Anheuser-Busch halts beer to make water for Sandy victims


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A Georgia based brewery has switched from churning out beer to water to help victims of superstorm Sandy.

For a few days, beer will take a backseat at Anheuser-Busch, making water a top priority for those who need it.

"It's devastating. We have a lot of employees who have families who have been hurt personally by this," said Rob Haas, general manager of the plant.

The brewery plans on shipping 1 million cans of drinking water to New York and New Jersey from its Cartersville, Ga., brewery.

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It's not unusual for Coke, Pepsi and Faygo bottling plants to do the same thing. Good corporate citizedship often goes unreported.

Yes it does, and it shouldn't be. Good for them.

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There's a difference between Bud and water...? :D

Seriously, good for them. We had a severe storm a couple of years ago with 70 mph winds, lightning, and power outages that lasted 3-6 days, the local Hy-Vee stores gave people dry ice to keep their food cold.

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****ing awesome.

And something they have, in fact, done on both a regional *and* a national basis before - they did the same for hurricanes Katrina/Rita. (The Williamsburg, VA regional brewery did it for Isobel as well when THAT hurricane smacked the greater Washington, DC area - including Washington, DC itself - in the mouth in 2003; this is therefore a pre-acquisition policy that the new owners kept.)

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They did this when the flood of '98 hit the area I once lived in Caldwell,OH area..... they gave us white cans with the AB logo on them that were filled with filtered water. pretty cool. I believe my mom still has one as a collectors item!

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Does it really matter?

No, it's a wonderful thing that they are doing this regardless of why.

Though, as a person who is against taxation, I'm curious whether this could be used as a valid point that companies would do this without the tax benefits.

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This is win/win for them.

1: Stop to give away water, good PR

2: Less supply of beer and same demand = adjust prices higher on current stock to make up for shortfall, so more profit.

Actually, I'm pretty sure at least in NY the demand for beer is significantly reduced

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They did this when the flood of '98 hit the area I once lived in Caldwell,OH area..... they gave us white cans with the AB logo on them that were filled with filtered water. pretty cool. I believe my mom still has one as a collectors item!

I remember those from either Hurricane Frederic in 1979 or Elena in 1985. The ones they gave out back then were carbonated water, and tasted horrible, but at least they were clean water. Where I lived, we had (and still do have) well water, not city water, so since our power was out our pump wasn't working. No pump = no water. Anything was better than nothing at that point.

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I remember those from either Hurricane Frederic in 1979 or Elena in 1985. The ones they gave out back then were carbonated water, and tasted horrible, but at least they were clean water. Where I lived, we had (and still do have) well water, not city water, so since our power was out our pump wasn't working. No pump = no water. Anything was better than nothing at that point.

I would have gotten some kool aid or crystal light and put em in the cans... LOL

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I would have gotten some kool aid or crystal light and put em in the cans... LOL

I'm sure we probably did make some Kool-aid with some of them, but I don't think Crystal Light was even out at the time.

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Yes it does, and it shouldn't be. Good for them.

actually it should imo, that's the point of it being charity and good social ethics. Calling a press conference to announce you are doing good is kinda defeating the purpose of what is supposed to be behind the self-less act.

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It's not unusual for Coke, Pepsi and Faygo bottling plants to do the same thing. Good corporate citizedship often goes unreported.

Which is a shame, because it deserves more attention, especially this act of kindness.

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actually it should imo, that's the point of it being charity and good social ethics. Calling a press conference to announce you are doing good is kinda defeating the purpose of what is supposed to be behind the self-less act.

normally I would agree with you... but in this case.. no. Anytime a corporation puts aside its potential profits to support any sort of disaster relief should be entitled to their moment of good PR.

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