Budweiser Factory Switches Production From Beer To Water
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Anheuser-Busch(CARTERSVILLE, Ga.) — This Bud’s for flood victims.
Anheuser-Busch, the parent company that brews Budweiser, switched one of its 12 U.S. breweries from canning beers to canning water.
50,000 cans will be sent to areas of flooding in Oklahoma and Texas, with the first arriving in Oklahoma City on Friday, the beer-maker said.
“Relief workers and people in the community are in need of drinking water as they work to recover from the storms,” Rob Haas, general manager at the Cartersville brewery in Georgia, said in a statement.
The brewery cans emergency relief water a few times a year, partnering with the American Red Cross to distribute the cases to storm-ravaged areas.
More water cans will go out to Houston and Austin on Monday.
At least two dozen people have died in the flooding that has pounded Oklahoma and Texas since last weekend — and at least seven are still missing.
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