So much respect for Labatts! They shut down their beer production to create 200,000 cans of water for the people dealing with the Fort Mac fire. ️
>>73391100
That's actually pretty awesome.
>>73391100
that's just their normal product
>>73391100
In '94 we had a flood and the Budweiser plant sent in thousands of cases of water. They were in the glass 40oz bottles. Till this day it was the best tasting water I've ever had.
It's sad when american beer companies and hockey teams care more about us than our own government.
Just nuke us please.
>>73391225
A-ha, straight from the Leaf himself. Labatt is the Canuck version of Bud Light.
>>73391100
>helping sandnigger canadians
fucking cucks you guys are. Jesus fuck, just let us fucking burn. This country has been living off the british infrastructure since forever and needs to fucking fall.
>>73391225
>>73391225
top snek
>>73391225
Kek
>>73391100
if this is legit thats an awful business decision
>>73391333
Beer snobs like you are the worst. Fucking just as bad as hipsters.
>>73391225
all they did was change the label hehehe
>>73391100
never heard of them, is there something that tastes different from water that they usually sell?
>>73391459
>all of this free positive press and discussion is not worth it
>>73391459
A+ publicity is godlike marketing
>>73391342
Most of the city is white you fucking retard
>>73391459
200k cans of water? Are you retarded? The cost is miniscule for a company that size.
>>73391459
>bottling water for an emergency to help people
>business decision
Kys
>>73391542
>implying it will make up for lost profits from not selling their flagship product
k
>>73391100
How long until the 'I'd rather have a case of real beer at this point' joke wears thin?
Every. single. person will go for that low hanging comedic fruit.
>>73391100
They should have just sent the beer as a canadain I would be vary offended if this was given to me
>>73391306
I'm sure it was distilled to ensure purity, probably the water they used in their beer. Actually jealous desu, but Budweiser is some nasty ass lager
Still good on them
It's nots really a big deal, considering they already have had disaster relief program for years.
70,000 cans is really nothing. <---Molson Sales-rep.
He chided while shoveling shit down his mouth, mocking the bourgeois that were eating steak.
>>73391100
What? That is just normal Canadian beer.
>>73391893
Yea there's a plant about 2 hours away so it's shilled pretty hard here.
>>73391100
>>73391459
how much 1 of can of beer costs?
Production cost for a can of water like that should be around 25 cents max making that 200k cans worth 50k$.
50k$ is nothing for such a large company, plus they get insane amounts of press and publicity
>>73391986
Kek
>>73391459
>20 cents per can
>20k manufacturing costs + 2k transport
>millions worth of publicity and free advertising.
learn to marketing basic next time cunt
>>73392193
It's not about making a can of water, it's about not making a can of beer.
>>73391459
>businesses and those that run them are ebul soulless people who never could ever do something altruistic
>humanitarian efforts aren't some of the best marketing moves out there
>massive fire, hell on earth, satan laughing
>Hold on, lemme open this can of 33cl water
Wut?
>>73392305
That's probably somewhere near 1 days worth of production for 1 factory. They'll be fine and this story will be passed around all over the place
>>73392362
>it's altruistic
>it's good marketing
Pick one
>>73392286
i doubt any one gives a shit. name the last time a company helped out during a natural disaster. you probably cant and in 2 months you wont remember this instance either
>>73391100
They should have sent them Coors light, they wouldn't have had to shut down production.
>>73392447
>people who have been suddenly evicted from their homes with a few meager possessions don't need water
>>73391479
Yeah how dare you like good beers!
>>73391100
You do know canned water tastes like shit, right?
>>73391100
Isn't that going to be kind of slow? Shouldn't they have just created a large tank hooked up to a hose or something?
>>73391944
Muh appeal to emotion marketing campaign!
I guess there is no risk of people seeing right through that these days? Probably get to reduce their 2016 taxes somehow, charity write off or whatever.
>>73391100
Do canucks actually drink Labatt? It's straight piss. Slightly better than Bud or Miller but damn that stuff is bad.
>>73392447
>massive fire knocks out electricity thus preventing water pumps from delivering fresh water
Yeah I can't imagine why they would need fresh drinking water
>>73392447
Like to downplay people trying to do good? By the way I have no idea what your flag is so maybe you can't do anything to help...sorry for your insificate country
I guess you could say the people of Canada are DYING of thirst
>>73392678
>>73392809
>>73392841
Hold on, lemme open 100 cans, so you can take a cold shower.
>>73392920
Why'd you say that?
>>73391225
SPBP
>>73392597
If you were the ones who needed water right then, and you got it from this company for free, that creates a great deal of good will for those people towards that company.
>in 2 months you won't remember this company who didn't help you out specifically
I agree with this, but the people who were helped out will.
>>73392966
Lol you posh faggot I think they have more important things to do besides a shower, like say ya know surviving
>>73391100
>canning water
For what purpose? Wouldn't bottling be more efficient? I know they canned water because you can just use their normal infrastructure/machines, but in the presumable long run...
>>73393340
I reckon to encourage other businesses to do the same or like the same.
>>73393340
Yes nigger, all they have is canning machinery. So they will can the water. In the long run they will get very good press, in the short run they will get water out quick to thousands of people in need.
>>73393340
this is an extremely common move with brewers.Budweiser did the same thing during hurricane Katrina. AB Inbev does this in Europe.
Plastic bottles would probably be cheaper, but they already have massive industrial scale canning operations set up at these breweries. All they have to do is basically throw a valve and put in a different label feedstock and they are shitting out cans of water like nobody's business.
Also canned water has a ridiculous shelf life, something like over 20 years.
>>73391100
I think people who just lost everything would prefer the beer
>>73391326
>american beer companies
Labbats is Belgian owned
>>73391225
HAHAHA.
Still very nice of them.
>>73394170
>>73393891
Ab-Inbev owns Labatt and Bud
>>73391100
How could you tell the difference?
>>73394332
So I'd guess it's top down corporate policy. The cans even all look the same.
>>73394332
Belgian company I think
American beer is like sex in a canoe
Fucking close to water
>>73391100
>Putting out fire all day
>Gets crate from beer company
>Gets über hyped to drink beer and put out fires
>Its full of water
FUCKING WATER
NOT BEER
WATER
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>73391893
Distilled water taste like shit, feels like you are drinking something chemical.
>>73391225
Kek
>>73391459
typical factory working retarded britbong who just crawled out of the 19ths century cause he heared something about capitalism
kill yourself you inbred anglo scum
>>73394496
I'll take stolen Monty Python jokes for 1000, Alex
>>73392920
one of your weaker ones, Carlos.
>>73394704
>tfw Anglo Teutonic refugee from Britain in Canada
>>73394850
>Monty Python jokes
Oh. It's a joke I heard canoe tripping
>>73394170
>>73394332
>>73394454
Belgian and Brazilian actually
>>73394704
ok, bye
>>73391225
This
It sucks
>>73391459
>>73391651
Are you that stupid in thinking they dont have hundreds of thousands of cases of their beer already made at all their distributors around the united states? These beers have 3-12 months shelf lives you think they dont have extra and think missing one day will put them back down at all?
>>73395160
>3-12 months shelf lives
Probably more than 3 months senpai
I'd stock up on beer in the fall before the snowfall for my cabin up north and it last all winter (4 to 5 months ) just fine
>>73391225
EL OH EL
>>73395292
Most AB products have a shelf life of 3-4 months.
Bud/Budlt/Michelob/etc
The inbev beers are higher to about 6 months to a year. Stella/Leffe/Hoegarden
>>73391459
>if this is legit thats an awful business decision
No, its a fucking awesome business decision. Do you know how much corporations spend on commercial? This shit is probably just like one days worth of production and it has the potential to go viral and get like 100 million shares in social media.
Then people will walk in the store and see a case of beer and think ''oh, there is that based beer company that gave away water to the leaf faggots for free, i am going to try that''
If i was a CO i would be all over every opportunity like this.
>>73391100
>200,000 cans
well, that should water 25,000 people for one fucking day.
>>73396140
You're like the panhandler complaining that someone gave them only enough to buy one meal, rather than a million dollars
>>73392572
Why not both?
>>73396140
Stop whining. How did you help? Don't let perfect get in the way of better.
>>73391100
Would be better if it was beer though. This was just a cost saving move.
>>73397444
Checked
>>73391459
>>73398150
They already have processes set up for making beer though
>>73393523
>>73393891
Well I guess that's understandable then. I suppose if you're just helping out in a temporary crisis it makes sense.
I wonder what it's like with the water regulators. My dad is actually "the drinking water guy" of our state and regulates drinking water both tap water and bottled water. I wonder what his say would be... Then again, if you're okay to can any consumer beverage I assume you're okay to can any other beverage, especially water.
>>73400800
Water in anything but glass is bad because of estrogen mimickers. But one month of it won't hurt and it's an emergency.
>>73400949
Alex Jones pls, I won't buy your filters.
>affected area twice the size of calgary
>fire get potentially burn for a month
>fire could reach Saskatchewan border
>Suncor facilities evacuated
>emergency responders facility evacuated
I list interest after a couple days but the happening rolls on.
>>73391225
kek
>>73391893
drinking distilled water would be bad for you
it was probably just filtered
>>73402077
Or it was from just from good source.
>carbonate water
>put pallet of carbonated canned water on a paint mixer
>air drop pallet of volatile water cans on fire
job done
>>73391100
they should have sent beer
>>73391100
>do this in Germany
>people will riot
>import 1 million shitskins
>situation remains normal
>>73404065
>1 million
>1
More like 3
Carton/boxed water is more environmentally friendly? Both according to production, including resources used, and consumer waste.
OFFICIAL ECO-FRIENDLY WATER CONTAINER RANKINGS
National Progressive (Teddy Roosevelt) Tier
1. Carton/box water
POWER BREAK:
Compassionate Conservative (Dwight Eisenhower) Tier
2. Can water
3. Glass bottle water
POWER BREAK
Autistic Libertarian (Murray "Flourishing Free Market in Children" Rothbard) Tier
4. Plastic bottle water
>>73404689
How is glass bad for the environment? Holy shit
>>73406048
I'm curious to know
Glass is literally molten sand and can be recycled to infinity, plus it's chemically inert
>>73406048
It's not the glass itself. The process of making glass is much more resource-intensive than that of making paper.
>>73406048
It's not bad but it's not the best, hence the POWER BREAK. It's certainly much better than plastic bottles.
Which is greener: Glass bottles, plastic bottles, or aluminum cans?
http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-23/news/32805629_1_pet-bottles-plastic-bottles-glass-bottles
Clearly, there's no one best choice for every person or every situation.
But selection can reflect your personal concerns.
Want to encourage more recycling? Go for the can that will help fund it.
Distrust bisphenol A? Go for the bottle.
If you do go for the bottle, go for local contents, such as beer from Philly instead of the Rockies, to lessen the shipping footprint. Conversely, if you have to get something from far away, get it in a can or in plastic.
Whatever the container, the overriding message is to recycle it.
>ctrl + f
>fort mac
>find this thread
fuck it guys i wanted a happening thread not a fucking discussion on bottles and recycling jfc
>>73408676
Here's some up to date "happenig" news, leaf
Shit's still being on fire
Will continue to do so for some time
>>73392193
more like 5 centa since I can buy a energy drink can for 25 cents at the ghetto store
>>73392797
I haven't had a LaBatt in years. In fact i'm only aware of LaBatt Blue as a brand. I mainly drink Becks or some micro-brewery.
It's funny because LaBatt used to be a big company, they used to advertise everywhere.
>>73391479
Agreed. I manage a beer store. I love craft beer, I love tasting craft beer, I love talking about craft beer - but the fucking beer snobs almost ruin the hobby for me entirely. I'm talking about the ones who only shop for limited releases and buy the newest biggest hype beer of the week. They hoard these beers in their cellars for aging and trading and bragging rights.
>>73391100
Yeah nice shelling you faggot
>>73391100
This. I saw an image of this a couple weeks ago making fun of beer companies making cans of drinking water but they are always for emergency response. Thank you for the help based companies.
>>73391459
Even if it cost them $1million do to this, they have easily gained $10million in free marketing and goodwill from this action
It's a smart move by them, they just made a bunch of new customers from this PR stunt
