Watch this short clip on how Doll Distributing in Iowa came to the aid of the Food Bank of Iowa by proving the use of one of their beer trucks and drivers. Michelle Book, president & CEO of Food Bank of Iowa said, “We have the food, we have the need. What we really needed most was transportation assistance.”
Wilsbach Distributors, Inc. in Pennsylvania is helping their community by donating more than 7,000 cans and bottles of non-alcoholic water and energy drinks to local hospitals, The Salvation Army and the Central PA Food Bank. Additionally, Wilsbach employees volunteered at the Central PA Food Bank to pack crisis response boxes.
Grocery store beer sales wont make up for on-premise losses
According to National Beer Wholesalers Association Chief Economist Lester Jones, bar and restaurant closures will result in a loss of $8 billion for the beer industry if it continues into June. “We really need to step up our conversations and talk about how the loss here to the industry is significant,” Jones said. “It’s not going to be made up through grocery stores and 30-packs and cases people are stashing in their garages. It will not be compensated by those additional off-premise purchases.”
