling facility is based in Milton,

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and has warehouses and distribution centers in

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and

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. The company manufactures, distributes, imports and sells over 50 brands of soft drinks, juices, food and household items. Its products ship to 23 states, primarily on the

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. The company was once involved in a controversy with its soft-drink line "

Tropical Fantasy Tropical Fantasy is an inexpensive soft-drink, originally from Brooklyn, New York. Its low price of 49¢ per 21-ounce bottle led to its success in the 1990s. Tropical Fantasy was initially popular in inner city areas. The company did not employ l ...

" in the early 1990s. In April 1991 a rumor spread throughout black neighborhoods that the

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secretly owned the company and its line of

soft drinks would sterilize black men. The rumors were spread through flyers and were later found to be false.

Drinks

* Squeez'r Juices and Teas * Nature's Own Fresh Pressed Juices * Tropical Fantasy Juices, Soft Drinks, Bottled Water and Energy Drinks * Best Health Spring Water, Seltzer, and Soft Drinks * D & G Jamaican Soft Drinks * Vitamalt non alcoholic malt beverage * Postobon Colombian Soft Drinks * Pony Malta non alcoholic Malt beverage * Country Club Soft Drinks from Dominican Republic *

Cola Lacaye Cola Lacaye is a soft drink from Haiti founded by Rigobert Richardson in 1977. Today, Cola Lacaye soda is manufactured and distributed by The Brooklyn Bottling Group, which manufactures, distributes, and imports various Caribbean-based soft drin ...

from Haiti * Tropical Rhythms juices

Malt beverages

* Ballantine Ale * Country Club Malt Liquor * Private Stock Malt Liquor * Vitamalt (non alcoholic) * Pony Malta (non alcoholic)

References

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Drinks

Malt beverages

See also

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