Arizona beer distributor to help restaurant employees affected by the coronavirus
Arizona’s Crescent Crown Distributing has a campaign to help furloughed restaurant and bar workers make ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis. They are contributing 15 cents per case of beer they sell to retailers now through April 30. “Fifteen cents doesn’t sound like a lot, but we’ll sell nearly 2 million cases,” Crescent General Manager Joe Cotroneo said. Crescent Crown has made additional pledges to benefit furloughed employees statewide, including at least $50,000 to Arizona Licensed Beverage Association member businesses and at least $200,000 to the Arizona Restaurant Association.
Texas beer distributor donates $10k to local Food & Beverage Workers Fund
L&F Distributors donated $10,000 to the El Paso Food & Beverage Workers Fund to support hospitality industry employees during this uncertain time. “The hospitality industry is the heart and soul of this city, and we get the pleasure of working with them every day. As a local beverage distributor, L&F is proud to be able to support the El Paso Food and Beverage Workers Fund. El Paso wouldn’t be the same without our diverse group of restaurants and bars, so thank you all for all you do,” said L&F Distributors Owners Lisa Peisen, Nick LaMantia and Tony LaMantia in a press release.
In response to increased demand to package beer, Ball Corporation has added production of 32 oz. crowler cans and expects to have a supply ready to hit the market soon. With many bars, restaurants and breweries closing their on-premise services, breweries are focusing on putting the beer they have on hand into cans, growlers and crowlers to make it available it to customers.
If you have some time to further your beer knowledge right now, the website October provides this cheat sheet of popular beer styles as a part of their on-going effort to provide educational beer refreshers.
