PRESS RELEASE - AUGUST SCHELL BREWING BIDS ON GRAIN BELT BRAND (fwd)

Greetings, This wasn't entirely unexpected. I'd like to see the brand survive, but since Bruce Hendry, aka the Carl Pohlad of brewing (tm), is involved, I suspect the brand will not come cheap. Cheers, Jim ----- Forwarded message from Mike Tschida ----- User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:53:51 -0500 Subject: PRESS RELEASE - AUGUST SCHELL BREWING BIDS ON GRAIN BELT BRAND From: Mike Tschida <mtschida(a)hpimarketing.com> To: "schell's press releases" <mtschida(a)hpimarketing.com> Message-ID: <B95B357E.21E7%mtschida(a)hpimarketing.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ULM, MN - AUGUST SCHELL BREWING COMPANY, A 142 YEAR OLD REGIONAL BREWING INSTITUTION OUT OF NEW ULM, MN, HAS CONFIRMED SUBMISSION OF A BID TO PURCHASE THE GRAIN BELT PREMIUM LABEL FROM THE RECENTLY CLOSED MINNESOTA BREWING COMPANY. THE BID, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED LATE YESTERDAY (7/16), IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY OFFICIALS AT MINNESOTA BREWING CO. AUGUST SCHELL BREWING IS THE SECOND OLDEST, CONTINUOUSLY FAMILY OWNED BREWERY IN THE NATION AND HAS A DEEP LOYALTY TO THE MINNESOTA BREWING INDUSTRY. THEIR MOVE TO SAVE THE GRAIN BELT LABEL IS AN EFFORT TO KEEP A BELOVED MINNESOTA PRODUCT RIGHT WHERE IT BELONGS.....IN MINNESOTA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT TED MARTI - PRESIDENT AND FIFTH GENERATION DESCENDENT OF AUGUST SCHELL - AT 1-800-770-5020. RELEASE SENT BY HPI MARKETING, REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF AUGUST SCHELL BREWING CO. ----- End of forwarded message from Mike Tschida -----