The company also was responsible for a number of pioneering moves in an effort to meet demand: In 1893, Clicquot Club was the first to put a metal cap on a bottle; in 1934, the first to sell quart bottles; and in 1938 the company became the first to sell its beverages in a can, at this time known as a "cone-top" can, making it easier to manufacture. With the establishment of a new network of Clicquot Club Bottling Plants in 1938 the company soon had dozens of factories across the country. This number grew rapidly until in 1952 the company had plants in over 100 cities all across the United States, from Maine to California. In the 1950s the company began distributing internationally, in places such as Jamaica, Nassau, the Bahamas, virtually all of South America, and the Philippines. The company began to decline in sales worldwide amid growing competition from other soft drink makers and was purchased in 1969 by the Cott Beverage Corporation of Connecticut. The Cott Corporation eventually sold off all product surplus before shutting down Clicquot. Today the original plant in Millis remains mostly abandoned, although one-third of it is (as of January 2013) occupied by garden and hardware stores. Although there has been contemplation of starting the company back up again in recent years, no attempts have ever gotten further than the drawing board. References Resources Clicquot Club Page Clicquot Club Cafe (archived) Clicquot Fox Trot March printed piano music, Copyright 1926 by Harry F. Reser, 148th W. 46th St., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. American soft drinks Drink companies of the United States Food and drink companies established in 1881 Companies based in Massachusetts Food and drink companies disestablished in 1980 Ginger ale 1881 establishments in Massachusetts Food and drink companies based in Massachusetts 1980 disestablishments in Massachusetts 1965 mergers and acquisitions