"St. Louis residents have grown accustomed to seeing local corporations gobbled up by outside firms. But losing Anheuser-Busch could be the cruelest cut of all...

"Reports that the company might be purchased by brewer InBev of Belgium have residents worried they might lose a company as closely identified with St. Louis as the iconic Gateway Arch..."

Associated Press article: http://easyurl.net/KingOfBeers

On May 30, 9:56 pm, ND safe-mail.net> wrote:

crap happens! Rockingham, N.C. lost a 500 mile race event due
to pure greed!

On May 30, 10:20 pm, Blue alltel.net> wrote:

The best beer though comes from Belgium and they maybe actually saving
the Brewery. The St Louis location is the oldest and first Busch
location. But I often wondered if someday they would move their main
headquarters somewhere else.

free.tuneup@gmail.com gmail.com> wrote:

Belguim is the Valhalla for beer. IIRC a Belgium
company owns half of the Ommegang Brewery in
Cooperstown, NY.

If Busch is sold to a Belgium company, I foresee a
loss of some executive jobs in StL, but not a loss
of any jobs on the brewery floor. Bud's suppply
chain and its distribution network are vital to
maintaining its market share and they are all a
function of the StL brewery.

If the Belgians started brewing Industrial Light
lagers in Belgium, the Trappist Monks would burn
them at the stake. ;)

Dick

free.tuneup@gmail.com wrote:

That may be, but InBev is not responsible for the beers that most people
think of as representing the best qualities of Belgian beer.

As for saving the brewery, I'm not really sure A-B is in need of saving.
While market share for standard North American lagers has been flat for
many years, A-B has managed to take market share from Miller and Coors.
Although, if I recall correctly (and I may very well not be), A-B's
growth has slowed in recent years as well.

The reason InBev is looking at A-B is not because A-B is struggling.
It's because A-B wants a strong foothold in the North American market,
and A-B's the one takeover opportunity. And with the weakness of the
dollar against the euro (1 euro is worth ~$1.55 today, compared to 1
euro being worth 85 cents seven years ago), InBev has very favorable
economic conditions for such a deal.

Dick Adams wrote:

Um, there aren't many fires around the Stella Artois brewery (owned by
InBev, incidentally).

-Steve

On May 31, 12:38 pm, Steve Jackson verizon.net> wrote:

However I am impressed that Dick knew about the Belgium Trappist
Brewery. My knowledge came from the Trappistine nuns near by. (see
link below) Trappistine nuns from Belgium opened up an American
Monastery in Redwoods of Calf.
http://www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/chimay.html

"Dick Adams" panix.com> schreef in bericht
news:g1rrk7$r8d$1@reader2.panix.com...

Arguably, but it certainly isn't produced by InBev. Moreover, InBev is a
Brazilian company to me.

Not half. Lock, stock & barrel owned by Duvel-Moortgat

Absolutely not - it would only reinforce their aura of superiority.

On 5/31/2008 11:12 AM free.tuneup@gmail.com ignored two million years of
human evolution to write:

Dunno why. There are six of them, plus a seventh in the Netherlands.
Their existences are hardly a secret, and beers from all except one of
them are available in the USA.

On May 31, 1:53 pm, "Joris Pattyn" wrote: