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KW: I always liked Snapple because it started out as a small company, it had creative and wholesome marketing strategies, and juice is better than soda. I think that the popularity of Snapple was a turning point in getting Americans to look for more healthy drink choices than just cola. I had not realized that the owners of Snapple were from Long Island. Condolences to Hyman Golden’s family and friends on their loss.
Published: Sep 21, 2008
Snapple founder Hyman Golden dies at 85
NEW YORK – Hyman Golden, a businessman who was a co-founder of the Snapple Beverage Corp. and served as its chairman as Snapple’s flavored teas and juices became a national phenomenon, died Sept. 14 in Great Neck, N.Y. He was 85…
With a small investment in 1972, Golden and two partners started a business that would eventually produce one of the nation’s leading flavored beverages and compete with industry stalwarts like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo…
The company, which was founded in Brooklyn, eventually moved to Long Island, where Golden and his two business partners lived…
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