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    Business ProfileforPolar Beverages

    Beverage
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    3/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    This business has 0 complaints

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 1/19/2010

    Years in Business: 142

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    Polar Beverages is a manufacturer and distributor of soda and other carbonated beverages, spring water, and franchise products.

    Business Details

    Headquarters
    1001 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 01610-2218
    BBB File Opened:
    11/1/1963
    Years in Business:
    142
    Business Started:
    1/1/1882
    Business Incorporated:
    2/29/1916
    Accredited Since:
    1/19/2010
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Alternate Business Name
    • Polar Corp.
    • Polar Seltzer
    Business Management
    • Customer Service, Customer Relations
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Ralph Crowley, Jr., President/CEO

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Ralph Crowley, Jr., President/CEO
    • Ms. Carol Novakoski
    • Customer Service, Customer Relations
    • Ms. Lisbet Crowley, Director of Marketing
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (508) 793-0813
      Primary Fax

    Email Addresses

    Customer Complaints

    0 Customer Complaints

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    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Mc L

    3 stars

    05/11/2023

    They have access to some popular products, and have a wide variety of flavors of their own product. Unfortunately, their delivery service for wholesale orders is always late. They dont pack the trucks effectively, so the drivers have to spend more time on the road, and inevitably have to end their day without emptying the truck. The tend to lose stock or discontinue products without notice, so you dont find out until after you order and then it doesnt show up. When you speak with customer service, there is never any real answer, just that they are behind and have to push things back, but it happens every week. Their systems are very behind, with no digital ordering, so you have to email in or order over the phone. They also dont have a  ready list of available products, so you are just guessing when you order and hope it comes. Our rep also hasnt responded to half of our messages and it took months to get a small plastic piece for our cooler, that they have readily available.

    Polar Beverages Response

    06/22/2023

    The Polar Supervisor spoke with the ************ Manager at this account. The customer was asked to copy the supervisor when placing orders so he can make sure that they flow through the system properly. We did find that this account was setup for the wrong delivery day, so we made the change to help correct the delivery issue.  The ************ Manager has our supervisor's contact information if problems still arise. 

     

     

     

     


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