Beverage Companies

[AllanY2525]

Don't forget about Harry Burt and the Good Humor Ice Cream Company.
His confectionary was located downtown.  Harry basically invented the
Ice Cream Bar with the stick in it. (or at least he got the patent for it,
whatever...)

Good Humor is now part of Bryers Ice Cream company.

[Towntalk]

It's amazing, we tend to think of Youngstown just in terms of steel, yet a trip through old city directories shows that Youngstown use to be quite diversified.

BAKERIES:
    Wonder Bread
    Wards Top Top Bakery
    Nicholes Bakery
    Schwables Bakery
    Hathaway Bakery

Dairy
    Isalyes
    Sealtest
    Bordons
    Golden Glow

Meats
    Armour
    Swift
    High Grade
    Mogg Meat Packing Co.

Clothing
    Moyers Shirts
    Weatherbee

There were also at least three candy making companies here.

These were all here when my family moved to Youngstown in 1950.

Can anyone think of other catagories where products were made here other th metal?

[jay]

Star Bottling was also located in the city.

[Towntalk]

Dunning Crum bottled Golden Age, Royal Crown Cola and Hires Root Beer
During prohibition, the local breweries - (Renners and Smith Brewers)  switched to bottling soda pop.

At one time, Coca-Cola; Pepsi; and 7-up had bottling plants here.

[jay]

I often find an old pop bottle from one of the beverage companies that once existed in Youngstown.  Name some of the local soda pop companies from Youngstown's past.