Anheuser-Busch Delivers Canned Water to Assist Fremont County Following Flooding

50,000+ Cans of Water on Way This Weekend to Wyoming from A-B’s Georgia Brewery

ST. LOUIS (June 11, 2010) – Anheuser-Busch is providing 2,156 cases — or more than 51,000 cans of drinking water — for use by Wyoming residents affected by the serious flooding in Fremont County and the Wind River Indian Reservation that has led to the area being declared a disaster area.

Two trucks loaded with donated water left the company's brewery in Cartersville Ga., on Thursday morning. The water is scheduled to arrive Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. to the local Anheuser-Busch wholesaler, Fremont Distributing, 425 N Broadway Ave. in Riverton. Fremont will work with the National Guard, FEMA and emergency workers to make sure the water gets to residents in need.

Anheuser-Busch and its distributors provided a total of 210,042 cases — or more than 5 million cans — of packaged drinking water to victims of natural disasters in 2008 and 2009. These included wildfires in California; hurricanes and storms in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas; and flooding in New York, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.

Since 1988, Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 69 million cans of drinking water following natural and other disasters.

Helping communities cope with disasters has been an Anheuser-Busch tradition since 1906 when Adolphus Busch made a donation to victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Today, in addition to providing monetary support, Anheuser-Busch packages fresh drinking water and donates it to emergency relief organizations for distribution to those in need.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.9 percent share of U.S. beer sales to retailers. The company brews the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer. Anheuser Busch is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and has been a leading aluminum recycler for more than 30 years. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the leading global brewer, and continues to operate under the Anheuser-Busch name and logo. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.