[1] The firm was founded in 1978 in Bronx, New York, by Simon Bergson, still its current President and CEO.
[2] Bergson soon obtained the rights to distribute Carling Black Label and Tuborg, and operated out of a 4000 square foot warehouse with 3 delivery trucks.
[3] Currently, Manhattan Beer Distributors distributes over 45 million cases of beverages per year in the 5 boroughs of New York, its suburbs, and 9 other counties.
[4] Manhattan Beer Distributors primary business is distribution of alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine products, and ciders, as well as non-alcoholic beverages such as water.
[5] The distributor received $1.6 million in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to offset the costs of the conversion, and contributed of $4.6 million of its own money.