InBev’s Brito explains move on Anheuser-Busch; no way is this “friendly,” says analyst
On Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch commentary page — read it here — InBev Chief Executive Carlos Brito lays out his Belgian company’s reasons for wanting to buy Anheuser-Busch. He assures St. Louisans that the flagship A-B brewery would stay open, that InBev would maintain Grant’s Farm as a major local tourist attraction, that the Clydesdales would remain a key element of the identity of the Budweiser brand and that the company would continue to be civicly engaged.
On the same page, Milwakuee-based investment analyst William W. McGinnis notes what another great American beer city has experienced as a result of the sale and resale and resale of Miller Brewing. Whatever else InBev is doing, McGinnis explains in detail, its attempt to buy A-B here is anything but friendly. And the A-B board has its work cut out for it.
Eric Mink was the commentary editor and an oped columnist for the Post-Dispatch from 2003 until January 2009. Before that, he was television critic at the New York Daily News and at the Post-Dispatch. During the 1980s and '90s, he also was a morning show regular on the various St. Louis radio stations that employed J.C. Corcoran. Mink was born in St. Louis in the previous century and hopes subsequent generations aren't too ticked off about it. He is proud to be a member of the University City High School Hall of Fame and makes no apologies for being what is known in the pet trade as "a cat person." 
How is Shotz Brewing doing in Milwaukee? Could they be a target for AB? Eric, didn’t you used to cover that beat?
Schlamiel, schlamazel, hassenpfeffer incorporated!!
Seriously, though, I woudn’t believe anything that this guy says. My gut tells me that they won’t have much interest in anything not beer related, and that the entertainment wing of AB would be spun off.
This brings to mind the brewery workers who are driving foreign cars and laughing when the Germans bought Chrysler. I had one keep telling me how the Germans were going to @#$%#@$ me. Maybe they can go to work for Daimler when they get laid off.