Raise a glass! Beer brings $1.88 billion to state.
The beer industry contributes $1.88 billion annually to North Carolina, according to a new study commissioned by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Beer Institute.
More than 21,000 people in the state are involved in the production, distribution and sale of beer. These employers, according to the study, earn more than $522 million in wages each year.
North Carolina has about 70 beer distributors, who employ about 2,770 people. Brewers and beer importers in the state account for nearly 790 jobs, the study found.
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You would think with my last name I would be glowing at the good news about a product I feel so connected to. Frankly, I find this sort of propaganda disturbing as it deflects from some of the real costs of their product in terms of addiction, family disruption, medical expense and litter! I know it is a legal product and they try to be good corporate citizens. But like tobacco, their product causes great amounts of suffering.
Posted on May 25, 2007 6:59 PM