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Irish Companies diversifies into beverage business

The Irish Companies is a family-run conglomerate of companies, including Irish Carbonic and Irish Propane, which started 90 years ago as a coal business.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The team behind the Irish Companies is embarking on a new venture — Straight Up Beverages — which will produce local soda products for the restaurant industry around Buffalo.

With five employees so far, the company makes soda products — cola, diet cola, orange soda, lemon lime soda, root beer and loganberry — under its own brand.

“It’s a cool thing for the city, because we have our own production facility, so it’s fresh product,” CEO Matthew Irish Jones said. 

Read the full story from our partners at Buffalo Business First.

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