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10.16.2009 8:51 pm

Marin Institute attacks “big beer,” calls for new regulation; Amidst attack on brewers, group embraces beer distributors

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Marin Institute, a longtime critic of the alcohol industry, dropped a “bombshell” report this week criticizing Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, the two largest brewers in the U.S. The report called beer “the most widely used drug in America” and urged the Obama…

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09.22.2009 9:41 am

Can beer prices keep going up? Should they?

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If they pay attention, statisticians and humble beer drinkers might notice something interesting these days. Prices for a lot of everyday items like produce and dairy seem to be hanging steady or falling in this recession.…

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09.21.2009 9:37 am

Sales of imported beers keep dropping; “No bright spots”

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The bad times continue for imported beer, those fancy, (generally) expensive brews from places like Mexico, the Netherlands and Germany.

The Washington-based Beer Institute released figures showing that imported beer shipments were down more than 8 percent in July,…

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09.21.2009 9:32 am

Big brewers’ media spending up for first half of year

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Trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights found some interesting nuggets in the advertising budgets of America’s two biggest brewers.

After jumping mainstream media spending by 18 percent in the first quarter, Anheuser-Busch InBev “dialed back” in the second quarter. In…

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09.21.2009 9:31 am

Global brewers sell less beer; Share prices go up. How’s that, again?

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Most top global brewers are selling less beer these days. But the big companies’ share prices have mostly gone up in recent months. What gives?

Trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights has an interesting item on this odd dynamic. Global brewers’ revenues and…

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09.02.2009 9:30 am

Post-InBev, where did August Busch IV go?

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This is for any Lager Heads readers who missed our story in the Post-Dispatch on Sunday. We wanted to know: Where is August Busch IV, the former CEO of Anheuser-Busch? Ever since InBev took over Anheuser-Busch, Busch has been flying…

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08.17.2009 11:35 am

Is Anheuser-Busch a “copycat”? You decide.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reporter’s note: This is for all you lager heads out there who didn’t see the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday. Enjoy!

After word leaked out recently that Anheuser-Busch was getting ready to test-market a new beer called Select 55 - billed as “the world’s…

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08.14.2009 11:43 am

Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo seeks $2.5 billion from Anheuser-Busch; Arbitration going down in New York this month

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo is trying to get $2.5 billion in damages from Anheuser-Busch stemming from InBev’s takeover of America’s biggest brewer. Arbitration proceedings are scheduled for this month in New York.

That juicy tidbit comes courtesy of Anheuser-Busch InBev, which disclosed a…

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08.10.2009 9:59 am

Updated: Bud Light to get big marketing push as sales drop

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Anheuser-Busch is planning a marketing blitz behind Bud Light for the rest of the summer to counter a decline in the biggest U.S. beer brand.

Beginning this month, spending to support…

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08.07.2009 2:29 pm

Are brewers ambivalent about cheap beer?

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We’ve got a little more perspective to flesh out our story about how Natural Light’s advertising has gone national, hitting cable channels like Comedy Central, Spike and Versus that attract that all-important young male demographic.

One reason…

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