News Report Says Beer Industry Will Lose 651,000 Jobs By End of Year

The Beer Institute, the Brewers Association, the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the American Beverage Licensees released a report today from a leading economic firm showing more than 651,000 jobs supported by the U.S. beer industry will be lost by the end of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These job losses include more than 3,600 brewing jobs, 1,800 distributing jobs and 400,000 retail-related jobs.

The report forecasts the COVID-19 pandemic will result in retail beer sales declining by more than $22 billion.

Press release here.

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