The InBev and Anheuser-Busch saga
The soap opera continues.
- Weak beer, mighty brand
- InBev bids for Busch
- Brito to Busch: Beware of Side Deals
- Missouri governor wants feds to review InBev offer
- Buffett steps into battle for Anheuser
- InBev needs to brew up a $70 Budweiser beer bid
- Three Reasons InBev Wants to See This Bud Stand Alone
- Bud Explores Options With Grupo Modelo
- Anheuser-Busch Responds to InBev Second Letter
- Musing: So does it matter if A-B gets taken over?
- Takeover bid for London’s biggest brewer
- Battle for Budweiser
- InBev CEO In Washington Meeting With Senators, Congressmen About Anheuser Busch
- Buffett ‘Backs’ Bud Deal
- InBev CEO says $65 a share for Busch is top offer
- Bud fans weigh possible Belgian takeover
- Belgian Bid for Budweiser has Critics Frothing
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Are big beer mergers good for craft brewers?
January 12, 2010 - 1:08 PM
Tags: femsa, heineken, marketplace, merger, public radio
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Speaking of Heineken’s purchase of FEMSA, Public Radio’s Marketplace had a story on how consolidation of brewing giants can help craft brewers.
Marketplace: Are beer mergers a good brew for biz?
Uli Bennewitz owns the Weeping Radish Farm Brewery in Jarvisburg, N.C. He also runs a butchery and an organic farm.
Everybody is wary of “where does this [...]
Wild Blue Blueberry Lager
September 18, 2009 - 8:39 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, blue dawg brewing, blueberry, fruit beer, wild blue
Posted in Beer-a-Day 2009 | No comments
Beer-a-Day #261
Brewed with a blend of two- and six-row barley malt, classic Aroma hops from the Willamette Valley in the Pacific Northwest and German hops from the Hallertau region in Bavaria and all-natural blueberry syrup made from real blueberries.
This is actually a “stealth” faux-craft offering from Anheuser-Busch. It first hit test markets in 2005 and [...]
Shock Top Belgian White
August 23, 2009 - 10:06 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, belgian white, michelob, shock top
Posted in Beer-a-Day 2009 | 1 comment
Beer-a-Day #235
Shock Top is an unfiltered Belgian-style wheat ale (also known as a “White” or “Wit” beer due to its appearance) that is naturally cloudy with a billowy white foam head, light golden hue and slight taste of orange peel and coriander.
Yes, this is a faux-craft beer. I suppose it’s Anheuser-Busch’s response to Blue Moon [...]
Bud Ice Light
August 13, 2009 - 8:50 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, bud ice light, ice beer
Posted in Beer-a-Day 2009 | 1 comment
Beer-a-Day #225
Anheuser-Busch’s exclusive ice-brewing process takes the beer to a temperature below freezing, which leads to the formation of ice crystals in the finishing process that gives Bud Ice and Bud Ice Light their rich, smooth taste.
Just when I thought I was done with macro lagers…
I don’t have high hopes for this one. It’s “light” [...]
Michelob Dunkel Weisse
August 2, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, dunkel weisse, michelob
Posted in Beer-a-Day 2009 | 4 comments
Beer-a-Day #214
Anheuser-Busch InBev has repositioned its Michelob brand as “faux craft”. The slogan is, after all, “Crafting a Better Beer”.
Well, hell, I don’t want to get caught up in that “it’s not really craft so it’s no good” nonsense. Sure, I generally prefer to give my money to smaller, local companies. But if it’s good [...]
What recession? A-B posts third-quarter gains
November 7, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, recession, sales
Posted in Beer, Megabreweries, News | No comments
In case you hadn’t noticed, the American economy is in a world of hurt. Ford just announced a huge quarterly loss and thousands of job cuts. GM and Chrysler are expected to do the same.
Anheuser-Busch, in the midst of being acquired by InBev, is doing just fine though. In the third quarter:
U.S. beer volume up [...]
Beer drinkers try to derail InBev / Anheuser-Busch deal
September 25, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, inbev, merger
Posted in Beer, Law, Megabreweries, News | No comments
Just when I though I wasn’t going to write any more about InBev’s acquisition of Anheuser-Busch…
Apparently, ten regular drinkers of Anheuser-Busch products filed suit in St. Louis to block the deal on antitrust grounds.
Beer Drinkers Challenge InBev-Anheuser-Busch Deal
The suit, filed in Anheuser-Busch’s hometown of St. Louis, does not seek financial damages but asks a judge [...]
George Will: Beer is essential
July 21, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, Beer, civilization, essential, george will, inbev, merger
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In his Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post two weeks ago, George F. Will used the (at the time) as yet unaccepted offer from InBev for Anheuser-Busch as seen in Investor’s Business Daily as a lead-in to meander from beer as a staple, to beer as essential to civilization, to beer and its role in [...]
It’s official: Anheuser-Busch InBev
July 14, 2008 - 8:26 AM
Tags: anheuser-busch, inbev, merger
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$50 billion and you can become the world’s largest beer manufacturer.
Anheuser-Busch Agrees to Be Sold to InBev
The combined company is expected to be named Anheuser-Busch InBev, fulfilling a promise by the Belgian company to include the Anheuser name in the new brewer’s title, people briefed on the matter said. Anheuser will be given two seats [...]
Anheuser-Busch sells out at $70 a share
July 13, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: anheuser-busch, inbev, merger
Posted in Beer, Megabreweries, News | 2 comments
It is being widely reported this weekend that InBev has increased their offer to $70 per share for Anheuser-Busch, and that the A-B Board of Directors is prepared to accept the offer.
InBev had recently begun a campaign to unseat the current Board. But, apparently confident the deal will go through, InBev has already begun setting [...]
