At the request of the American Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch is delivering four truckloads – more than 200,000 cans – of emergency drinking water to California to support local communities impacted by the devasting wildfires.
Two truckloads of emergency drinking water were delivered to the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in Oakland and local wholesaler partner, Bueno Beverage Company in Visalia, California in support of local Red Cross relief efforts.
Two additional truckloads – more than 100,000 cans – of clean, safe drinking water will be delivered to Straub Distributing in Anaheim, CA and Markstein Beverage in Sacramento, CA who will work alongside the Red Cross to distribute the water to those in need at their ongoing relief operations.
As employee safety is the foremost and primary concern, Anheuser-Busch is closely monitoring the fires and is taking action to ensure colleagues in the region – including at its Fairfield and Van Nuys breweries and various distribution centers across California – are safe and prepared as the situation continues to evolve.
The clean, safe drinking water will be transported from Anheuser-Busch’s brewery in Cartersville, Georgia which periodically pauses beer production throughout the year to can emergency drinking water to be ready to help communities in times of disaster.