The Nielsen Company reported that 24 million cases of beer were sold during the holiday period in 2008 (the most recent date for a report of this size and scale), helping generate $190 billion dollars for the U.S. economy.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Fourth of July
It’ll Generate at Least $190 Million Worth of Beer Sales
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July 4
- It’s Significant in Other Countries, Too
- It’s the Anniversary of Three Presidential Deaths
- It Didn’t Become a National Holiday Until 1870
- John Adams Didn’t Want to Celebrate It…
- …But He Still Predicted How Others Would
- It’s the Biggest Hot-Dog Holiday of the Year
- For Drivers, It’s More Dangerous Than New Year’s Eve
- King George III Never Called It ‘Nothing of Importance’
- It’ll Cause More Than 1,000 Fireworks Injuries
- It’ll Generate at Least $190 Million Worth of Beer Sales