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Report: Beer distributors add $200M a year to local economy

By Star-Advertiser Staff

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LAST UPDATED: 10:37 a.m. HST, Mar 13, 2013

Bartender Raylene Caya pours from the lineup of draft beers on the wall at Kailua Town Pub & Grill in this file photo from August. (Star-Advertiser archive)

Beer distribution companies in Hawaii employ about 850 people and generate an estimated $200 million a year in economic activity, according to a report released today by the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

 Hawaii beer distributor activities also contribute $42 million to the federal, state and local tax bases, the NBWA reported. That total doesn’t include an additional $62 million in federal, state and local alcohol excise and consumption taxes on beer sold in Hawaii, according to the NBWA.

Trade association officials said the report, titled “America’s Beer Distributors: Fueling Jobs, Generating Economic Growth & Delivering Value to Local Communities,” is the first comprehensive analysis of the impact beer distribution companies have on national and state economies.

The report was conducted for the NBWA by the Center for Applied Business & Economic Research at the University of Delaware.

“The beer distribution sector is a hidden gem that has been tremendously undervalued in previous economic reports,” said Bill Latham, one of the report’s authors.





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sluggah wrote:
Mmmmmmmm, beer!
on March 13,2013 | 09:21AM
kauai wrote:
....the other fizzy beverage.... ;-)
on March 13,2013 | 04:41PM
Maneki_Neko wrote:
I would support tax credits to this industry.
on March 13,2013 | 09:37AM
onlyaloha wrote:
But what about the social costs? How much is a life worth? What other things could people have spent their money on?
on March 13,2013 | 10:28AM
iwanaknow wrote:
The Hauula Community Association presented a 3,300 signature petition to the liquor board in early Feb 2013 asking that the new Longs opening July 1, 2013 in the Hauula Shopping Center not be allowed to sell booze since there are four other places to buy in Hauula (Tamura's next door in the Shopping Center, Masa's across the street from Tamura's, down the road is 7-11 and finally 2 houses away from the Hauula Elementary School is Wu's Sundries and Liquor (a mom and pop store on Kam Hwy, close to the Fire Station). The Board postponed their vote til Feb 28, 2012 then voted in favor at a closed to the public meeting.................I guess the C & C needs the tax money ya?..........other's say competition is good.............we'll see.
on March 13,2013 | 12:06PM
Maneki_Neko wrote:
The Mormons don't like booze sales.
on March 13,2013 | 12:27PM
lowtone123 wrote:
Help support your community, have a beer...responsibly, of course.
on March 13,2013 | 12:33PM
cojef wrote:
Impressive stats put out by the National Beer Wholesalers Association, if reliable what is happening in real money for Hawaiis economy or the taxes paid to the State? Would be interesting to compare notes with the State Department of Revenue and comfirm those figures.
on March 13,2013 | 03:27PM
kauai wrote:
The taxes probably go into the General Fund so that the politicians can spend it on whatever they please. E.g. pet projects, union raises, etc.
on March 13,2013 | 04:45PM
awahana wrote:
So in other words, I pay a LOT of taxes! Everyday! Mormons need to pay more!
on March 13,2013 | 05:04PM
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