Distributor partners with non-profit for breast cancer awareness
Have you ever sipped on a pink beer? The non-profit Pink it Forward gives cancer patients in the Dakotas care packages and they have partnered up with McQuade Distributing to set up events to help even more people. The effort has already raised over $48,000 to date.
H-E-B, Whole Foods have fastest pickup times, study says
H-E-B and Whole Foods have the fastest order pickup services among grocers, according to a new study from mobile commerce platform Rakuten Ready. The study used secret shoppers to evaluate "order for pickup" services and wait times among 25 restaurant, retail and grocery brands. Grocers analyzed in the survey were Walmart, Kroger, Whole Foods, Meijer, H-E-B, Raley’s, Albertsons and Hy-Vee. The study found the average wait time for in-store grocery pickup is 4 minutes, 3 seconds.
A brewery in the heart of the Louisiana bayou has developed a beer inspired by the region’s most famous dish. You could say it’s the Cajun version of the Mexican Michelada … spicy, savory and thirst-quenching,” said Brian Broussard, Bayou Teche Brewing’s brewmaster. The gumbo beer will launch in November.
Belgian nuns are selling the world’s first Trappist beer shampoo
Did you ever wonder why — if Trappist Belgian monks make the best beer in the world and European nuns brewed though the Middle Ages and beyond — no Trappist convents currently brew beer? While they still don’t brew, some Trappistines in Belgium have partnered with the brothers at a nearby abbey to make what may be the world’s first Trappist ale shampoo.
Mark Gelner of Heart of America Beverage in Springfield, MO, tells us why light - as well as full-bodied beers, are a great choice for after a workout.
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