Foxon Park facts for kids
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![]() Foxon Park's headquarters
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Industry | Soft drinks |
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Founded | East Haven, Connecticut, Connecticut, USA (1922) |
Products | Birch beer Root beer Ginger ale Cream soda Kola Orange Grape Cherry Lemon-Lime Gassosa Strawberry Iron brew Diet Birch Beer Diet Kola Diet Orange Diet Gassosa Sparkling water Tonic water |
Foxon Park is a popular soft drink brand. It is made by the Foxon Park Beverage Company. This company is located in East Haven, Connecticut, in the USA. Their sodas are often enjoyed with New Haven-style pizza in the area. You can also find them at famous places like Louis' Lunch.
Foxon Park is special because it uses natural ingredients. It also uses cane sugar to sweeten its drinks. Many other soft drinks use high fructose corn syrup instead. The company's slogan is "All-Ways in Good Taste."
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The Story of Foxon Park
How It All Started
Foxon Park was founded in 1922. It was started by Matteo Naclerio. He was an immigrant from Italy. He opened his beverage company in East Haven, Connecticut. The company was named after the Foxon Park area of East Haven. It is still in the same spot today on Foxon Blvd.
From Water to Soda
The company first started by bottling water. They delivered this water to homes nearby. But during the Great Depression, people bought less bottled water. So, in 1929, the company began making and delivering soda instead.
Unique Flavors and Family Fun
Foxon Park offered some very unique flavors. These included Iron Brew, a drink famous in Scotland. They also made gassosa, which is a lemon-flavored Italian soda. Today, Foxon Park is still a business owned by the same family.
A Taste of Their Drinks
Foxon Park makes many different soda flavors. Some popular ones are cream soda, white birch, and root beer. They also have grape, orange, ginger ale, and kola. Other flavors include gassosa, lemon-lime, iron brew, strawberry, and cherry. They even make sparkling water and tonic water.