Monthly Archives: August 2017

Dick Yuengling Donates $2.8 Million to Home Town

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

The money will be used to build a new parking deck.

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What We’re Watching

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Still Installed at Old Forester Distillery It was a sight to see on Main Street in downtown Louisville Saturday as a 4,700 pound still was installed into the Old Forester Distillery.  You can see it here, from WDRB, Louisville.

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Who’s Leading Job Creation? Bars and Restaurants

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Food services and drinking places added 53,000 jobs in July.  That’s one quarter of all 209.000 new jobs created last month, according to the Labor Department, and more than professional and business services (49,000), health care (39,000) or mining (1,000). … Continue reading →

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Sapporo Buys Anchor Steam for $85 Million

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

“With the Anchor acquisition, we will have the capability to make and distribute beer in the U.S.,” notes Sapporo President Masaki Oga. Last year, the Sapporo Group formulated the new Long-Term Management Vision “Speed 150” through 2026,

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Maine to Boost Prices of Minis, Low-End Spirits

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Maine’s profits from sales of liquor have remained flat, even though sales have been growing 4% to 5% a year.  So the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations plans to raise prices of

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How Everything Changed for a Craft Brewer After Sale to MillerCoors

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

The owners of Terrapin Beer in Athens, Ga., saw craft beer’s big-money moment unfold around them.  Read more here, from MarketWatch.

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