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Molson Ends Its Free Beer For Retirees Policy

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 12th, 2009

The News Review:

- Molson Ends Its Free Beer For Retirees Policy
- Where would you take a beer-loving visitor?
- Iron City moving production to Latrobe
- Betty White defeats Jimmy Fallon at beer pong.
- Labatt expects growth in Buffalo

Molson Ends Its Free Beer For Retirees Policy
Slashdot
The economic downturn has forced lots of companies to make cuts and discontinue some retirement benefits but Molson may have gone too far. Current retirees will see their. Molson says providing the 2400 retirees with proof that God loves them costs the company about C$1 million ($900000) a year. “There was no consultation we just received a letter that this is a done deal which is totally unfair” said Bill Bavis who retired six years ago after 32 years.

Where would you take a beer-loving visitor?
Baltimore Sun
The dilemma: I have an out of town guest and we can only go to one place. Where do we go and why? K so you like beer … wait a minute you love beer! You have your favorite hangouts depending on your mood and tastes at that moment and surely there’s a plethora of beer bars and breweries that comes to mind immediately. In the local brewery category we have. prattstreetalehouse.

Iron City moving production to Latrobe
Bizjournals.com
owner of the Latrobe plant to lease a portion of the facility and make Iron City and its other beers at Latrobe starting in July. Hickman characterized Iron City as an anchor product for the Latrobe plant which has been shuttered for months. At least 171000 barrels of beer will be made annually at the newer more modernized brewery which has a capacity of more than 1 million barrels each year. George Parke CE of City Brewing described Iron City as a great American Beer and said he was honored to have the beer made at Latrobe. While he didn’t divulge details he added that he expects to add other contract-brewing accounts at the facility that will help the plant to reach 40 percent capacity a level at which he said the facility could be profitable. Eric Shepherd an editor with Beer Marketers Insights an industry trade publication said that attracting contract brewing accounts is very competitive. Ken Vecenie owner of Vecenie Distributing Company in Millvale which is a master distributor of Iron City beer on the city’s North Side and in the northern suburbs waited to know more but was hopeful the move will allow the brand to survive.
Related from Murtoughsupply: Iron City Brewing moving ’40 miles down the road’ to Latrobe

Betty White defeats Jimmy Fallon at beer pong.
Examiner.com
In what should be considered one of the more memorable moments of late-night television the 87-year old icon of the small screen was challenged by Fallon to participate in a beer pong tournament. So far Fallon has lost to tennis stars Anna Kournikova and Serena Williams as well as business babe Ivanka Trump. The video below shows how it all went down:.

Labatt expects growth in Buffalo
Bizjournals.com
made when it acquired Labatt USA is beginning to take hold. When New York-based KPS a $1. 8 billion private-equity firm bought Labatt USA last winter it pledged to keep the popular Canadian beer’s U. headquarters in downtown Buffalo. Labatt USA moved the headquarters from Connecticut to downtown’s Key Center at Fountain Plaza complex two years ago.