Hudson Liquor Store Doesn't Expect Much Extra MillerCoors Business From Minnesotans

Additional beer sales in Hudson to Minnesota customers could become an all-week affair instead of just a Sunday tradition. 

MillerCoors and almost 40 of their products could be pulled from store coolers and taps because the company did not get their brand registration updated before the shutdown.

According to a report in the Star Tribune, MillerCoors, the company that brews and distributes products like Coors Light, Miller Lite and Blue Moon, failed to renew their brand label registration with the state before the shutdown began. That could mean businesses will have to pull the product from their shelves.

A MillerCoors spokesperson told the Star Tribune that the company is fighting the decision.

But here in Hudson, Casanova Liquor store owner Jana Gaffer is taking a wait-and-see approach to the news.

"I don't think it's actually going to happen," Gaffer said. "They're such a big company and to take all the product off the shelves is just a huge undertaking."

If it does happen, Gaffer still doesn't imagine much business coming across the border just for MillerCoors products.

"I think people would just switch," Gaffer said. "On Sundays, they come over here anyway, and they might stock up then. There's so many other products out there that I just can't believe that people would drive all the way on a Tuesday for two hours just to get Coors Light."

Brands affected

Blue Moon Pale Moon Belgian Style Pale Ale, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Coors Light 3.2, Foster’s Lager Beer, Foster’s Premium Ale, Grolsch Amber Ale, Grolsch Blonde Lager, Grolsch Light Lager, Grolsch Premium Lager, Hamm’s, Hamm’s Genuine Draft Style, Hamm’s Special Light, Henry Weinhard’s Dark, Henry Weinhard’s Hefeweizen, Henry Weinhard’s Pale Ale, Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve, Icehouse Beer, Keystone Light Beer 3.2, Killians Irish Red 3.2, MGD Light 64, Mickey’s Ice Ale, Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life 12/16 oz can, Miller High Life Ice, Miller High Life Light 12 oz can, Miller Lite 3.2%, Miller Lite Beer, Milwaukee’s Best #1 , Milwaukee’s Best Ice, Milwaukee’s Best Light #1 3.2, Molson Canadian, Molson Canadian Light, Molson Golden, Molson Ice, Molson XXX, Olde English 800 Malt Liquor, Sparks Light.

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