Leinenkugels lgbtq
Every Miller Lite you brew at one of 19 Chicago gay bars this summer will put a few cents in the pocket of a local LGBTQ nonprofit. MillerCoors, the megabrewer that has its U.S. headquarters in the Loop, will contribute up to $35,000 to organizations including the Center on Halsted, Chicago House and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago via its Tap Into Adjust Program.
The brewer’s corporate giving program will direct 15 cents to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS groups from every MillerCoors product sold at the 19 participating businesses, now through August 31. The bars include Big Chicks, Huge Jim’s, Charlie’s, the Closet, Crew Bar and Grill, D.S. Tequila Company, the Glenwood, Little Jim’s, minibar, the North End, Progress Bar, Pub 626, R Public House, Roscoe’s, Scot’s, Sidetrack, the SoFo Tap, Spyners and Touche.
The list of beneficiaries, in addition to those named above, includes About Face Theatre, Affinity, American Veterans for Equal Rights, Care for Real, Fred Says, Howard Brown Health, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Kaleidoscope, the Legacy Undertaking, TPAN, Vital Bridges (Heartland Health Outreach) an
Dunkin' Donuts throws coffee, logo name behind new craft beer
One of the world’s largest coffee chains is collaborating with a craft brewer on a porter scheduled to be released this fall.
Dunkin’ Donuts is teaming up with nearby Harpoon Brewing on the 6 percent alcohol-by-volume beer, Dunkin’ Coffee Porter, which will be available in the Northeast region, according to Boston.com.
While collaborations are nothing new for the beer industry, Dunkin’s conclusion to partner with Harpoon on a packaged beer — even if it’s a limited release — puts a new stake in the ground. Dunkin’ Donuts, based in Canton, Mass., has more than 12,000 restaurants in 36 countries, making it among the largest coffee and baked-goods chains in the world. And surely the largest to lend its name — and coffee — to a beer label.
For Harpoon, the 18th-largest craft brewer in the U.S., according to the Brewers Association, the collaboration with Dunkin’ seems a natural fit because of both brands’ relative ability and — in Dunkin’s case, ubiquity — in the Northeast. The benefits to Dunkin’ Donuts, which has exponential more size and reach than Harpoon, appear to be more intangible and centered on goodwil
Molson Coors Beverage Company’s “Tap Into Change” Program
Raises $100,000 for LGBTQ+ Focused Organizations
Program Celebrates 10th Year in Chicago and
Has Now Raised More Than $700,000 Nationally Since Its Inception
CHICAGO (October 22, 2021) — Molson Coors “Tap Into Change” program acknowledged its 10th anniversary in 2021, with a portion of every Molson Coors product sold at elect accounts across 13 cities benefitting LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS non-profit organizations.
The program first launched in Chicago and will contribute $50,000 this year to some of the city’s LGBTQ+ focused non-profit organizations. In total, $100,000 was raised nationally after successful activations in Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York Town, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa and Toledo. Since the inception of the program, more than $700,000 has been raised to aid make a positive impact on the lives of consumers and communities throughout the U.S.
“This year was certainly unique and challenging with continued pandemic restrictions, but our consumers and accounts stepped up to help amazing LGBTQ+ focused organizations,” said Michael Nordman, Molson
Why?
Coors products:
Miller Lite, Miller High Life, Miller Genuine Draft, Coors, Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Leinenkugel’s, Crispin Hard Cider Firm, Saint Archer Brewing
History of Labor issues
Between 1973–1995 there were a series of boycotts and strikes opposing Coors on a number of issues from rival unions to discrimination practices against women, Hispanics, Black people, and LGBTQ. Coors actually forced people in interviews to take lie detector tests to observe if they were homosexual or pro-union. Coors did not hire either.
Eventually Coors was forced to allow union voting representation and had to stop all discrimination in the work place.
History of Pollution
According to a Denver Post article:
“In October 1990, Coors pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of state fluid laws and agreed to pay $750,000. Although Coors had been illegally pumping industrial solvents into Clear Creek from 1976 to 1989, it didn’t uncover the pollution until a television station found out about it. In September 1991, Coors agreed to spend more than $270,000 on environmental improvements after the Sierra Club threatened to file a federal statute
CHICAGO (June 12, 2019) — MillerCoors is celebrating Pride all summer long in Chicago through the “Tap Into Change” program, which will direct a portion of the proceeds from every MillerCoors product sold at select accounts towards non-profit organizations.
The program will contribute up to $50,000 to local groups and agencies focused on LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS related causes. Now in its eighth year, MillerCoors has donated more than $200,000, to local nonprofits through the Tap Into Modify program.
Tap Into Transform runs from June 1 through August 31 at 20 participating locations, including: Avenue Tavern, Vast Chicks, Bobby Love’s, The Call, Cell Block, Charlie’s Chicago, The Closet, DS Tequila, The Glenwood, Hamburger Mary’s, Jack Hammer, Little Jim’s, Meeting House, North End, Pub 626, Roscoe’s, Sidetrack, Sofo Tap, Splash and Spyners.
“We are continuing to invest in both national LGBTQ organizations and ones in our hometown markets, and this is the latest effort to guarantee we’re doing our part to offer back to a community where we work and live,” said Michael Nordman, national LGBTQ collective affairs manager for MillerCoo