E-Malt.com News article: United States: MillerCoors to send beer to US troops in the Middle East for the Independence Day

MillerCoors is donating 8,000 cases of beer that will be shipped to U.S. troops in the Middle East in time for the Fourth of July, the brewer announced on June, 15.

The donation is being made as part of program launched by Pizzas 4 Patriots, a nonprofit organization created to support service men and women that is in its second year of delivering food and beverages to the troops overseas.

The organization will send more than 25,000 pizzas and a total of 8,000 cases of Coors Light and Miller Lite to the Middle East through the donations of products and services by corporate sponsors MillerCoors, Pizzeria Uno and DHL.

MillerCoors, a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company, is the second largest beer company in America, capturing nearly 30 percent of U.S. beer sales.


17 June, 2009