Benefiting Communities

We’re hugely proud of the partnerships we build with our communities. Our investment activities and our operations spur local economies and improve the quality of life for local people. We generate employment, taxes and investment activity where our people, suppliers and customers live. We invest in initiatives that promote entrepreneurship, job creation and job training.

We depend on strong communities; communities depend on a strong MillerCoors. It’s how partnerships should work.

Albany, Georgia

The Albany Brewery has nearly 600 employees and a payroll of more than $45 million, making MillerCoors one of Georgia’s key employers. We work with 15 beer distributors in the state that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $19 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including nearly $17 million in state beer excise taxes. We bought more than $345 million in goods and services from Georgia businesses in 2006.

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Leinenkugel Brewery

The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company each year produces 300,000 barrels of handcrafted beers in Chippewa Falls and at the Tenth Street Brewery in downtown Milwaukee. Leinenkugel joined our family in 1988, and it now has 100 employees and a payroll of more than $5 million. The brewery buys from local suppliers and uses local distributors, and it contributes substantially to the economic base, in state and local taxes and fees, and also in sales taxes on its beers.

Eden, North Carolina

The Eden Brewery has more than 600 employees and a payroll of more than $52 million, making us one of North Carolina’s key employers. We work with 13 beer distributors in North Carolina that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $23 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including more than $19 million in state beer excise taxes. We bought more than $329 million in goods and services from North Carolina businesses in 2006.

Elkton, Virginia

Our Shenandoah Brewery paid $42 million in wages, salaries and fringe benefits in 2007. With 450 employees, we rank as the eighth largest employer in Rockingham County, Virginia. We use local vendors and suppliers whenever possible, and we pumped more than $359 million into the local economy in 2007 through purchased goods and services. Our real estate and personal property taxes will be $5 million in 2008, making us the number one taxpayer in the county.

Fort Worth, Texas

The Fort Worth Brewery has nearly 700 employees and a payroll of more than $66 million, making us one of Texas’s key employers. We work with 33 beer distributors in Texas that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $26 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including more than $20 million in state beer excise taxes. We purchased more than $384 million in goods and services from Texas businesses in 2006.

Golden, Colorado

We paid $425 million in wages and benefits to our Colorado employees, and we paid $1.5 million in income taxes to the state of Colorado in 2007. We provided more than $2.7 million to charities and other nonprofit organizations in Colorado in 2007. In addition, our employees donated more than $500,000 and thousands of volunteer hours in 2007. And we spent more than $500 million with Colorado-based suppliers and vendors.The company also owns and is a partner in operating the nation’s largest aluminum can manufacturing plant in Golden and a glass bottle manufacturing plant in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Irwindale, California

Irwindale Brewery has more than 600 employees and a payroll of more than $58 million in total wages, salaries and fringe benefits. We work with 28 beer distributors in California that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $21 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including nearly $18 million in state beer excise taxes. We also bought more than $324 million in goods and services from California businesses in 2006.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

We have more than 1,700 employees in Milwaukee and an annual payroll of more than $120 million. We are one of Wisconsin’s key employers. We work with 17 beer distributors in Wisconsin that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $10 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including $4.1 million in state beer excise taxes. We bought more than $570 million in goods and services from Wisconsin businesses in 2006.

Trenton, Ohio

The Trenton Brewery has more than 600 employees and a payroll of more than $51 million, making us one of Ohio’s key employers. We work with 22 beer distributors in the state that also employ hundreds of people. We paid more than $12 million in state and local taxes and fees in 2006, including $10 million in state beer excise taxes. We bought more than $423 million in goods and services from Ohio businesses in 2006.