Elder's Beverages was started by Jack Elder, a Scot who arrived in Kingston in 1910. Originally in the rear of his Princess Street cigar store, the operation later moved to 671 Montreal Street and was known at Elder's Aerated Waterworks. There were seven independent bottlers in Kingston at the time.
In 1934, Elder's because one of the first Pepsi franchises in Canada.
The plant could produce 500-1,000 cases of bottled carbonate beverages each eight-hour shift. Jack Elder died in 1975 at the age of 83, and his right-hand man was George White. A slight name change occurred when purchased by King Enright - Elder's Beverages (1975) Limited.
In 1975, ex-policeman Dale McFarlane bought the operation (October, 1975 Whig ad - top photo). Bad luck in the form of a broken carbonation system and the owner needing brain tumour surgery suspended operation in March, 1982. A new system was delivered but not installed due to there being no new owner. The operation ended up in receivership in July, 1982 and was seized by Seaway Mortgage Corporation. At the time, 5,000 cases of empties were in the community, with a value of $20,000. Elder's was the only independent bottler between Oshawa and the Quebec border by that time.
Elder's Beverages was an independent Kingston bottler. In June, 1954 the company advertised in a full-page advertisement in the Whig:
