PHOTO RELEASE: Gottheimer Visits Local, Family-Owned Business Allied Beverages

Meets with Employees, Leadership

Above: Gottheimer and Elizabeth Mayor Bollwage visiting Allied Beverages in Elizabeth, NJ.

ELIZABETH, NJ — U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage visited local family-owned business Allied Beverages and met with employees and leadership. Allied Beverages is New Jersey’s largest wine and spirits distributor and ranks among the ten largest such distributors in the United States.

“Allied Beverages is one of New Jersey’s great businesses that employees thousands in Elizabeth and injects millions into our economy — not to mention lots of good spirits! I enjoyed touring their state-of-the-art facility and solar roof with the great Mayor Bollwage,” said Congressman Josh Gottheimer. “Allied is the largest wine and spirits distributor in the country. Local businesses like Allied Beverages are the backbone of Jersey’s economy!”

Gottheimer was joined by Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage, Allied Beverages President and CEO Jonathan Yusen, Owner and Executive Vice President of Industry Relations Bobby Harmelin, Owner and Vice President of Industry Relations Sara Harmelin, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Jon Maslin, Executive Vice President of Operations Ian Montgomery, Vice President of Operations Theresa Rossi, Vice President of Health, Safety, and Security Edith Clausson, Vice President of Digital/E-Commerce and Former Mayor of Leonia Judah Ziegler, Vice President of Human Resources Jeanette Espinosa, and Co-Chairman of Breakthru Beverage Charles Merinoff.

Below: Gottheimer visiting Allied Beverages in Elizabeth, NJ.

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