Fabius Bottle & Can

Fabius Bottle & Can is located at 7861 Main Street, at the intersection of Ridge Road and Rt. 80, in the picturesque village of Fabius. Co-owners, Bruce Chimene and Rhonda Wheeler, opened the bottle return in May 2017, and have processed millions of cans and bottles since then. 

We saw the need for this service in the area, and the building was perfect to house the bottle return and the grocery store, Anna’s Country Store, which we purchased in December of 2016. We have been pleasantly surprised at how the business took off, and our innovative ideas, like offering free pick up service for large loads and commercial customers, and periodic 6-cent specials, have contributed to our success.  Our customers enjoy the convenience of dropping off their load of cans on their way to work or to run errands and stopping in to pick up their money on their way home, or receiving a call when it’s finished.

We also designed a prototype trailer with drop doors on the sides.  It is used for 6-cent donations and bottle drives and has helped numerous nearby towns, schools, churches, scouting groups, our local food pantry, Veterans, area Fire Depts. and many other worthy organizations raise money for their causes.  We are proud to have helped these groups raise thousands of dollars. Call 315-683-5500 to book the trailer for your organization or event!! We have multiple trailers available, so call us to arrange a free pickup to clean out your barn or basement. 

We have long-range plans, which include renovating the carriage barn on the property and moving the bottle return there. Structural work has been completed, and the next project will be a new roof and an addition, along with finishing the interior.  The business has been so brisk that we will also need a storage barn for all these cans and bottles.  When the bottle return moves, then we can renovate that section of the building and expand the store to offer even more products.

Our other business, Fabius Country Store, opened on Memorial Day of last year. We offer a wide variety of beer, tobacco products, grocery items, and have a take-out menu that includes pizza, wings, subs and sandwiches, haddock dinners, soups and more. We have great homemade lunch specials and packaged meals to take with you. We love our Purity ice cream and we keep the ice cream counter open all year. We offer soft serve, premade sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, and quarts of Purity ice cream from the freezer. Our Fried Dough is becoming quite famous!! 

Stop in soon with your cans and bottles, and while we count them for you, you can browse the store, enjoy an ice cream cone or fried dough, or grab a premade dinner or goodies to take home. You can also call ahead for hot pizza and wings or other menu items at 315-683-1061. Thank you!