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We spent a fun morning on Wednesday with Pete Kraemer, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of supply. Kraemer and about 300 other A-B staffers were out and about, canvassing grocery stores and other retail outlets to see how…

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Anheuser-Busch InBev has received only one bid for its central and eastern European operations - from CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group, the Financial Times is reporting. The paucity of bids throws the auction into doubt, the newspaper…

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The latest corporate responsibility report from InBev is fascinating stuff. The brewer supplies data about how it is reducing water use, instituting responsible drinking programs and donating to worthy causes.

Few would argue that InBev, the notoriously tough-minded…

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This news comes courtesy of Reuters: Anheuser-Busch InBev is considering divesting its central European operations involving 11 breweries in seven countries. The wire service worked off a story from Belgian newspaper Le Soir.

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Sure, they’re a little arcane and obscure, those closed-door negotiations in the U.S. Congress over how to pay for a proposed health care overhaul. But you can bet that the beer industry is paying attention.…

Anheuser-Busch is touting an effort to “unleash the creativity and caring” of its employees by sending them out to clean up their communities, encourage recycling and compete with each other to find ways to conserve natural resources. (Today is World Environment…

There is a fascinating post today over at the Downtown St. Louis Business blog: A rough proposal for a “microbrewery incubator” that would help small breweries develop their businesses. The incubator in downtown St. Louis could have bulk warehouse space for production, packaging and…