The rumors are flying: SABMiller of London, the world’s second-largest brewer, is reportedly in talks to buy the beer business of Mexican brewer FEMSA (parent company of Tecate and Dos Equis) for perhaps a cool $9 billion.

That would set up…

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A major showdown is shaping up south of the border in Mexico. With the second-largest Mexican brewery considering selling out, SABMiller of London may take a swing at it. For SABMiller, not long removed from being…

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Interesting news on the foreign beer front. Imports of beer into the U.S. have been dropping like a rock this year as drinkers pinch pennies and…

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Just how bad is the environment for imported beer these days? Bad. Yes, consumers still think the beers are high-quality. But they seem dern expensive in this limp economy. That’s the problem.

The numbers, please, my dear…

Mexico’s biggest brewer has been a little quiet recently, or at least it seems that way as Anheuser-Busch InBev makes news from St. Louis to Brussels. But down across our southern border, the action at Grupo Modelo, brewer of Corona, are starting to…