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As the Beverage Journal continues to closely monitor reports concerning the COVID-19 outbreak and the guidance being provided by the relevant health and government authorities, we want to ensure you that our Dynamic Search database is fully operational. 

State/National Resources

• Q&A on Governor Hogan’s Executive Order Regarding COVID-19 and Bars and Restaurants
• Additional Guidance Regarding Closing Maryland Bars & Restaurants
• Governor Hogan Order Regarding Alcohol Delivery
• National Restaurant Association info and resources
• Brewers Association Coronavirus resource center
• U.S. Dept. of Labor new guidance on unemployment insurance
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance for businesses and employers

Industry Relief & Activist Efforts

• American Chefs save restaurants petition
• Diageo North America Pledges more than $2 Million to the Bar & Restaurant Community
• Emergency Fund for U.S. Sommeliers
• Feeding America COVID-19 Response Fund
• One Fair Wage Emergency Coronavirus Tipped and Service Worker Relief Fund
• Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation Relief Fund
• Southern Smoke Foundation Emergency Relief Fund
• SupportRestaurants.org Dining Bond Initiative
• The Lee Initiative Restaurant Workers Relief Program
• United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) National Charity Foundation

Resource Hub for Customers

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has launched sgwscustomercare.com — an online hub for trade customers, providing COVID-19-related updates and resources for businesses in the hospitality industry. It includes federal and state-specific guidance for employers and employees; SGWS customers can also sign up on the website to receive email updates as new information is posted on the site. 

News Impacting the Industry

• Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) urges governors to keep retail open

Miller Continues to Blaze a Family Trail

There is a special kind of pressure that comes with running a legacy business, a family business, a business that has been in operation in one form or another for over 100 years. Many people aren't able to handle that pressure and cash out. The Millers of Prince George's County are a
different breed!"

In 1913, B.K. Miller Sr. opened a general store in Clinton, Md., across from where B.K. Miller Meats and Liquors is located today. Over the decades, that store sold everything from groceries, meats, and lottery tickets to clothing, building materials, and even coal. At one time, it was a beer distributor.

As brands proliferate, beer and wine companies push the category in new directions to gain a competitive edge

by Joshua M. Bernstein

This winter’s National Football League playoff season featured a different kind of Budweiser commercial: Randy Diaz, the fast-talking fictitious mayor of Seltzer, Pennsylvania, professing affection for Bud Light, as well as another beverage inside a slim, lanky can.