CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #9662 | | | Name | A.G. Barr & Co. Ltd. |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | Founded in 1875 by Robert Barr in Falkirk, Scotland. A second Barr soft drinks business was established in Glasgow in 1887 by Robert Barr's son, Robert Fulton Barr.
His business was taken over by his brother Andrew Greig Barr (from whom the company gets its name) five years later in 1892, when Robert decided to move to Ireland.
In 1901 both Barr soft drinks businesses, Robert Barr Falkirk and A.G.Barr and Co. Glasgow, jointly launched their original recipe IRON BREW.
The phonetic spelling IRN-BRU was introduced in 1947 following concern over proposed changes to food labelling regulations.
The company continues to operate today and produces the most famous Scottish soft drink, 'IRN-BRU.'
Key Dates:
1830: Robert Barr founds a cork cutting business in Falkirk, Scotland.
1875: Barr's son, Robert, founds a company selling bottled "aerated" water in Falkirk.
1887: Robert Fulton Barr, son of the second Robert Barr, founds his own soft drink company in Glasgow and later turns over the business to his younger brother Andrew Greig Barr.
1901: The Barr companies introduce their own Iron-Brew formula.
1904: Glasgow Barr company becomes AG Barr & Co. after Andrew Barr's death.
1940: Production of Iron-Brew is suspended after the nationalization of the British soft drinks industry during World War II.
1946: Barr adopts a new trade name for its Iron-Brew brand, using the phonetic spelling Irn Bru.
1954: Barr acquires Hollows, based in Bradford, England.
1959: AG Barr acquires Robert Barr of Falkirk.
1965: AG Barr goes public on London Stock Exchange.
1967: The company acquires Stotherts Ltd.
1972: AG Barr acquires Manchester-based Tizer Ltd, and its Tizer soft drink brand.
1983: Globe Soft Drinks in Edinburgh is acquired.
1988: Mandora St. Clements in Mansfield is acquired.
1995: AG Barr is awarded the Orangina licensing franchise for Great Britain.
1996: The company opens a new plant in Cumbernauld.
1998: The company reaches a bottling and distribution agreement with PepsiCo to sell Irn Bru in Russia.
2004: Roger White becomes the first non-Barr family member to head the company. |
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