Only in St Louis would a trip to Lake of the Ozarks be seen as over the top opulent….

Did Brito Supreme go?

Lame on you, KSDK.

Beer involved in a scandal?

Don’t recall AB taking any bail out money, so this is nothing like AIG. Sounds like KSDK is making something out of nothing. Must be hurting for viewers.

Remember this is sweeps month. Stations which are losing money will do anything to draw viewers. I will hold my final opinion until after the story but from the little info. in this article I think I will probably be taking AB’s side on this one.
So they spend a little over $1400 on a two day meeting, BIG DEAL. I have been one who has blasted the new regime but this sounds like just what Mr. Peacock and Mr. Brickey said “hyped and sensationalized” story, something the media in this town is very good at doing.

A-B is not an investment group or a bank, nor are they getting our Fed. tax dollars (well, not directly.) They make beer! If they want to first class it to Brussels, who cares? The business is in the black. I can barely watch KSDK any more.
(radar1a: priceless comment)

Wait ’til you see the story.
It will detail the dancing girls, oyster bar, and $400 champagne.
Carpooling my patootie.

This still does not beat Mike Owens’ thrilling bears in Missouri investigastive piece. Wonder how many nights in the woods the bearded wonder spent? That’s journalism.

It must be May Sweeps time! At least KSDK eventually corrected the misspelling “Anheuser-Bush” from their website. Did anyone else see that? KSDK used to be a standard-bearer for news in this town. No more.

Might as well use it before they sell it. One last hurrah…

Overheard at a local Newsroom, “Quick, get me a story which takes a cheap shot at A-B…something that no local media outlet has done in STL regarding the brewery in 100 years”. This one will pass but look for “Me Too” stories slamming the once hallowed benevolent brewer by the other local TV news generating and entertainment programs. All 3 or 4 of them have lost all credability.

They are a BEER Company. They are always going to give away some free beers to people to make them feel good.

Letting these upper-management people goto the Lake of the Ozarks might not be the most cost effective thing, but give me a break.

The company makes millions each year from beer sales around the Lake, and on top of that they are TRYING to sell their lake of the Ozarks property. KSDK is grasping at straws here.

One final point- they are a private company. The DID NOT take bailout money like AIG did. Therefore THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

Now we hear one side of the story before the other but I’m waiting to hear about this. If the Post is right, Zigman and KSDK could have two black eye’s by 10:30.

What a joke of an article. “Especially ill-timed corporate greed”…It’s the Lake of The Ozarks, not Vegas or Pebble Beach, for crying out loud! If they were trying to get beers for free and/or sneaking onto the golf courses with out paying; then, yes, they would be greedy. Just another example of the fine reporting of the news in St. Louis! What a joke…

It is hard to believe a TV news station would “take the low road in distorting facts while relying on sources with questionable motives” while airing a “sensationalized” and “hyped” story.

Like THAT’S never happened at least 12,000 times a week.

welcome to our world, A-B.

It appears that KSDK is slamming a company for having meetings. Guess what. This type of bad press regarding companies having legitimate meetings and conventions is exactly why millions of people are without jobs across the country, specifically in the travel, convention, and audio/video vendor markets. A company may cancel a meeting and pay cancellation fees to a hotel, but do you think any of that money goes into the pockets of the waiters and waitresses that are losing income from canceled events? Why do you think Steve Maritz and other major players in the industry actually went to D.C. a few weeks ago to talk to the president and the press regarding meetings and events? Please, KSDK and the rest of you media….STOP SLAMMING LEGITIMATE MEETINGS AND EVENTS!

Typical St. Louis media, creating news instead of reporting it.

Layoffs in contrast to executive liaisons - ooops, I mean business trip to the Ozarks…Hmmm, I’ve got to see that!

the Lake of the Ozarks is an example of corporate greed? you’re kidding right? did they party at the redneck riviera or something?

when you take 4 months(120 days) to pay your bills didn’t they think people would take cheap shots at them anyway they could

Amen Cantor. We are embarking on a new line of business where I work and need to set up training. The problem we register for training and it’s cancelled a week before hand because noone else will spend the money. Apparently it’s a BAD thing now to send employees to training, especially if it’s out of town.

Thats the story? A trip to the lake? Wow, what a story.
I thought it was going to be something good, But a trip to a lake that is a few hours away? Wow, how shocking.
I stopped watching ksdk so I will miss this insightful story.

Sounds like KSDK needs to be having some meetings of their own… like training on how to run a news program, get real news, etc.

Stop dis’n Lake of the Ozarks.
You all act like you are suave world travelers who would never stay at less than a 4-star resort.
And Cantor, do you really think the travel industry is down because news media is reporting on lavish corporate spending? Might be the economy, stupid.

Leisa Zigman is way past her prime. Come to think of it, did she ever have a prime? She looks like a scarecrow.

Channel 5 hasn’t been the same since Bob Richards left. Mike Bush as an anchor? Please, he couldn’t even do sports.

Bob Richards “left” in the greatest sense of the word. I think Brito and Leisa Zigman should have a boxing match and Deane Lane should referee.

If AB is wasting their money, I’m sure they’ve been doing it all along. Now that they are a foreign company the local media doesn’t feel the need to protect them. I say report the facts. Let’s see the report. We know that it will be slanted against AB just from the promos. One more thing, they aren’t taking gov’t money, so their money is their money. If you don’t want them to spend your money-be like me and don’t drink AB products.

I heard they gave out $27.38 worth of beads at Party Cove to see some white trash boobies.

I think the point many of you are missing is: if you lay off 1200 workers should your execs be making trips that the expense of said trip could have kept a few workers employed. If this is the case I agree. What if you lost your job due to budget cuts only to find out your CEO got a 7 figure bonus? In my humble opinion workers come first and bonuses and lavish expenses come in a far second. How do you layoff people with families and obligations and then go take a trip? We need to recheck our values in this country. It seems in these times, and wall street has shown us, that its all about ME and all of YOU can just tough it out. Nice (place sarcasm here)…

Is it just me, or does Leisa Zigman come off as a simpleton? She obviously doesn’t understand how business gets done. This is between A-B InBev and their shareholders. They haven’t taken any tax dollars.

Is it just me, or is KSDK becoming the New York Daily News of the St. Louis Area? This is the third time in three weeks. The “I-Team” is a joke and an embarrassment. They use marginal facts and publish sensationalized headlines. This is the lowest form of journalism. Mark my words, KSDK will be called out and they will simply abandon the story.

They could have just as easily had the “meetings” at #1 Busch Place.
No need for the lake, no need for the boat and no need for the drive.
Get back to work.
Apparently they haven’t laid off enough Corporate Executives if they have time to go to the Lake and Party on the boat.

Let’s face it both KSDK and Anheuser-Bush InBev suck !

News sources “airing a ’sensationalized’ and ‘hyped’ story”? That’s the new status-quo. News sources (in all formats) stopped reporting accurate news a few years ago, why do you think we now look to blogs for our news?

KSDK! Wake up and smell the coffee. What a joke of a story. I wonder (actually you should just tell people out of good faith) how much money you spent producing, promoting, paying Leisa (a joke of a reporter) and sending the camera crew to the LOA for this low-level piece? I have to believe considerably more than the $1,000 it sounds like AB spent. By the way, where is Deane Lane these days? A victim of cost cutting perhaps? Way to go, KSDK, Leisa and the entire production crew, you just elevated the I-team to Jerry Springer status– All entertainment, no credibility. How sad.

Anybody tried A-B’s summer beer, Beach Bum? That’s a good brew.

Larry Browneye,

I once saw a guy with dark glasses and a cup at one of those. Was that you?

OK, which TV reporter is dumber? Zigman or Jaco? I know, I know, it’s a tough question. I’m going with Jaco at this point.

STLDan, I hear ya and your points are fair. That said, it’s pretty clear from the above that very little was spent on this trip. Do you know whether the CEO of AB InBev even received a bonus? Sounds like this story is a crock and totally takes away from some of the real issues when there is a real story to tell. The boy who cried wolf style of reporting only weakens true credible news.

If KSDK sent Leisa to the Ozarks with a camaraman to get footage, they are the biggest hypocrites ever. They fired a whole bunch of staff, but I don’t see them pulling their reporters back from traveling. Oh wait, travel is part of business. There is still plenty of time to pull the story Channel 5.

I am not aware of A-B InBev getting any government bail-out. Their spending is still their business. Maybe the stock holders will care.

Where did Bob Richards go? Did move to a bigger market? He was the best weatherman in St. Louis. Now we have that big sissy Dave Murray, who freaks out if we get a drizzle and causes a panic. He is bad for the local economy. How many events have been canceled out of the fear created by Murray’s forecasts?

DM! just tried it the other night at PF Changs. I have to say, a totally pleasant surprise. I’m in for another round.

I couldn’t have said it better radar1a! This is not a big deal, or the lake isn’t. I have friends that have made fun of me for going “all the way to Lake Tahoe when we have the Lake of the Ozarks.”

the point of the promo was they are spending money on exec trips to the lake while laying off working class people who have been loyal to the company, thus exhibiting the entitlement mentality of corporate execs and showing no concern for people who are losing jobs.

Jockitch, Couldn’t agree more. KSDK is pretty bad for that too.
Bob Richards took himself out of the game about 15 years in a self inflicted plane crash after some scandel broke on him.

WOW!! Can’t wait for 10:00!! I bet “Two and a Half Men” on Channel 11 wins the rating wars by a TON!! This proposed story line is W-E-A-K. They would get better ratings with yesterday’s news on re-run.

I think that Channel 5 is over sensation analysis. I watch Channel 5 news sometimes because I date back with the station in their on air promotions for Bikers for Babies (March of Dimes) and the Ride for Kids Event (Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation). I don’t always agree with their news approach but at least they tell a story.

Now for AB-InBev I will never drink their product or any beer product again. I have seen what they did to employees and retirees and think that they are the typical conqueror. There was nothing wrong with AB before the take over but since InBev has been in charge they have eliminated many products and promo events. No matter what this story has in mind, we as St. Louisans have lost their hometown hero.

Lame, lame, lame there is so much corruption going on out there in the real world. St. Louis main stream media is a joke.

I wonder how many of these pro-AB, anti-KSDK posts are being written by A-B associates … the minutes apart timing and catchy names are leading me to believe a lot. Doesn’t the communications department have anything else to do?

Dan, would you agree then, with the fact that KSDK also wasted resources sending sports reporters to Florida to cover Cardinals Spring Training?

What a lame ‘news’ story. What would they do at AB? Have a potluck supper in the parking lot?

AIG execs were spending outrageous amounts of money on luxuries right when the fed was pouring cash into their failing business. That is a world away from AB execs having a reasonable couple days at the lake. AB is a profitable business, spending their own money as they see fit on business development. Perfectly reasonable.

KSDK is ridiculous!

I love the “we’re standing up for the workers” stuff. What a crock. Anyone who has worked for a large company has always run into this. Company launches $20 million ad campaign, and the workers say “Think how big a bonus they could have given us with that money” or “they’re making us pay more for our healthcare benefits and they’re using the money for fancy TV commercials.” A-B is not a government entity. Corporate parties, advertising, trade shows, conferences, etc., generate big opportunities to increase sales. Compensating your top salesmen increases sales. They’re a business, and a successful one. If laying off an accountant, a bottle washer and a truck driver frees up cash to take retail execs fishing on a fancy boat at Lake of the Ozarks–and sales go up $50 million because of it–that’s a good investment. If the government followed that model, we’d have a balanced budget.

As much as I would like to see InBev trashed in the news, I think KSDK is stretching wildly by calling a trip to the lake by a bunch of managers excessive. It’s actually quite cost effective. In the olden days at AB, a trip to the Lake for department meetings meant lavish meals, golf, massages, entertainment, and helicopter transportation for many, if not all, participants. They squeezed in enough business meetings to justify the trip, but even then I would not have called the trip excessively costly. Anyway, I think KSDK missed the boat on this one. Too bad. InBev’s policies suck in so many ways, it’s unfortunate that KSDK didn’t come up with something with some meat on it.

What a revolting development. Should I drink a Bud Light or watch KSDK News? Decisions,Decisions.

Why wasn’t Leisa Zigman given the axe intead of Deanne Lane? Her reports are worthless. She should be reporting in a market like Kirksville or Joplin at best.

Every company activates their “spin doctors” when bag things are discovered about them. This isn’t “hitting back” it’s called covering your a…
By the way, corporate “spin doctors” are just people who make a living by lying through their teeth.

“And Cantor, do you really think the travel industry is down because news media is reporting on lavish corporate spending? Might be the economy, stupid.”
— skoolin’

Dear skoolin-
It is obvious that you do not have a clue regarding the point I and ‘kd’ made in our comments. Companies survive on communication. Specifically, face to face communication. The economy is a factor of course, but not the major factor for the ruin of an industry I have been a part of for almost 30 years. Companies are actually using code words in email correspondence so that the press does not get wind of events. The sudden surge in video conferencing will go away. Not because of the quality of the product, but because of the lack of human interaction. Meetings and events, especially off property, offer a chance for people to get to know their coworkers and/or clients on a level that can not be achieved on a conference call. Meeting is not a four letter word.

Wait until Carlos hears about this. I’m sorry but I have no sympathy for AB. Bunch of arrogant overpaid people, from the top down. the gravy train is over. Ran into a guy when picking up up my son at a Ford dealer. Guy drove up in an Acura NSX and was trying to track down a Ford GT (about $140,000). Said he worked at AB. Nice guy, but certainly didn’t look like an exec to me. They can hold their meetings at The Royal Orleans maybe.

Back in the day when the local media was making a killing off AB advertising you never heard any complaints from the local media. For example, the Busch baby story that Ray Hartmann covered in the RFT and forced the rest of the media to cover. No more money and look what happens. Shame on you KSDK!!!!

With all the negativity directed at KSDK, I have to believe Peacock’s flunkys are doing all this posting. The reality is that Brito preached a “culture of frugality” to justfy all the cuts. Sorry, but sponsoring an irresponsible event at company expense is not consistent with Brito’s own policy. Peacock and his HR Stooge sent us a preemptive e-mail today with a bunch of lies rationalizing their idiotic behavior. As if anyone is going to believe this bunch of proven liars. Just one more nail in InBred’s coffin.

Television news is never news and KSDK is “The Enquirer”.

Give me a break!!! This is a trip to friggin’ Lake of the Ozarks, hoosier capital of the midwest. Anyway, this is a company that has not received a dime of bailout money. What a non-story.

KSDK S U C K S!!!!! Mike Bush stinks as anchor. Rene Knott stinks as sports director. They dump Deanne Lane and John Fuller. What used to be the news leader in STL, is now a joke.

If by that you mean I cannot grasp the concept of why anyone should care about how your industry is hurt by fiscal frugality, I plead guilty.

Now in Kentucky, the tobacco farmers have long received subsidies when the anti-smoking campaigns took a toll on their cash crop. (They also exported it to third-world countries, but that’s another issue). Since we bail out the reckless spenders, perhaps we will bail out those, like you, who suffer as a result of the reigning in of excess. We’re all entitled, after all. It’s part of being an American.

Here’ the memo Buttboy Dave sent out to us:

To: All St. Louis Employees
Subject: Leisa Zigman Story on KSDK-TV, Channel 5
Over the last several days, KSDK-TV, Channel 5, has been running promotions about a story to run tonight where they claim they will be “exposing A-B.” In these promos, they compare us with AIG and talk of employees “celebrating” after “cutting thousands of jobs and millions in benefits.” While we would hope KSDK would exhibit balance and journalistic integrity in covering any aspect of our business, the station, and its reporter Leisa Zigman have unfortunately chosen to exploit the misfortune of others for their own gain.
As part of our commitment to communicate in a thorough and timely manner, we wanted to provide you with the truth behind the sensationalized story hyped on KSDK – promos designed only to improve their own ratings performance during sweeps month.
Anheuser-Busch has owned property and facilities at Lake of the Ozarks for 25 years. These facilities were largely used for company meetings and included watercraft and other amenities. As part of our Blue Ocean plan, we began assessing the need for these facilities and continue to look to sell all or most of the assets. In fact, some assets from the Lake have already been sold, and the watercraft is actively being marketed for sale.
A management group of 14 from our company recently held meetings and training at our Lake facilities during the off-season, some even stayed in their personal homes, so the company incurred no lodging costs. The group car‑pooled to the lake to reduce costs and used one of the company-owned boats to visit local restaurants. The boat was chosen as the least-expensive form of transportation and helped enable a safe, efficient evening of trade calls with customers.
At the casual restaurants visited, the group purchased Anheuser-Busch beers for other patrons, a practice that helps us stay in touch with consumers on beer preferences and opinions. This also helps build goodwill among retailers who have suffered through reduced traffic as a result of the weak economy. In keeping with our cost discipline priorities, the total cost of the two-day meetings was about $100 per person, excluding the costs people incurred to drive to the Lake.
Because we are undergoing change, and many people have left our organization, we continue to be scrutinized by some outsiders. In the case of this TV station, they themselves have experienced layoffs in this economy, but still took the low road in distorting facts while relying on sources with questionable motives. In fact, we believe KSDK may have incurred more costs in producing their story than the actual costs of our company meetings that are the target of their attacks and that are positioned as extravagant in their promos.
It is particularly disappointing for this reporter to put employees who have been displaced into the spotlight this way. It has been difficult enough for all of us to endure so much change and watch many good people leave the company either voluntarily or involuntarily, over the last several months. We remain firmly committed to treating all current and former employees with respect and dignity. We strongly object to Ms. Zigman and KSDK’s insensitive treatment and we have made our views clear to their management.
While nobody likes negative stories, many other media outlets have displayed balance and professionalism in their coverage, which will always merit our cooperation and respect. The group featured in Ms. Zigman’s story conducted a cost-effective, authorized meeting and was involved in no “corporate greed,” as claimed.
We appreciate the hard work and dedication of our employees – including this group – during a most uncertain period. We measure ourselves by our performance as a team, which has been outstanding, and we count ourselves fortunate to work in a great industry and at a great company with so many exceptional people.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to this company.

Dave Peacock Jim Brickey

President Vice President – People

sorry, cantor, meant to sign the above with my pseudomoniker.
I try to save the other for important and weighty issues.

skoolin’
(aka obamatard)

WEAK KSDK. So what they went out on a boat and paid for bud light for the people who think lake ozark is a fun trip. Feel free. Sounds like a trip I would “have to miss” as my daughter has a volleyball game that day…which day you say oh ummm both. boring trip and completely meaningless report by bleach blonde I am very cosmopolitan because I spell Lisa Leisa. At least J McWilliams still got something to show his boss and now we all get to rag on sloppy ksdk. I can’t wait for the little kids at the end of the newscast to make the 5/1 with the one finger in the middle.

Pure and simple pandering! What’s next .. Lisa in a mini-skirt or something with a plunging neckline? And no, I don’t work for AB or InBev.

Another typical piece from the KSDK “I” Team… sleazy and inept reporting by two has-beens who do not know enough to move on and find another line of work. Since moving to STL five years ago, I have found that the local “investigations” are done by creepy “journalists” who sensationalize rather than try to dig and bring out the truth. What a sad comment on trying to boost viewers during sweeps. Shame on KSDK and Fox 2!

STLDAN,
Did you read the article? It said 14 executives made the trip at a cost of $100.00 each. That’s $1,400.00!

KSDK could do some investigating of its own parent company, Gannett - talk about sweet excess!!! This Gannett Blog tells you all about it:

http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/questions-about-neuharth-for-freedom.html

This is nothing - they should read “Under The Influence,” the outstanding insider history of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty, which came out about a decade ago, authored by former P-D reporters Terry Ganey and Peter Hernon. It includes great anecdotes about the Busch family’s many excessive expenses billed to the company, including Gussie’s yacht in the Gulf of Mexico. Gussie Busch himself is profiled as he goes into bars, steps behind the bar to demonstrate how to properly pour a beer into a glass, and then declaring he was Gussie Busch and how he’d like to treat the house to cold Budweiser. Now that is marketing!!!

Isn’t May a ratings month in the local TV industry here in St. Louis. KSDK has to try to get us to tune in for something. Otherwise their newscasts are pretty much useless!

A-B spends a hundred bucks a person to go to the redneck riviera known as the ozarks. AIG uses $500,000 in government bailout money to go to the st regis in orange county. Good reporting KSDK…and you gotta love it!!!

I am watching Sandy Miller on Fox 2 right now. She is hot!

When A-B takes taxpayer money, wake me up. Otherwise? ZZZzzz

Jock Itch, you are right on. My softball game was canceled last Wednesday evening because of the severe storm warnings. The storms didn’t arrive until after midnight. What a bunch of crap. Thanks for ruining my softball season St. Louis weathermen!

Why would it matter if AB wasted thousands of dollars? They are a private company…I don’t recall them getting any bailouts.

Great, the local media looks like they’re hell bent on chasing A-B out of St. Louis. How many major corporations still have headquarters in the City of St. Louis? Peabody Coal and ????? If the City can’t alienate a business, the media will step in and do it for them. Has anyone seen the plans for Centene in Clayton? It’s going to be an impressive headquarters with plenty of employees. Of course they wanted to move to the City, but somehow that was screwed up. The last person to leave the City of St. Louis, please turn off the lights.

Channel 5’s “I” team, Foxes “You paid for it” and whatever they have on Channel 4 (I never even turn that channel on), are just a ridiculous waste of time and money. What exactly does KSDK think AB is going to do with that property? Leave it abandon. And, of course, no one at KSDK ever does anything that could be considered over the top. If we could just be as perfect as the media! Here’s a news flash, KSDK stabs long-time anchor in the back, film at 10.

Mike:

Yo’re clearly not happy with AB, so why haven’t you just pack up your things and vacated the premises? No one is keeping you locked to your desk and forcing you stay. Seems a little shady on your part that you are so willing to sell the company out (put an internal memo up on the blog) while taking the paycheck and benefits. Stand up for what you believe for sure. That’s honorable and respectful. Now just follow your words with action and really stand up for what you believe in.

Who cares right? Seriously, AB isn’t local anymore so its not our problem!!

This local T.V. station says much about the local mentality of St. Louis.

Times may be changing for most industries but times nor the bottom line is changing all that much for the alcohol beverage industry. Get a grip KSDK, this is nothing you are making a mountain over. The Lake Of The Ozarks and at a property that they own is not exactly over the top. Reporting such as this only makes St. Louis look extremely bad. I truly would not tolerate this kind of ignorance and would just, BE GONE! Why should they stay here for this kind of treatment? I am certain another city would appreciate them much more.

If you think KSDK’s in trouble now with their lame news reporting, horrible weather reporting, and the God Awful sports reporting, just wait 2 weeks when no one turns their 10 PM newscast on because Conan comes on after that.

Comeon!
They wouldn’t let most employees volunteer for the severance or I would already be gone. They selectively allowed some employees to volunteer and this is being arbitrated through the internal DRP Process (Dispute Resolution). Additionally, they said if you quit you get nothing, not even your vacation pay except what’s accrued to date. If brito wants to get rid of people, all he has to do is offer a voluntary severance package and the place will empty out in a day. If they don’t want to buy me out, then I guess they’ll just have to live with me, or fire me and pay me severance. I owe these folks the same loyalty they have shown to us, the retirees, and the vendors. Absolutely None. By the way, they are getting what they are paying for: A half-assed effort and the bare bones minimum until I find a job with an American company with class and pride.

Did anyone hear that AB could pull out of STL because of local negativity?

Now this quote from Peacock is funny . . .

“It has been difficult enough for all of us to endure so much change and watch many good people leave the company either voluntarily or involuntarily, over the last several months. We remain firmly committed to treating all current and former employees with respect and dignity.”

Peacock, Carlos and Brickey don’t give one thought to the people that they let go. That is pure baloney.

ps - I have dignity while sitting in the reception area of my bankruptcy attorney’s office, but dignity I don’t need. What I need is a job. So, ok all you commenters out there, be sure to say that I was one of the overpaid losers or I would not have lost my job in the first place. Before you even say it I’m telling you that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Not the first time (or last) that Zigman and KSDK have created their own story to fit what they want. Another example of the media’s insatiable appetitite for what they think is “gotcha” news.

KSDK loves to revel in its past glory. They indulge in remind us about being first on the air, first in color, first in hi-def, etc. KSDK has been in the driver’s seat so long, they have nodded off at the wheel.

I know why KSDK is running the story its sweeps…its kinda funny how news stations can just run crap so they can see if people will tune in…I will not be…Maybe if Gannett who owns KSDK was not laying off people left and right as the people that run that company are getting million dollar bonuses….call ksdk and ask them how many people they have laid off this year…and see if the news director got a bonus…gannett and ksdk don’t care about the community its about profit…bottom line…

Gotta remember that Peacock majored in journalism at KU…so give him some credit!

Lavish? Lake of the Ozarks? BWAHAHAHA.

I can’t believe KSDK finds this even entertaining, let alone newsworthy? A publicly held company chooses to make cutbacks in personnel, and this is news of sweeps caliber? Oh, because some people went on a retreat while others were suffering by being laid off?

Even if they spent $1000 per person, how many of the HUNDREDS of laid off people would this have kept on the books? About…zero.

One thing I do think A-B/I needs to be mindful of, though, is the brutality of their cutbacks vs. the mindset of employess, former employees, and customers, with regards to the philanthropic endeavors they undertook in the past. If we have a horrible disaster this year, will trucks of water still be in the budget?

As much as I don’t like corporate greed, I like Leisa Zigman even less. I don’t trust her reporting.

At any point during the story, is Leisa Zigman topless, bonging a beer in the Party Cove?

any chance that AB and KSDK could fight each other into non-existance? like…cancel each other out and vanish? that would be swell.

Dear — Long Gone,

you were one of the overpaid losers or you would not have lost your job in the first place

I blame the meddling Belgians who took over. Darn the Phlems and their continental ways!

Dear “Dave Peacock” Impersonator,
Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Outrageous!!!!

As is the case with most stories, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. On one hand, its not at all beneath Leisa Zigman, Mike Owens, or others at KSDK to “over sensationalize” a story for shock value or ratings. On the otherhand, I have been the beneficiary of AB products (bought for me by AB folks) on many occasions at Lake of the Ozarks establishments. Its easy to know when they are coming. The Bluewater (type of yacht) that the cruise around on is one of, if not the, largest boats on the Lake.

I had a massive bowel movement last night.

…oh, by the way

For all of you that are complaining about how the employees are being treated, while the “Big Shots” run off to the Lake to play, here’s a thought.

GATHER YOUR SAVINGS, MORTGAGE YOUR HOME, START YOUR OWN BEER COMPANY WITH YOUR OWN CAPITAL, AND THEN YOU CAN RUN IT ANYWAY YOU SEE FIT!

Until the government takes over all businesses, they can legally spend their own monies the way they feel is necessary. I don’t think they broke any laws and people in Lake of the Ozarks probably benefitted from this. Shame on you KSDK for wanting all businesses to conform to what is happening to the car companies, banks and soon to be most companies. Be careful for what you wish for…..

We do live in a capitalist society, right? Some of you sound like you thing we have adopted socialism already. Layoffs are always going to happen. If the execs want to have meeting in the Ozarks, let them. It’s all a part of doing business. Things are really starting to get scary in this country when companies are worried about what the corrupt press thinks.

Nationalize now!

Unfortunatly, the French were correct and the “only thing constant is change”…KSDK and ABInBev had continued to slide into the mire of mediocrity….The change is also in what we tolerate as acceptable behavior by the media and big business! There are 300 million of us in this country…if for just a moment we could suspend our infinite wonder on who might win “Dancing with the Stars” and focus on taking a lttle more interest how we are all being screwed in one way or another, by one or the other…..something might change

KSDK is way off. ABI is a beer company, which means they are a marketing company as well, like every other beer company, large or small.
They had some meetings and hit the trades. Makes perfect sense to me…
InBev’s infamous frugality by default means these must have been the much discussed “working dollars”. Nothing else would fly or be approved.

I hope they blast AB-InBev but good. Any company who buys out a St. Louis icon for greed then lays off my husband after 28 years of service deserves to get blasted in the local media. My only question for KSDK is what took you so long?

they need to look at how the inbev people told everyone and their brother that donations to the community wouldn’t take a hit, and how they still had a commitment to the community, but they have bascially dropped their st. louis donations.

ask any local parish how donations have gone from overflowing to nothing at all……

If INBEV is upset, the should send a complaint to KSDK and expect a response in 120 days…the same amount of time INBEV’s vendors must wait to get paid.

Let the story come out and then decide for yourself. You may or may not agree with the story but then again you may not agree with the way AB InBev does business currently.
I’m certainly not happy with the changes AB InBev has made in the ways of layoffs and job cuts to “Save Money”, but they do have money to Party.
You can then decide if you still want to buy their products.

Leisa Zigman should do an “I-Team” investigation on failed plastic surgery, and use herself as the subject - wow, just wow. Thank God the lighting in Claverach Park is dim.

Regardless of how you feel about this - bottom-line is that the company is entitled to have retreats, etc. whenever and wherever they want. KSDK is hovering above a very thin line when it comes to “journalism” Almost everything on their website is borderline and hardly ranks as journalism… I am embarrassed by their reports…

well all of the people that bloged in against the station must work for anheuser busch, because lets face it the new owners operate on fear! just because you give away a few cans of beer you will never be a August Bush.
it wont be long before they move to new york talk about that! all of you Anheuser lovers!

While the timing might have been poor, A-B has not accepted any government hand-outs (banks/automakers) or scammed away pensions(Enron), so this is NOT the story it was made out to be.

A nothing story…everyone ignores the real issue…poor management before InBev. If they managed the company instead of treating it like a perk generating organization, the stock price would have kept InBev from buying the company.

Let’s see a story about a lack of fidiciary duty by the former management. I’m getting tired of hearing about AB…it is about time the entire company faced the hard cold facts that everyone else has been through. The gravy train is over…so get over it. Don’t like it, work somewhere else.

yeah while all of you inbev folks worried about channel 5 and lisa zigman you need to worry about your job and the cheap joker that you work for!!!
and i do mean cheap!

Nice to know that on the same day I was downsized…the “Vice President of People” was hugging and kissing the HR ladies on the multi-million dollar boat!! Yeah…it’s not AIG…but it is tacky and offensive.

This is sooooooo funny. I, nor any family members, ever worked for this company but I have always found stories on them funny. Wow - they went to the Ozarks. KSDK, there are soooo many other companies in St. Louis that actually are bad to employees… why don’t you expose those? I really don’t like any of the AB/INBev beers, but I like Grant’s Farm, the commercials and their support to St. Louis. I would suggest they talk to Schlafly for some flavor help though.

Leisa Zigman should go to the people department at KSDK and tender her resignation first thing in the morning. Either that or if she got a college degree, the school that tendered her diploma should ask for it back or have their name removed. I have no horse in this race but for the love of journalism, that was pathetic.

I find the responses to the KSDK story amusing. I follow this blog so I recognize some of the regular posters. Never seen so many new names as there are tonight - no doubt it’s the AB PR machine spinning its alternative reality. In the scope of things, a trip to the Ozarks may not seem like a big deal. But, to give it some perspective, this is the same company that counts every penny. To paraphrase one of their gurus, ‘no cost is too small when it comes to cutting.’ The point is that if they were following their own dictates, they could have had their meeting at one of the many vacant conference rooms. The place is so empty, they could probably find an entire floor somewhere that wasn’t occupied.

Seems like the KSDK story struck a nerve at One Busch Place.

Sorry I just have to comment again on this story. Why are people upset? So she gave a news story exploiting some funds spent. What’s the big deal? If you look at the overall picture, AB/InBev kept their headquarters here in St. Louis which is great. Even if there are empty offices… the economy is in disarray right now, everything will shake out. I believe AB will not stay empty on floors. Come on. Cheer UP. Look at Charter Communications if you want a really financially corrupt sour business. How about the Wash U spin offs? They waste money more than any I’ve seen in town. The list is long and AB is the least of real worries around here…Just saying to think on it please…

The hypocrisy continues at InBev! (I refuse to call it AB since they have no Busch in charge and have thrown ALL the values the great company once stood for out the window of their new “pod” offices)For a company where the Head Taco (Brito) tells the employees exactly how much ink/toner they can use per month, plus cuts out color copies, employee perks, removes cubicals in exchange for a seat at a long table, takes away communication tools to do their jobs (blackberries) and makes upcoming cuts to the pension or 401K plans - I find it a joke how they can reward the people who cut over 3000 jobs and wrecked financial security for even more. The lying backstabbing jerks of the “people” (aka “we have no HR practices anymore”) group were caught patting themselves on the back for throwing peoples careers under the bus, backing up and then running them over again - big surprise! Butt kissing, lying, deceit, and screwing over your friend are the new Values of InBev. Watch out “people” group - if they get rid of everyone here in ST. Louis to move to their NY headquarters, you will be next - they won’t need you “people” anymore. The sooner they leave ST. Louis the better - then we don’t have to see their destruction of a former legend!

The reason there are so many new posters is that they are responding to one of the biggest non-stories in the history of journalism. An HR meeting at company-owned retreat is nothing. To think I’ve unknowingly participated in such monumental news events in the past is sobering. That’s right…we discussed cutting costs, and snacked on free balogna sandwiches and drank beer while we did it! Former employees at A-B are mad because the guys who still work there get to ride on the company boat? On what planet is that a story? If the entire Board of Aldermen went along for the ride, it’s still not a story. I hope A-B has a lot more of these types of meetings…the results could increase sales and improve the stock price. Interestingly for KSDK, I watched the closed captioning during the story and it just “we’ve got nothing” over and over.

The cost per person was $100? Give me a break! Apparently its gotten much cheaper than when our group conducted meetings there! Let’s see those 14 expense reports and the lodging bill from the Lake (along with a trip agenda)! But in A-B’s defense, to suggest that someone’s job could be spared by NOT having a meeting at the lake is just ludicrous. But having said that, when other departments are not allowed any unnecessary expenses, it seems a bit like a slap in the face.

just a thought but typically if someone is accused of doing something wrong, if it really wasn’t wrong there would be no response. with that said if someone knowingly did something wrong, they will defend themselves fully. it seems like the case here, they know they were in the wrong so they feel the need to defend their actions. it may be tasteless reporting by the news station but it is also tasteless actions by the hr department when people are being laid off.

Yellow journalism about yellow beer? Hmm-Has a lot of people “foaming.” I wonder if this meeting was on work day or weekend? Oh well, follow the yellow brick road.

The InBred PR group has done a fantastic job of posting all these attacks on KSDK for exposing the double standard that exists here. Brito took away the blackberries, cell phones, limited the use of copiers, required double sided copying of documents, cut wages, benefits, vendor margins, said he flies Southwest and takes the Metero-Link from the airport to HQ, etc. “P”: Please explain how this party meshes with brito’s philosophy. Also, in the sexual harassment training we receive at InBred, physical contact is a serious issue. I guess Prickey wasn’t following his own rules when he was hugging and kissing the office bimbos on the yacht. Truly, a double standard indeed. I can’t wait to find a better job. it shouldn’t be too hard.

KSDK is grasping for a story that is not there. If this was a trip to Hawaii or even an Arizone resort, I would agree. But Lake of the Ozarks where the company already owns property? Cmon KSDK, do a better job in reporting.

However you want to look at this situation…….
But here is the thing. If the former AB (now another foreign company) claims they didn’t spend much on this outing, why didn’t they hold this meeting in a meeting room at the office? Carpool? Eat cheap? Yeah right!

Last time I checked In-Bev, was a public traded company. If you don’t like how management spends money, buy stock and complain at the next shareholder meeting. Better yet, buy a controlling interest!Then you can decide whats right or wrong. If you don’t own a piece of the company its really none of your business!

To the armchair ‘capitalists’ out there defending the layoffs and the lavish, self-congratulatory outings:

ABI has every right to conduct their business as their shareholders wish. Consumers watching the disgusting display of d-bags on a boat have every right to not buy their mediocre product. KSDK may be swimming in the cesspool of sensationalism but that doesn’t mean I don’t take an interest as a consumer.

It’s been said that A-B has always been a marketing company that happens to make beer. This behavior (the outing in a period of layoffs) is bad business. Stupid. If it affects their bottom line, they deserve it.

Nothing to do with AIG, or bailouts other than bad decision-making. Of course, that’s hardly new at A-B.

KSDK should bring back Corky The Clown to do their news.

badenpaerboy-
I stated my opinion pal. I’m saying if they’re going to have an outing at the lake, fine. But don’t give the story that it costs very little money.

I wonder how much those reporters get paid and pampered?

Mike, I’m not an AB-InBEV employee. In fact, I don’t even drink that crap.
I do, however, watch the news and I’m tired of these idiotic stories that sleezy news directors and reporters come up with in order to sell advertising. This story is just not news. Marketing people go on junkets in good times and bad. KSDK and that creepy Leisa Zigman need to be called out for this ridiculous “news” segment.

What would Brito do if one of his sons was involved in an accident that killed a passenger, or that son led police on a high speed chase through the city? Inquiring minds want to know…

jfmoyn, if you hate what news shows, why do you continue watching it? Bored? Self abuse? I’m calling out you for continuing to watch a bad news product.

This is hypocrisy, before the buyout AB executives were the biggest spenders. The guiltiest one was the 4th. Those Xmas trips he took with friends & entourage…come on! What bothers me is the new dress code, jeans & t-shirts. They look so trashy.

I’ve been reading this blog for months. Come on all of a sudden there is 143 plus comments. Mostly one liners in favor of InBev??? I think InBev gave bonuses to the 14 people at the lake to make up fake comments about this topic. In Inbev’s favor. Everyone who works at the brewery can’t wait to get out. Ask any of the salaried employess. These comments are a joke.

Spot on, fishfinder! Welcome to Lager Heads Brickey and Co. I think you have some ’splainin to do with Senor Edmond!

IT’S SWEEPS MONTH. KSDK knew damn good and well if they could fabricate (and that’s what they did) a story about ABInbev and tease the hell out of it viewership MAY go up.
ABInbev is a private company that has no obligations to taxpayers, they took no bailout money or need gov’t assistance in any shape or form. They can do with their money as they see fit and it’s NONE OF OUR DAMN BUSINESS. The stockholders can complain if they would like but other then that it’s a complete NON STORY and KSDK should really be ASHAMED OF THEIRSELVES.

I watched the story and it was pretty flimsy. I hate that AB was taken over, but they never received bailout money, so the comparison to AIG is irrelevant. KSDK’s destruction of their true talent is showing. They’re cutting into shows, the sound quality was horrible last week, the new weatherman stumbles all the time and they ran an old promo for celebrity apprentice after the finale had happened. I only watch for the Today show and Oprah now. Worst of all, last night as they were announcing the arrest in the Coleman case, during the most important part of the press conference, KSDK cut to a commerical, then another, then a “barcode” and missed the 10 most important seconds. BAD tech work, BAD reporting.

This is the worst kind of “journalism” - talk about making something out of nothing. They went to the lake for the weekend and took a boat ride and you’re comparing this to AIG? Shame on you KSDK.

Those people were probably down at the lake with the very unpleasant task of having to decide who to fire. In order to make that easier, they did it over a couple of days. I’m sorry for all the people who lost their jobs, but I know people who have had to do the firing and it’s very hard to do. You have to fire people who are friends, who you care about. It’s not easy for them either.

The Lake is quite conservative……least expensive for a Manager outing….no news to report?

To jmfree,
Peacock, Brickey, Carlos, Edmond, the HR people who report to Brickey, and all the other directors and officers do not care about the people whose employment was terminated. Period. They had and still have a very generous financial incentive to cut as many employees as possible. I doubt that any of them lose a moment’s sleep about the employees who are gone or who will be gone. That’s just the way it is. Matter of fact - these people don’t care, and if they ever did care, that compassion has been bought by the bonuses to cut employees to the bone.

A-B deserve whatever they get

Thier new corporate motto -

“this pink slips for you”

Awwwww - You’re right and I got off track. The point is this is terrible journalism - KSDK making something out of nothing. Some AB employees went down to a company owned property for a two day meeting and took a boat ride. Big flippin deal.

kd - I disagree with your “NONE OF OUR DAMN BUSINESS”. Fully Disagree. When the largest employer in STL, a home grown company, with local ties for a hundred years, lays off THOUSANDS of employees in a struggling economy in the name of cost cutting it IS OUR DAMN BUSINESS. Step one is to sell of unnecessary assets and cut other unnecessary costs, layoffs shouldn’t/don’t need to come near the front. I don’t work for InBev, but I certainly consider it my business because it does affect my life because I live in STL. Anyone not concerned by this isn’t paying attention.

AB-InBev is a beer company, drinking and having a good time is their business, the AB guys are hanging out at clients, passing their product around and spending money in our economy. Don’t be a socialist!!!!!!!!!!!
They are buying their own product and passing it around and tipping the wait staff very well while doing it. The wait staff is going to do 1 of 2 things with that cash. They are going to spend it immediately at retail stores and restaurants and put the money directly back in the economy, or save it for college.

This so-called “investigative report” is typical of the shallow, exploitative fluff that TV stations load into their newscasts during ratings measurement periods (which, not coincidentally, mid-May is squarely within.) One would have expected from the hype that preceded its airing that the venue was the Caribbean, Las Vegas, or a pricey resort in Arizona. A company, any company, would be hard pressed to imagine an event at any Lake of the Ozarks venue being profligate unless it happened to include “adult entertainment.”

This is yet another example of why people no longer choose to pay attention to TV newscasts and other so-called “journalistic outlets.” These outlets no longer have credibility, and people are intelligent enough to see that. When people want news, they will seek it at sources they consider credible, and not from a talking head who did puff pieces for years and, now that she is approaching middle age, has been rebranded a so-called “investigative journalist.”

I am absolutely appalled by this sensationalism. AB did not accept any bail-out money. How does this compare to AIG in any way? AB was bought by In-Bev and this was the reason for layoffs. This meeting at the Lake is no different than any other company holding an off-site corporate meeting. Shame on you KSDK. Shame on you!

I’m so sick of this. It seems like so many media outlets are taking an incredibly thoughtless and irresponsible stance on corporate travel. Companies need to take trips like this. Believe it or not, its great for the economy. The tourism industry relies on corporate trips. I would much rather a company send their top execs on a nice trip than give them a fat bonus. The money spent on a trip goes right back into our economy. In fact, corporate travel directly effects our St. Louis economy. There is a huge St. Louis company (Maritz) that plans many of these trips.

It doesn’t seem like this was even an incentive trip. It seems like it was a legitimate work trip. I have no doubt A-B was careful about spending. All corporations are paranoid about this now.

I’ve always liked Leisa Zigman, but it looks like this might be one case of irresponsible journalism.

They have always been fat and lazy. . .that is why they were taken over! Drink Miller!

I want to thank KSDK for doing the story. The Investigation team did one great job last night with this story and it truly hit home.

I have lost a lot of respect for KSDK.
They WERE lavish in years past.
This one was pretty low-key.
As said previously, they took out no bailout money. How can it be compared to AIG???
We hate that jobs were cut, but they were positions that were either redundant for the larger company or no longer necessary.
This sort of sensational reporting really angers me.

What a joke of a story!
Mike Owens and Lisa Zigman are trying to break sensational news to generate ratings. I have seen the AB complex by water on the lake because it sits out on a point. Lisa had to rent a boat to film the story. They probably spent more on the story to send two reporters to the lake than AB spent.

Bears in Missouri was a funny story too.

Surprised at KSDK!

I had a good laugh at this KSDK piece. I love how they painted a trip to the Lake as some unbelievable extravagance by AB. Where does KSDK send its employees when they have an employee outing….to East St. Louis? To Sauget? To Brooklyn, IL? (Who knows? Maybe they do!)

TV news always uses sweeps week as a time for yellow journalism….a time to boost their demographics. Does anyone else remember Kay Quinn’s hard hitting report on “Born Again Virgins”? ( A report about women opting for vaginal reconstruction surgery to boost their sagging [no pun intended] sex lives.) Ah well…as long as people are stupid, TV news will prosper!

I have a distaste for reporters like Lisa Zigman with a greater distaste for the editors that allowed this story to air. It’s a hyped story to get ratings and I’m glad to hear the company went hit back at KSDK. Why do people watch local news anyway? As Trump might say… “Lisa, I want you to pick two people and come back to the board room when I call you. One of you will be fired!”…..(30 minutes later)…… “Lisa, you are supposed to be a reporter, and that is why YOU’RE FIRED!” (you don’t think the execs are going to be the fall out person do you Lisa?

KSDK,

I sure hope none of those HR people you irresponsibly showed on the news last night get harmed by someone who is angry over the takeover or by a lost job. They are people too, you know, and some of them are probably in danger of losing their own jobs. That whole story was absolutely ridiculous. That little outing was nothing compared to the many corporate promotions events that A-B regularly holds. It’s just a part of doing business. Capitalism 101 - you have to spend money to make money. I don’t like the things that have happened at A-B any more than the rest of you, but I certainly wouldn’t turn down a ride on the boat…

Those of you that do not know Brickey and his lackeys miss the point. Brickey would murder employees at Brito’s request if it meant he could continue to make good money, play the big shot and kiss his female underlings and have his group of yes-men around him to keep telling him how good looking, buff, sexy and smart he is. Anyone that has an independent thought or is the least bit of a threat to him in quickly marginlized and fired at the first oppurtunity.

He is trash that only does what is good for Brickey and this trip to the lake is just normal business for him.

Well, first of all, I don’t believe Peabrain’s letter, citing $100 per person. It probably costs $1400 to fill that boat up with gas. But even if it costs 10 times, that…. what job is going to be saved by not spending $14 grand? 1 part time receptionist? This story was WAY over-hyped.

Its about time the local media exposes STL companies…great job KSDK! For far too long, things have happened with local big businesses that just get glossed over by the local media. I know, I’ve worked at most of them.

KSDK and NBC, for that matter, has turned into a fluffy tabloid show. Their news reporting ranks right down there with the TMZ, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, etc.

KSDK, it was a bogus story; they own the house, they own the boat, they should be able to use it;

AB - a little sensitivity and use of common sense would be appreciated

Lisa Z - such poor reporting but we are used to it

Mike Bush - go back to sports or something else

KSD has become pathetic in stooping to this level of reporting. Someone at the station thinks Fox News is a good role model. How sad is that?!!!!

Haven’t watched 5 for a long time now but might tune in tonight for this comedy piece. Literally the only way this story compares to AIG is if AB’s sales went flat, they closed every brewery except one and that weekend they took the trip. AB’s been a good co for Stl. Bad timing and some bad decisions made the takeover possible. If KSDK tries to make it look like all the execs were partying in the midst of the takeover, they will look foolish.

KSDK once again proves how lame and desperate they are to get viewers. To compare a legitimate business meeting at a company owned facility with AIG is absurd. If they want to write an expose, how about finding out why local TV news in St. Louis is not relevant?

If there are photos, was KSDK actually there? In the Ozarks? In a bar where people drink beer? Sounds like a boondoggle to me, with unsuccessful results and an extreme inappropriate use of company dollars! At lease AB was marketing their product and supporting local businesses. A free beer as a thank you to customers sounds like a very welcome jesture. I think KSDK owes AB an open apology. And, are they even thinking about how their criticism is affecting the travel industry?? Do they realize how many travel and tourism jobs are lost BECAUSE businesses are afraid to hold business meetings anymore? ALOT. And travel&tourism tax dollars are lost also which support St Louis stadiums, theaters, etc. Thanks alot KSDK. How about some positive comments?

Sounds like this was a very “low cost” business meeting for AB. KSDK is just creating bad blood with the brewery. Kuddos to Mr. Peacock…hit them back!

AB-InBev sucks and so does KSDK!

I think Lisa always stretches a mountain out of a mole hill. Give me a break. I think this is a joke. Does she know how much a chartered bus cost? To use the boat to go out to eat is fine with me. Plus, I think who wouldn’t want to work for a company that treats their employee’s well!!!

Just a thought - I think the story was overblown and over-sold. I also think the AB-IB “people” team showed great insensitivity by having a lavish (by Mid-Weswtern standrds) outing at the lake - and for those of you who have never been there, past AB outings were definitely lavish!

What is being missed is that they had to go to the lake to relax while discussing the new “3-year plan” and as the concealed “Joe” said in the news piece - the new 3-year plan involves more layoffs.

AB-IB has LOTS of empty space at Sunset Hills, they could have had the meeting there and had it catered from one of the many local restaurants.

Insensitive is the least you can call it.

Oh no! How can you expect KSDK or the Post to be upheld to some journalistic standard. That’s just crazy talk. They should be able to spout off anything they want with no public critism. This story is crap. If they actually spent a bunch of money and there annual EPS was in the tanker then I could see running this story to inform the shareholders. Other then that, Busch doesn’t owe you or I anything. Get over yourself and find a new job. And next time around, quit being so loyal to your employer. They will replace you in a second if they find a cheaper alternative so just replace them when you can.

Off-site meetings are held all the time by companies all over the US. Yes, this meeting could have been held at a conference room in St. Louis. But the main reason they are off-site is that these people are there to work - in private, away from prying eyes (and ears), uninterrupted. Having been at meetings like this myself, I know there is always someone coming to the door to take someone out for an “emergency” or attendees get hijacked during bio breaks which disrupts the entire process. If these people are off-site, they are much more productive.

…it is pitiful what passes for the media here in St Louis, especially KSDK. Good for A-B defense…they make it!!!

Yep a few years from now it will be “nope did’nt see the brewery closing down in St Louis I guess careless (carlos) cut too much out of a former great employer and they just could’nt survive anymore when all the employees left and the unibrow people lost the manual the former employees wrote before they were screwed, Yeah I watched the lame story with a employee who reconized several if not all the losers in the story who probably still hold up their heads around the brewery, but even their time is short at the former great employer and no the former great employer has’nt taken our tax money yet but there’s still time?

having been a victim of leisa zigman’s over-hyped-under-facted promos, i can completely seeing this as being way blown out of proportion. how this slanderous woman has a job still, who knows? one day all of her lies will come back to get her. it’s called karma.

Why if I worked at the plant I’d be thrilled to give up my job for some opulent trips by management! NOT!!

What’s the purpose of attacking AB for a meeting at the Lake on their own property. Now that KSDK has made it an issue, watch AB pull out of the lake and hurt that economy. It’s always been fun to see the AB employees and distributors at the lake, working and promoting their business and now some mis guided disgruntled ( ex employee ?) person makes it an issue.

Poor judgement on KSDK’s part.

as far taking bail out money…. correct a-b directly did not take bail out money, however citibank and bank of america whom financed the deal did take bailout money that was within one billion dollars of what they lent inbev. so in a way they did take bailout money. the funnything is the U.S. lent these banks money and they lend it to a forigen business to take over and layoff thousands of americans… go figure? drink anything but ABI .

holy moly - What, so now we are going to go after every company that did business with a bailed out bank? Sheesh!
As far as you advising people to drink anything other than ABI products…Way to go!! You just endorsed laying off more people. Are you nuts?

Haha, what a joke KSDK, I cant wait to see how long it takes for that program to be taken off. Like many others have said, start reporting news not making news!

the build-up made it must see tv. the report was as lame as i have ever seen. like a-b or not this was so poorly done on a story that wasn’t one. comparing this to AIG is ludicrous. zigman and nieman were terrible and whomever is responsible for this dribble should be fired. i will never watch a news story on that channel again.

laughing at this: UR completely on target.

I wonder if they demanded net 120 terms for their meals and drinks

MHM, no i am not nuts. the layoffs you talk of are probably already in the works, i do not trust one word out of the brito boys mouth’s. those jobs are already gone, do it now instead of waiting. uniboy and company would sell you if it wasn’t illegal to do so in our country. end the pain now. drink real beer….if not they still have some blue kool aid on the 9th floor. any idea why a-b credit union is probably going to change their name to eagle bank. even though it is not controlled by A-B inbev, and is a seperate company all together.could it be the bad stigma nation wide that the name A-B has with people. when there own employee credit union starts talking name change……get the idea probee” i mean MHM and if your not new god help you.

This is how desperate those morons over KSK are for TV ,they need to fabricate and sensationalize a story without any merit. That’s the reason I don’t watch this channel (5)

Gee, I wonder if KSDK isn’t entertaining any of its customers this baseball season, especially with the All Star Game just two months away!

Yes, the people who are being laid off might not like to hear about this trip to the Lake, but they probably have enjoyed a great lifestyle during their tenure at A-B.

As usual, everything in the world is not either black or white. We need to not let the little issues upset us.

I don’t know who is worse. Lisa Zigman or Mike Owens. Neither one can get a story straight and truthful. When you are in the know about a story and see how poorly it is reported how can we believe anything they report.

I saw the piece in question. What a joke. KSDK seemed proud that they spent 30 days on an “investigation” I could have done in a hour. It is obviously sweeps month. The only reason for airing such twaddle is to rile up the hoosiers so they will tune in.

giant brain, all that works at AB now is hoosier, so ya u are right from these postings the hoosiers are either at the lake or at#1 busch place posting. drink non abi beer. oh Deirberg’s miller beer end isle display has sold way more than the A-B end isle accourding to the dierberg employee that was stocking other goodies for this weekend…. wow …

Why don’t the babies here who don’t understand how a business works raise hell about Frannie and Freddie Bailouts. Istead of crabbing about a company who is in good financial standings. I’m sure you’ll say I was pissed about that too. Well do something call your state representatives and tell them your pissed and that unless someone is held accountable you will not be voting for them or any of their scumbag friends.

KSDK ought to be covering stories like the success of its local musicians instead of slamming the only remaining big business left in the area.