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Bacardi Raise Your Spirits

Bacardi commits $3M to support bar, restaurant industry

#RaiseYourSpirits provides financial aid and other relief to those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
March 25, 2020

Bacardi Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, launched the hashtag #RaiseYourSpirits, an initiative to support bars and restaurants debilitated by the COVID-19 shutdown.


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Empress Gin Hand Sanitizer

Empress 1908 Gin creates free hand sanitizer for its Victoria community

Craft distillery teams up with Nezza Naturals
March 23, 2020

In light of recent events with the fast spread of COVID-19, British Columbia-based Victoria Distillers, home of Empress 1908 Gin, has team up with local company Nezza Naturals, to create a free, not-for-profit hand sanitizer with essential oils and the alcohol that is leftover from each distillation.


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Caldonia Spirits Hand Sanitizer

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Caledonia Spirits making hand sanitizer

Local Vermont nonprofits benefit from donations
March 23, 2020

Like many distilleries, Montpelier, Vt.-based Caledonia Spirits has had to temporarily shutter its on-site bar and retail stores in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the craft distillery is trying to do what it can to contribute to what is now a global fight against the spread of the disease. 


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Hotel Tango Distillery producing hand cleaner to combat virus

First batch donated to Indianapolis, Fort Wayne shelters
March 20, 2020

Hotel Tango Distillery, Indianapolis, is temporarily adding a new high-proof ethyl alcohol-based product to its line of craft spirits that can be used as hand cleaner, due to the worldwide shortage of sanitizers caused by the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).


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Data shows beverage sales up 10 percent amid virus outbreak

IRI collaborates with BCG to analyze consumer purchases during pandemic
March 20, 2020

Since the acceleration of the COVID-19 outbreak across the world, governments, businesses and consumers are changing behaviors rapidly. To keep abreast of these shifts, Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI) collaborated with its partners at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to analyze the latest consumer purchases in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States in the report March 19 report “COVID-19 Impact: Consumer Spending Tracker.”


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