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11.12.2009 8:40 pm

Eavesdropping on an interview with Molson Coors’ top lawyer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Yeah, we know…this is a blog about beer, not about lawyers. But we couldn’t resist passing along this story about Molson Coors Brewing’s chief legal officer, Sam Walker. It caught our eye and is a fascinating look…

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11.04.2009 1:12 pm

MillerCoors’ profits, revenue rise; Anheuser-Busch InBev not the only one cutting costs

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MillerCoors‘ third-quarter profit rose 37 percent as cost cuts and strengthened sales of the company’s cheaper beers helped buoy the brewer’s profits, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

It’s a fascinating look at how well Anheuser-Busch InBev’s toughest…

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09.24.2009 5:33 pm

MillerCoors throws NASCAR challenge at Anheuser-Busch

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We can always count on MillerCoors, the Chicago-based competitor to Anheuser-Busch, to periodically aim feisty and creative challenges at its much larger rival. They are entertaining.

The latest challenge seems to be in the service of free…

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09.22.2009 9:42 am

Saddle up: How MillerCoors uses its sponsorship of the Dallas Cowboys

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Chicago-based MillerCoors has found innovative ways to make its mark at the Dallas Cowboys‘ new football palace, according to CNBC reporter Darren Rovell.

“The most talked about part of the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium is of course the…

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09.09.2009 9:36 am

Did Bud Light take Budweiser down?

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Did Bud Light hurt Budweiser? Advertising Age contributor Al Ries thinks so.

Ries recently penned a fascinating and provocative article in Ad Age about how - as he sees it - brand extensions are a bad idea. The article is entitled: “Slowly But…

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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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08.13.2009 8:36 pm

MillerCoors CEO says “we are writing beer history”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Crain’s Chicago Business has a fascinating profile of Leo Kiely, the feisty chief executive of Chicago-based MillerCoors. Kiely has an extremely interesting job: taking on Anheuser-Busch in the U.S.

Reporter…

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08.03.2009 1:26 pm

MillerCoors, one year later: Cost savings on track, market share hanging steady

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One year after the joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors shook the beer-making world, the merger has achieved efficiencies that have surpassed goals set by company leaders, the Denver Business Journal reports.

The joint venture, which became official…

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07.29.2009 1:35 pm

Obama to drink Bud Light with Harvard professor, Mass. police officer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President Barack Obama will have Bud Light, America’s bestselling beer and a mainstay of Anheuser-Busch InBev, when he hosts an old friend and the police officer who arrested him. From the Bloomberg story:

Obama has picked the top-selling beer in the U.S.…

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06.30.2009 2:34 pm

MillerCoors hires new vice president of Coors brands

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MillerCoors, the Chicago-based competitor to Anheuser-Busch, has hired a soft drink executive to lead the company’s Coors Light and Coors Banquet brands. (Hat tip to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, story here.)

Rick Gomez most recently worked at PepsiCo as vice president of marketing waters,…

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