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We are working on a number of stories about the one-year anniversary of the creation of Anheuser-Busch InBev. As of Nov. 18, we will have seen one year of the world’s biggest brewer. We are still sifting through all…

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Last year, the national conference of the National Beer Wholesalers Association was “more angst-fest than beer-fest,” in the words of one Wall Street analyst. That made sense: Beer middlemen were preoccupied with their evaporating wealth and nervously…

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It’s a bit of a David and Goliath story. A little brewery that labors in the backyard of Anheuser-Busch has now pulled off a bit of a coup, thanks to…who else? Anheuser-Busch’s independent salesmen.

O’Fallon Brewery, a little…

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The question has been simmering for months: Will Anheuser-Busch InBev try to streamline its sprawling network of U.S. beer distributors as it prowls for cost savings?

On Wednesday, an analyst’s take on the issue heightened the discussion…

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Lager Heads wouldn’t have expected the top honchos of the National Beer Wholesalers Association to be big fans of tighter regulations. But NBWA President Craig Purser are chairman Phil Terry are full of surprises.

Both men issued a challenge…

A new law in New York is designed to increase recycling and pad the state’s coffers. But the law is making no friends in the brewing community. In fact, it has caused one of the most fascinating pieces of beer news we’ve…

Keith Levy, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of marketing, is assembling what he calls “a diverse team of talented leaders” who will make up the A-B marketing team as the company is integrated into InBev of Belgium. Lager Heads has obtained the new line-up,…

With InBev executives moving into the offices of Anheuser-Busch, now might be the time to wonder: What about the distributors?

Anheuser-Busch gets its beer to stores, bars and clubs by selling it to a network of hundreds of distributors, who…

Meeting with wholesalers in Las Vegas last week, Anheuser-Busch executives tried to stoke the intangibles that drive a sales team. The meeting with the company’s key middlemen was positive, said Dave Peacock, the company’s vice president of marketing. Dave, who will become president…