page_title: Dad's Root Beer
section_title: The Dad's Root Beer Company
hierarchical_section_title: Dad's Root Beer / The Dad's Root Beer Company
caption_attribution_description: English: Dad's Root Beer products shown in 1-liter bottles.
context_page_description: Dad's Root Beer is an American root beer created in Chicago in 1937 by Ely Klapman and Barney Berns. It is currently sold and marketed by the Dad's Root Beer Company LLC, and owned by Hedinger Brands, LLC.
context_section_description: In 2007, the Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC of Jasper, Indiana, was formed by Keith Hedinger when Hedinger Brands, LLC acquired the Dad's Root Beer brand and other soda brands from The Monarch Beverage Co. of Atlanta.  Hedinger was approached as owner of Hedinger Beverage Distributing Co., Inc., the largest nonbottler distributor of Dad's. Other soda brands purchased by Hedinger Brands, LLC are Bubble Up, Dr. Wells, and Sun Crest.  Dad's has added over 100 additional distributors since acquisition by Hedinger Brands.  Jewel-Osco in Chicago,  Dollar Tree, Kmart stores, Big Lots, Food City, World Market Stores, Quick Trip Phoenix, Spartan stores, Roundy's, Cub Foods, Marsh, Houchens, Family Express in Indiana, and Smith's Utah are all retailers of the Dad's brand.
caption: Dad's Root Beer 1-liter bottle products
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