The Rhode Island City of Cranston is celebrating it’s 100th birthday today. And being the former home of the original Narragansett brewery for all those years, we thought we’d give the city a shot-out. So Happy 100th Anniversary Cranston! Let’s raise a ‘Gansett to celebrate this centennial and many more to come.
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Beer In Ads #56: Dr. Seuss For Narragansett
Here’s some bonus Beer In Ads for today, because Dr. Seuss — whose birthday is today — also created ads for the Narragansett Brewery in Rhode Island during the 1940s. The brewery opened in 1890, but closed in 1981, and then the brand reappeared again in [...]
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Yet another global mega-brewer recently announced that their sales in 2009 were down while their profits were up. How do you do that? Price increases were one of the ways, but read more here: Businessweek.com. Like most small businesses, we’re focused on building sales and are thankful that over 1,000 bars now carry ‘Gansett!
In a nod to the GO Lean cereal, A-B and its consultants named their latest job cut plan Project Kashi. This latest round of job reductions are expected to slash employment to approximately 4400 jobs, do from roughly 6,000 prior to Inbev’s acquisition. Interesting to note that January sales are down some 12.2% for the [...]
After the big changes and record profits resulting from A-B’s sale to Inbev two years ago, a Belgian politician has called for greater societal responsibility from ABI’s CEO, Carlos Brito. ABI, the world’s largest brewer and over 50% of the US beer business, is headquartered in Belgium. Read more here.
Starting February 1st, Beer Wars will be available to rent or buy to anyone in the US and Canada who has a TV or computer (or gaming console). So finally the movie will be widely available to a mainstream audience. http://beerwarsmovie.com/
Give the Phoenix your BEST! Vote now for your favorite places to “Have A ‘Gansett” in the Phoenix’s BEST issue.
Thanks everyone for drinking their part and helping Gansett to another great month in January. Sales were up everywhere from NH to FL and up a fabulous 57% in total for January vs last year.
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