The purchase of A-B is unfortunate. The perfect storm of circumstances allowed this to happen, no one factor is to blame. It is appropriate for St. Louisans to mourn the loss of A-B’s independence and express concern for the future. It is also essential for St. Louisans to continue to support the new A-B which, even with job cuts, will continue to employ thousands of local area residents and will continue to brew Budweiser in our own backyard. The new company will be a good deal for St. Louis if, and only if, we embrace it.

Oh, with the loss of the big dollar salaries, the liklihood the Rams and Blues survive in STL is in real jeaoprdy long-term. The big dollar jobs go, the low level cutomer support jobs move in and their you go. I love hockey, at the Savvis, the lower bowl was totally empty with hardly any corporate butts in seats. The more these jobs go, the more likely only baseball survives in STL. Sports today are real business and run by some greedy hungry billionaires. No corportions no team it’s that simple. STL is a nice town, I hope the mind set changes, the upside potential of STL is huuuge, many assets like the parks and cultural attractions, don’t let them go to piss (Bud is Clyesdale Piss anyway), they are jewels.

Listen up hillbillies: There is not one item of property you own that is not foreign made. From your terrible China-made kids toys to the cheap walmart am/fm receivers and sub-woofers in your mazada pick-ups. This isn’t 1958. It’s 2008. Stop calling the kettle black and realize the true problem; we should stop whining when our companies get bought out on a weak US Dollar and start asking why our economy has gotten to such a poor state that flagship US-owned companies are consumed by Euro-giants.

True American has now become Coors. Deal with it.

Also, InBev is a lean mean machine and folks trust me, Mr Brito has earned his name as the butcher of Wall St, the cuts will be huge and deep, this is the way it goes. So many things we own today are from all over, heck my neighbors Saturn Vue has a Honnda engine in it, and we all remeber the Saturn commercials from way back when touting we are an American car company…blah blah. When the cuts hit they will hit hard, the Admin positions and Marketing positions are gonna get whacked, the blue collar jobs should remain pretty solid though as long as people embrace the product.InBev does not like organized labor so that should be intersting to watch since STL is no longer a strong union town like it once was. For years AB’s market share was sinking, and trying to push “Mich Ultra Lime” is not a way to increase shareholder value, no one drinks that shiit anyway. You folks may love your AB, but did you know that you folks paid the highest prices in the country for AB products? It’s true so if you thing the Busch’s care about you, thr hometown crowd, ask them why STL paid on average 28% more for the products versus most everyone else? It’s the blind trying to lead the blind.

Go ahead, St. Louis – stay in the denial you’re so good at.
Say goodbye to the parks, the zoo, the gardens, the community centers, the museums, the symphony, the theatres, and all of the wonderful things that AB helped fund, keeping this city barely afloat – there won’t be a swift, fatal blow – it will be a slow bleed. And eventually say goodbye to the brewery. Playing nice will be the name of the game…for awhile…

You’ll get mad at me because you know it’s true.

The King is Dead.
So is the city.

Happiest day of my life is when I moved away.

REALLY GUYS, ITS JUST BEER…. I MEAN IF IT MEANS TAT MUCH TO YOU THEN HEAD OVER TO MILLER AND COORS. THEY TASTE BETTER ANYWAY. BESIDE THERE ARE MUCH BIGGER CAUSES TO BE WORRIED ABOUT BESIDE A COMPANY WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN BREAKING UP FAMILIES TO TO ALCOHOLISM. SO GOOD BYE KING AND ENJOY YOUR MONEY, YOUR WERE ONLY WORTH ABOUT 48 BUCKS A SHARE ANYWAY…

St. Louis ceased to be relevant a generation ago. The loss of AB, while tragic, is just another chapter in the decline of a once great American city. But if you’re looking for someone/something to blame for this particular chapter, look no further than the Bush Administration. Its policies, eg, Irag and dependence on foreign oil, have so devalued the dollar that when the Europeans come shopping we look like a flea market– bargains everywhere.

This is a sad day for America. This goes to show that we will sell our children for the right price. What will $5 a share get anybody? To see a significant difference you would have to already be rich. Another question is why didn’t Anheuser buy Inbev? They are relatively the same size company. In five years there will be half the breweries in the states as there are now. Somebody call Dubai, I hear Neveda is for sale.

“carlos” I am going to cut to the chase….you are full of crapola. Chicago loop? Really???? Do you honestly think Brito is shopping for more real estate in the US of A ???? Leased or not. He will have so much real estate between breweries, offices, parks, vacation spots etc he can already choke. Convenience is NOT his middle name. So I am going to go out on a limb and say that there is PLENTY of office space in the U.S where the many breweries reside that Brito can take up residence. The “Donald” is already choking as we speak on his brillance in building a hotel/condo/rental/luxury etc property at Wacker and Michigan.

I am partially with you on your 2nd to last post. Sports is nonsense and the prices are NUTS. Sports rely upon a lot of corporate dollars to buy the luxury craziness that exist.
Hopefully this is a rude awakening to the city. WAKE UP, it is slipping out of your hands. Ballpark village (tax $$$ taken and ran) Lazy, useless part time CITY aldermen asking for GAS money is laughable. One said it was “cump change”. Hmmmm gas money for someone that drives maybe 5 miles round trip a few times a month and needs money to fill up his cadillac (he stated it on TV) VS. schools, business, infrastructure, mass transit (laughable) bridges etc. Yeah, get some people in the city that will boot out all of the craziness and do what is right. Take it head on….a few years it will all look great.

Now, enter Brito……..(the real one) you can make it look great too.

Carlos,
You spoke some truth. I left the Lou for Greener pastures some time ago. One thing though…
Compared to the East Coast Chicago is, and is well-known to be a cow town.