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After pouring 25,000 liters of beer down the drain, South African Breweries (SAB) will breathe a sigh of relief after it was revealed that they were given permission to save the remainder of the 130 million-liter supply that would suffer the same fate
The company said it reached an agreement on Monday, May 11 with the government, allowing it to transport the supply to more of its warehouses, thus eradicating the need to pour it down the drain.
SAT get permission
SAB said they obtained a special permit to transport beer.
“Permission to transport part of our packaged inventory has been obtained and SAB continues to operate within the limits of the law,” the company said in a statement.
The company was attacked in April after several of its employees and drivers were arrested for transporting beer.
SAB yelled, saying the arrests were unwarranted, with a current permit that allowed them to transport goods between their facilities as long as they weren’t sold or distributed.
Jobs at risk
Earlier on monday The South African reported that SAB had already poured 25,000 liters of beer down the drain on Friday, May 8 due to storage problems.
The waste is now expected to come to an end, although the sale of alcohol remains prohibited during Level 4 of the national closure.
The company is still concerned that, under current business restrictions, they will be forced to reduce their workforce to almost 2,000 staff members as they operate at reduced capacity.
“This would mean the loss of around 2,000 jobs, half of SAB’s front-line workforce,” the company said during a terrible time when they resigned themselves to losing supply.
If the beer had been rinsed, it would have been the equivalent of 400 million bottles wasted.
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