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Anheuser-Busch sends 300,000 cans of canned water in response to Hurricane Florence.(Photo: Anheuser-Busch)

Big Beer is looking to help after Hurricane Florence.

Anheuser-Busch, which has been sending canned water urgently to disaster areas for more than two decades, has 300,000 cans of water in the direction of the area that is expected to be affected by the storm targeting the shores of Carolina.

In addition: Miller Coors, who has 200,000 cans of 12 ounces of water en route.

At the request of the American Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch has delivered canned drinking water to disaster-stricken communities for more than 20 years. He has six trucks loaded with water to Florence. Last year, A-B sent more than 3 million water cans to Puerto Rico and the United States in response to fires, floods and hurricanes.

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MillerCoors has 80 pallets of 12 packages of water cans from its brewery in Shenandoah, Va., To the American Red Cross and community shelters. Recently, the company donated more than 550,000 cans of water to Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean after hurricanes.

"We hope this donation of water will relieve and relieve residents and first responders in the trajectory of Hurricane Florence," said Karina Diehl, senior director of community affairs for MillerCoors. communities where our consumers, employees and distributors call home.

Canned water from AB has always been produced in its Cartersville, Georgia plant, but the company has converted its brewery from Fort Collins, Colorado, to be able to send more water in case of need.

In February, the brewer ran an ad in the Super Bowl to show how his brewery could switch to canning, as opposed to beer.

"This year, as part of the commercial launch of the Budweiser Super Bowl, we are committed to expanding our emergency drinking water program," said Bill Bradley, Vice President of Community Affairs at Anheuser-Busch. a statement. to officially fulfill this promise, doubling our production capacity to help our American compatriots when needed.

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