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11.20.2009 12:39 pm

Will Bud family “megabranding” backfire on Anheuser-Busch?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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About 18 months ago, Anheuser-Busch executives started publicly touting a new strategy to boost sales and profits: Adding new line extensions to Bud Light and Budweiser. Each big beer would be the main component of a “megabrand.”…

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10.15.2009 6:48 pm

Bud Light Golden Wheat to have big presence on Saturday Night Live

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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So a funny thing happened on the way to taping this week’s Saturday Night Live. Anheuser-Busch went and bought all the national commercials within the broadcast.

Yep, all of them. That means that Anheuser-Busch is going to hit viewers with…

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09.29.2009 10:06 am

Does Bud Light Golden Wheat have desirability?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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We will be out of the country early next month, so unfortunately we will miss what promises to be one of the biggest beer launches of the year: Anheuser-Busch’s Oct. 5 nationwide launch of Bud Light…

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09.09.2009 9:32 am

Bud Light Golden Wheat gets set to go nationwide

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Last month, I called Grey Eagle Distributors, the St. Louis County wholesaler for Anheuser-Busch beers, asking about the newest addition to A-B’s roster: Bud Light Golden Wheat. Dave Berkbigler, brand development manager at the big wholesale house, invited…

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08.10.2009 10:59 am

Anheuser-Busch plans big launch for Bud Light Golden Wheat

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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It’s been kind of quiet recently on the wheat beer front here at Lager Heads, since we broke the news of the existence of Bud Light Golden Wheat.…

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08.03.2009 12:39 pm

Anheuser-Busch’s smaller brands post spotty results

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights has a fascinating item this week about Anheuser-Busch’s new and recently-acquired brands. Beyond the headlines and the big brands, there are pretty spotty results for A-B’s quieter brands.

Alert readers may know Budweiser and Bud Light are struggling…

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06.10.2009 3:00 pm

Anheuser-Busch to launch Bud Light Golden Wheat this year

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s been a whole 13 months since Anheuser-Busch rolled out Bud Light Lime. The citrus-flavored brew, a brand extension to A-B’s bestselling beer, quickly became the beer industry’s most successful new product in recent memory.

But come on, guys! This blog has…

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05.21.2009 5:27 pm

Thanks to Lager Heads readers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Many thanks to all the readers who weighed in on Lager Heads‘ recent posts regarding KSDK’s story on Anheuser-Busch. We appreciate the advice, criticism, attaboys…whatever. And thanks also for bearing with us when we published a bit of blunt opinion regarding…

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