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tion, F.X. teamed with his Brother Nick
who serves today as the company’s CEO and
Chairman of the Board, aided by his neph-
ew, Fred Matt, who serves as President. And
though it is a family business, NickMatt says
it is a business, first and foremost, and there-
fore, its operational success takes precedence
over any personal agendas. He also says the
success of that business is vital to a number
of other families employed by the brewery,
with some working side by side with third
or fourth generation members of their own
family.
Matt Brewing Co. has also been a vital
partner to a network of distributors, retail-
ers and suppliers who it also considers as part
of its family, and important to its success.
Those partnerships have included of retail
chains such as Costco stores along the East
Coast where Matt Brewing Co. produces
beers labeled under the Kirkland brand.
Matt Brewing Co has also relied on services
from a range of national suppliers which in-
clude companies like Accurate Box, a 70-year
family enterprise based in New Jersey which
specializes in the manufacturing of printed
corrugated boxes and other innovative pack-
aging solutions.
For that matter, in a city that has endured
through economic decline, Matt Brewing
