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Smithers Brewing Company to package and roll out hand sanitizer

To address growing concern around the lack of hand sanitizer, Smithers Brewing Company will now be packaging and rolling out hand sanitizer cans.

The Brewery will be offering the sanitizer in bulk for businesses and individuals at their Third Avenue location.

According to Co-Owner Adin Bennett, the brewery is hoping to have the hand sanitizer available by the end of next week.

Bennett said there was a need for it and a way the brewery could also make some revenue since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“We’ve definitely taken a hit with COVID-19 so, it was a way for us to hopefully create a revenue stream to keep our lights on but at the same time it’s something that’s kind of been needed in the area for the situation that we’re in with COVID,” he said.

Last month, the province allowed breweries and distilleries to produce hand sanitizer for sale or donation.

Bennett also said they are able to make the sanitizer because they have most of the equipment available.

“We’re kind of fortunate that we’re able to be able to produce hand sanitizer with not too much more of investments in our back end,” he said

Bennett added Smithers Brewing is late in creating the hand sanitizer.

Smithers Brewing has also tried working with other local companies to try and make the hand sanitizer not so hard on the hands, according to Bennett.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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