{"id":4270,"date":"2016-03-16T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:33:26","slug":"about-st-patricks-day-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/03\/16\/about-st-patricks-day-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"About St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Happy-St.-Patricks-Day-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4295\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4295\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Happy-St.-Patricks-Day-1.jpg\" alt=\"Happy St. Patrick's Day\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>About St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Logistics<\/p>\n<p>On March 17<sup>th<\/sup>, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, over 122 million Americans will wear green clothes and drink green beer as they celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day. This holiday honors Ireland\u2019s patron saint and it has become\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lucky-irish.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4274\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4274\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lucky-irish.jpg\" alt=\"lucky - irish\" width=\"56\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>lucky for logistics and supply chain companies in the retail and food and beverage industries.<\/p>\n<p>St. Patrick\u2019s Day spending in America reaches nearly $4.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>It is logistics and supply chain companies that will get the goods to stores, restaurants, bars and pubs in time:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decoration for offices and homes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost 25% will decorate their homes or office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supplies for the hundreds of parades across North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 100,000 people in Chicago watch as the Chicago River is turned green\n<ul>\n<li>To accomplish this annual feat, 40 pounds of green dye is used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beer &amp; green food coloring for bars and pubs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From green beer to Guinness, beer sales climb on St. Patrick\u2019s Day\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly 13 million pints of Guinness is consumed on St. Patrick\u2019s Day, compared to the five million pints consumed on an average day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Irish T-shirts, greeting cards and other goods for retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retailers play a big role in the celebration as 83% of the population wears green<\/li>\n<li>Also, Americans exchange more than seven million St. Patrick\u2019s Day cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Food<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>34% of Americans will make a special dinner to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day\n<ul>\n<li>Fueled by the traditional corned beef and cabbage meal, March marks the month in which cabbage demand is at its highest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the 34.7 million residents in the U.S. who claim Irish ancestry and millions more who celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day, the demand for goods has retailers, logistics and supply chains seeing\u00a0a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/rainbow-with-pot-of-gold-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4276\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4276\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/rainbow-with-pot-of-gold-1.png\" alt=\"rainbow with pot of gold\" width=\"240\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Logistics On March 17th, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, over 122 million Americans will wear green clothes and drink green beer as they celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day. This holiday honors Ireland\u2019s patron saint and it has become\u00a0lucky for logistics and supply chain companies in the retail and food and beverage industries. 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