InBev purchases Anheuser-Busch

MizzouRah · 07-13-2008, 10:09 PM

Wow.. after following this for the last few weeks, InBev finally makes an offer AB shareholders could not refuse.

I wonder how many jobs people will lose here in St. Louis?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...VFk&refer=home

Flasch186 · 07-13-2008, 10:11 PM

apparently part of the ease in negotiations or agreement was that they stated that they would keep ST. Louis as their N. American HQ and the Budweiser brand would be adopted as the flagship for Inbev's company. Gotta love that weak dollar (which should get weaker after the fed bails out some companys in tthe next few weeks [contraflasch])

DaddyTorgo · 07-13-2008, 10:13 PM

hadta say that with the way inbev kept upping their offer you had to pretty much see this coming though. sad.

WSR · 07-13-2008, 10:16 PM

Damn. A friend of mine retired from AB and he told me that many of the retirees are concerned for their pensions and medical coverage if this sale went through.

DaddyTorgo · 07-13-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by WSR

Damn. A friend of mine retired from AB and he told me that many of the retirees are concerned for their pensions and medical coverage if this sale went through.

pretty sure that they can't default on the outstanding pension liabilities.

Subby · 07-13-2008, 10:23 PM

Wonder how much Berkshire Hathaway made on that sale...

Greyroofoo · 07-13-2008, 10:31 PM

I think I'll stick with Miller

primelord · 07-13-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Flasch186

apparently part of the ease in negotiations or agreement was that they stated that they would keep ST. Louis as their N. American HQ and the Budweiser brand would be adopted as the flagship for Inbev's company. Gotta love that weak dollar (which should get weaker after the fed bails out some companys in tthe next few weeks [contraflasch])

Even if that is the case, InBev paid roughly 4 billion dollars more than they planned. That money has to be made up somewhere. They may be planning to keep an HQ here in St. Louis, but it seems highly unlikely it will be anywhere near the scale that it currently is.

sterlingice · 07-13-2008, 11:07 PM

Logan · 07-13-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by primelord

Even if that is the case, InBev paid roughly 4 billion dollars more than they planned. That money has to be made up somewhere. They may be planning to keep an HQ here in St. Louis, but it seems highly unlikely it will be anywhere near the scale that it currently is.

You say this due to what their opening offer was?

Logan · 07-13-2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

I think I'll stick with Miller

You mean South African Breweries?

MrBug708 · 07-13-2008, 11:22 PM

Maybe the beer will better?

MizzouRah · 07-13-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by primelord

Even if that is the case, InBev paid roughly 4 billion dollars more than they planned. That money has to be made up somewhere. They may be planning to keep an HQ here in St. Louis, but it seems highly unlikely it will be anywhere near the scale that it currently is.

Agreed.

I wonder what will happen to all the charities and local support AB grants money to?

DanGarion · 07-14-2008, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

I think I'll stick with Miller

You mean Miller Coors?

JeeberD · 07-14-2008, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

Maybe the beer will better?

Amen

Dr. Sak · 07-14-2008, 06:41 AM

A few years ago Anheuser-Busch bought out Rolling Rock and moved them out of Latrobe, PA. It cost a lot of people in that town their jobs and the town almost went under. I'm sure St. Louis will survive a bit better than Latrobe.

Logan · 07-14-2008, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dangarion

You mean Miller Coors?

Like I said a couple posts up...Miller was bought by SAB and Coors is part of Molson now. Which means our three most prominent American beers are owned by Belgium, Canada, and South Africa. Maybe this leads to us finally invading Canada to take our shit back?

Subby · 07-14-2008, 07:35 AM

Maybe the three most prominent American beers taste like ass and this might just be the best outcome for everyone?

Drink Shiner!

Dr. Sak · 07-14-2008, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Like I said a couple posts up...Miller was bought by SAB and Coors is part of Molson now. Which means our three most prominent American beers are owned by Belgium, Canada, and South Africa. Maybe this leads to us finally invading Canada to take our shit back?

I thought Canada was already the 51st state?

Logan · 07-14-2008, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Subby

Maybe the three most prominent American beers taste like ass and this might just be the best outcome for everyone?

Drink Shiner!

While that would be great, I'm sure 99.9% of the beer-drinking population have no idea that their Miller and Coors beers have been made by someone else because it tastes no different.

Logan · 07-14-2008, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bsak16

I thought Canada was already the 51st state?

I thought that was North Florida or some shit?

finketr · 07-14-2008, 09:36 AM

if this means we can get more of the belgian beers that inbev currently owns, hooray.

RomaGoth · 07-14-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bsak16

I thought Canada was already the 51st state?

Except for the province of Quebec......

JeeberD · 07-14-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Subby

Maybe the three most prominent American beers taste like ass and this might just be the best outcome for everyone?

Drink Shiner!

Amen (on both points)

gstelmack · 07-14-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

I thought that was North Florida or some shit?

Get it straight: North Montana

(bonus points for the name of the movie...)

Greyroofoo · 07-14-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

You mean South African Breweries?

Sam Adams maybe?

MrBug708 · 07-14-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Like I said a couple posts up...Miller was bought by SAB and Coors is part of Molson now. Which means our three most prominent American beers are owned by Belgium, Canada, and South Africa. Maybe this leads to us finally invading Canada to take our shit back?

Oils is worth going to war over.

Coors?

Not so much

headtrauma · 07-14-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Subby

Maybe the three most prominent American beers taste like ass and this might just be the best outcome for everyone?

Drink Shiner!

They sell Shiner in Virginia? Cool.

CraigSca · 07-14-2008, 05:56 PM

So, what's the largest American brewer now? I was looking via Google but couldn't find it anywhere.

Dr. Sak · 07-14-2008, 06:13 PM

Who owns Yuengling?

Logan · 07-14-2008, 06:28 PM

Family owned I believe.

molson · 07-14-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigSca

So, what's the largest American brewer now? I was looking via Google but couldn't find it anywhere.

Boston Beer Company says wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Beer_Company

Correction - Pabst is actually now the largest American owned "brewing company", though they don't actually own a brewery.

ISiddiqui · 07-14-2008, 06:49 PM

As well it should be!

At least they make good beer unlike the companies we've offloaded on the furriners! MWAHAHA!

kurtism · 07-14-2008, 07:53 PM

KSK breaks down the Bud sale: http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/...tatorship.html

Galaxy · 07-16-2008, 12:13 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,4213102.story

path12 · 07-16-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by finketr

if this means we can get more of the belgian beers that inbev currently owns, hooray.

Agreed.

DanGarion · 07-16-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Like I said a couple posts up...Miller was bought by SAB and Coors is part of Molson now. Which means our three most prominent American beers are owned by Belgium, Canada, and South Africa. Maybe this leads to us finally invading Canada to take our shit back?

Huh? Miller and Coors are the same company....

Galaxy · 07-16-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dangarion

Huh? Miller and Coors are the same company....

I believe that it is a joint venture for the US only.

Logan · 07-16-2008, 04:05 PM

Yes, the official companies are SABMiller and MolsonCoors.

Crapshoot · 07-17-2008, 12:54 AM

Wait, people drink Budweiser? Voluntarily?

KWhit · 07-17-2008, 08:36 AM

Nah, just Bud Select.

korme · 07-17-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Wait, people drink Budweiser? Voluntarily?

You aren't a man if you don't enjoy putting down Bud Heavy's every once in a while.

mrsimperless · 07-18-2008, 11:39 AM

Although I hate to see a great American institution such as A-B get taken over by a foreign company this may be a new boon for our craft beer industry which is already doing great.

molson · 07-18-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mrsimperless

Although I hate to see a great American institution such as A-B get taken over by a foreign company this may be a new boon for our craft beer industry which is already doing great.

It's amazing how much the beer landscape has changed in the last 10-20 years. We really are in a golden age of beer.

albionmoonlight · 07-22-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by korme

You aren't a man if you don't enjoy putting down Bud Heavy's every once in a while.

God is, by most definitions, perfect. But sometimes I think that God erred when he gave man the apostrophe. Clearly we have yet to manage, or even begin to understand, its awesome power.

albionmoonlight · 07-22-2008, 01:12 PM

ISiddiqui · 07-22-2008, 01:18 PM

LOL... though some morons may actually think that Belgians can't make beer.

Honolulu_Blue · 07-22-2008, 01:31 PM

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LOL... though some morons may actually think that Belgians can't make beer.

No shit. Belgians don't much right. At all. They can't even govern themselves. But they excel at making beer, waffles, and frites. Pretty good at the whole chocolate thing too.

There's a pretty steep decline after those things...

Critch · 07-22-2008, 01:58 PM

"Man Bites Dog" is a pretty nifty Belgian movie. It's in foreign and it's got subtitles, but it's pretty good.

Hercule Poirot was Belgian too, so they're good at fictional detectives too. And cyclists.

JeeberD · 07-22-2008, 03:06 PM

Belgian beer, for the most part, is fucking awesome.

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