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NBWA and Distributors in the News

Beer distributors play an essential role in moving goods during this crisis. They are working every day to keep America’s supply chain moving, making sure beer – and other products – get to store shelves to meet demand. These community businesses play an essential role in moving goods during this crisis. Local beer distributors are part of the fabric of their communities and are among the first to step up and help their neighbors in times of need. This pandemic is no different.

Beer distributors are working locally and with their state governments to help the community. In Kentucky, for instance, distributors worked with the governor to use their distribution expertise to deliver pallets of hand sanitizer to front line responders in need throughout the state. Distributors are also donating refrigerated trucks to food drives, giving water and other non-alcoholic drinks to first responders and donating money to nonprofit organizations that support bar and restaurant workers and meals to the medical professionals on the frontlines.

Read on to see all the ways that beer distributors are helping their communities.

• Forbes: Beer Buyers Beware: Your Favorite Brands May Go Missing For The Rest Of This Summer (July 3, 2020)
• Tampa Bay’s Morning Blend: Tips to stay safe over the Fourth of July (July 2, 2020)
• Forbes: Alcohol Sales Are Not Spiking Or Even Stabilizing. Here’s Why The Misconception Matters. (June 30, 2020)
• KSN: Problems brewing in the beer industry, kegs going stale (June 23, 2020)
• WTVR: Anheuser-Busch delivers nearly 7,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to aid Richmond first responders (May 27, 2020)
• Video: PA Beer Alliance – Going Above & Beyond Beer (May 21, 2020)
• Chicago Tribune: Malort made from beer released Friday as a creative solution to a serious problem: Kegs expiring due to coronavirus (May 21, 2020)
• Spectrum Local News: Virtual Concert Series Aims to Raise Funds for Hospitality Workers (May 18, 2020)
• Press Release: Faust Distributing donates $50,000 to the Salvation Army (May 18, 2020)
• CBS Detroit: Ann Arbor Beer & Wine Distributor Helps Nonprofits Fight Hunger (May 18, 2020)
• Saporta Report: Doug Hertz – trying not to cry over 60 million ounces of spilt beer (May 18, 2020)
• The Baytown Sun: Kroger display honors USS Texas (May 14, 2020)
• Press Release: Tryon distributing dispenses quarantine relief bags (May 13, 2020)
• Argus Press: Anheuser-Busch donates water to Elsie fire department (May 12, 2020)
• Press Release: Virginia War Memorial Foundation Directors Produce Hand Sanitizer for Veterans (May 11, 2020)
• WCAX: Expiring alcoholic beverages put to good use (May 11, 2020)
• Wyoming News Now: From beer suds to helping hands (May 10, 2020)
• ABC11: North Carolina breweries send $1M in unused beer to be made into hand sanitizer (May 5, 2020)
• Press Release: Henry A. Fox Sales Donating $100,000 to Charities, Nonprofits Across Michigan (May 4, 2020)
• Concord Monitor: N.H. Breweries facing hundreds of thousands in lost revenue as hundreds of kegs go stale (May 2, 2020)
• ABC 7 Chicago: Breweries face beer woes as product goes bad, industry hesitantly reopens due to COVID-19 pandemic (May 3, 2020)
• My San Antonio: Silver Eagle Beverages donating $50,000 to San Antonio Food Bank (May 1, 2020)
• Video: Supporting the Local Community | Brown Distributing (May 1, 2020)
• Video: Doll Distributing Teams up with Iowa Food Bank (April 30, 2020)
• Fox 10 Pheonix: Arizona beer distributor dumps thousands of kegs due to low demand during pandemic (April 30, 2020)
• Video: Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois COVID-19 Video Response (April 29, 2020)
• WKZO: Michigan alcohol industry makes donations during COVID-19 pandemic (April 29, 2020)
• 9 News: For Ryan, getting back to work meant so much more than doing a job (April 28, 2020)
• New York Times: A Beer Lover’s Nightmare: They’re Dumping Draft Brew (April 28, 2020)
• Press Release: Tri-Eagle Sales partners with local craft brewery Proof Brewing Company and Second Harvest of the Big Bend to provide food and hand sanitizer to senior citizens (April 28, 2020)
• Press Release: Euclid Beverage: Helping give back to our local communities (April 28, 2020)
• WXYZ: Michigan spirits distributor team up with 5 distilleries donating to the Michigan Hospitality Fund (April 27, 2020)
• Kota TV: A problem is brewing for beer distributors (April 27, 2020)
• Tallahassee Democrat: Pay it Forward: Tri-Eagle, Second Harvest partner to support hospitality workers (April 26, 2020)
• KSDK: 50,000 bottles of water donated to health care workers, first responders and government officials in St. Louis area (April 24, 2020)
• Press Release: Glazer’s Beer & Beverage Supports Culinaria Emergency Relief Fund (April 24, 2020)
• The Hill: Beer sales start to dry up as public venues keep doors closed (April 24, 2020)
• Charlotte Observer: ‘Anything I can do to help.’ NC beer distributors deliver food to grocers, pantries (April 22, 2020)
• Press Release: Premier Distributing, Budweiser and Michelob Ultra Team Up for Hospitality Industry (April 21, 2020)
• KBTX-TV: Local beverage distributor donates $10k to Brazos Valley COVID-19 Community Relief Fund (April 21, 2020)
• Business Observer: Distributor delivers thousands of cans of energy, coffee drinks to hospitals (April 20, 2020)
• Brewbound: Crescent Crown Distributing to Donate Over $450,000 in Relief Aid to Support Bars, Restaurants and Workers During Pandemic (April 19, 2020)
• Press Release: New Hampshire Hospitality Employee Relief Fund (NHHERF) (April 16, 2020)
• Video: Pepin Distributing Donates And Offers Trucking Support To Metropolitan Ministries Amid Covid-19 (April 16, 2020)
• Press Release: Ben E. Keith Beverages Donates $25,000 to Texas Independent Beer Distributor Relief Fund (April 15, 2020)
• Hanover Wicked Local: A community beer: Wachusett brews IPA to raise money for United Way coronavirus relief efforts (April 15, 2020)
• West Plains Daily Quil: Old beer, new ideas (April 15, 2020)
• WKYT: Kentucky Eagle partners with Kentucky Emergency Management to transport supplies across state (April 14, 2020)
• Mass Live: Wachusett Brewing Co., Atlas Distributing release Glory American IPA to raise funds for Central Massachusetts amid coronavirus pandemic (April 14, 2020)
• WSGW: Michigan Beer Distributor Fashions Face Masks from Can Koozies (April 14, 2020)
• Block Club Chicago: Koval Distillery Now Selling Hand Sanitizer To The Public (April 13, 2020)
• Thrillist: Everywhere Healthcare Workers Can Get Free Food Right Now (April 13, 2020)
• News Tribune: United Way, Fechtel Beverage begin food service industry fund (April 12, 2020)
• Ozarks First: Heart of America Beverage Company donates funds to local restaurant workers (April 10, 2020)
• WTOK: Mitchell Distributing helping out local restaurants and bars (April 10, 2020)
• Texas Monthly: How the San Antonio Restaurant Scene Is Taking Care of Its Own (April 9, 2020)
• WKOW: Frank Beer working with local distilleries to turn beer into hand sanitizer (April 9, 2020)
• Craft Brewing Business: Keg beer becomes hand sanitizer thanks to a custom-built draining system via Pursuit Distilling, Columbia Distributing (April 8, 2020)
• New School Beer: Beer Distributors Shaken by Pandemic but Carry On For Sake of the Industry (April 7, 2020)
• Charleston Chronicle: Charleston Hospitality Relief Match Fund For COVID-19 Impacts (April 6, 2020)
• Cumberland Times-News: Local business owner raising money for bartenders, servers (April 5, 2020)
• Fox43: Anheuser-Busch Emergency canned water donated to COVID-19 testing site (April 3, 2020)
• Brewbound: Virtual Brew Talks (April 3, 2020)
• Good Beer Hunting: All Kegs Go To Heaven — Breweries Pray They Can Recoup Losses on Unsold Draft Beer (April 2, 2020)
• Community Impact Newspaper: SanTan Brewing Company to recycle beer, create medical-grade hand sanitizer (April 2, 2020)
• Worchester Magazine: The Next Draft: Amid shutdown, distributors’ trucks keep rolling for breweries (March 30, 2020)
• Fox25: ‘Food for Crews’ program to provide free meals for the service industry amid outbreak (March 30, 2020)
• WDTN: Dayton company gives back to area restaurants dealing with coronavirus closures (March 30, 2020)
• WPSD: Local distillery gives away around 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer (March 28, 2020)
• WREX: GrantView Distillery gets boost of support from community while making hand sanitizer (March 27, 2020)
• WTVM: Organizations hoping to help the food industry in Columbus during COVID-19 pandemic (March 27, 2020)
• Eater: Now Is a Time of Boom and Bust for the Liquor Industry (March 27, 2020)
• Dayton Daily News: Crocs to donate 14,000 shoes to Dayton hospitals (March 27, 2020)
• KTSM: L&F Distributors donate $10k to Food & Beverage Workers Fund (March 25, 2020)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Beer distributor: Taking care of supportive customers (March 25, 2020)
• Tuscon.com: Beer distributor to help Tucson bar, restaurant employees affected by coronavirus (March 25, 2020)
• Indy Channel: Anheuser-Busch brewing more than just beer in response to Covid-19 (March 24, 2020)
• Allen American: Andrews reroutes refrigerated truck to Allen food drive (March 23, 2020)
• Good Beer Hunting: Cans, STAT — COVID-19 Causes Supply Chain Hustle to Meet Demand for Packaged Beer (March 23, 2020)
• NY Daily News: Cops and nurses aren’t the only ones New Yorkers need to weather coronavirus: workers who deliver beer and milk, pick up trash also essential (March 21, 2020)
• LA Weekly: The impact of coronavirus on the supply chains supporting Los Angeles (March 20, 2020)
• The Jay Ducote Show: Discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on the beer industry with David Christman (March 19, 2020)
• CSP Daily News: Demand for Alcohol Strong Amid COVID-19 Outbreak (March 18, 2020)
• Forbes: Hospitality Industry Upended As Several States Implement On-Premise Restrictions (March 17, 2020)
• The Hill: Restaurant industry reeling under coronavirus (March 17, 2020)
• Brewbound: On-Premise Sales Halted in Several States as Bars, Restaurants Shuttered; San Francisco Goes on Lockdown (March 16, 2020)
• Brewbound: Coronavirus Impact on Beer Industry: Taproom Closures, Event Cancellations (March 13, 2020)