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07.14.2008 11:00 am

What some of the bloggers are saying about A-B/InBev

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s some of the highlights from the blogosphere post announcement of the A-B takever by InBev. Updates to the feed from here.

Anheuser-Busch InBev

The board of Anheuser-Busch, the USA’s biggest brewer, has accepted InBev’s latest $25bn* takeover offer. Although this is a straight acquisition by the Belgian company - as opposed to a merger between the two - the combined company … (Staunch’s Beer Blog)

how will inbev turn bud global?

“There are meaningful revenue opportunities through expansion of Budweiser on a global scale: InBev is the number one brewer in 10 markets where Budweiser has a very limited presence, and has a superior footprint in nine markets where … (influxbranding)

The InBev takeover: The sun rises on the world’s largest beer

Well, if any of the big companies decide to get into bed with Anheuser-Busch InBev then choice will be so drastically reduced for so many licensees - not to mention consumers - that it could set back the progress of local, regional and … (What’s On Tap)

The view of the InBev-AB takeover from St. Louis

If the InBev -Anheuser-Busch merger interests you, the best place to go on the Web is the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Readers are telling the newspaper they don’t like the takeover by a Belgium company There’sa lot of concern for the future …

kopper: So if you think the cultural makeup of St. Louis’ won’t change in the wake of the InBev/A-B buyout, then you’re more optimistic than most!

MariaPerotti: wow. AB sold to InBev. It’s the end of an era

Bogeze: Only good thing about InBev taking over Anheuser Busch is I should be able to get Leffe (Belgian Beer). I had some in Paris and it is Great!

stephy304: While I get WHY A-B sold out to InBev, it still sucks! And boycotting A-B is only going to make it worse!

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— Joe
11:33 am July 14th, 2008

Indeed. Thanks for adding that.

— Kurt Greenbaum
12:38 pm July 14th, 2008

I will not be drinking Bud anymore. It is no longer an American company. I buy American. Let InBev’s latest purchase loose 75% of it’s original value then buy it back - that’s the American way - join me, my fellow Bud men.

— Hocko
12:41 pm July 14th, 2008

Here’s an rss from St. Louis-area bloggers: http://www.blognetnews.com/stlouismo/search.php?media=rss&rss_query=busch

You can also go to http://www.blognetnews.com/feedcentral and have that turned into a widget, an email alert or have the feed set up to be delivered to your phone.

— Dave Mastio
12:45 pm July 14th, 2008

The Belgians are coming! The Belgians are coming! Hide the Clydesdales!

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/the-belgians-are-coming-the-belgians-are-coming/

— Mike Licht
1:14 pm July 14th, 2008

Nobody likes this AB sale to InBev and none of us can do anything about it. What we can do is not turn the new folks into something eveli because, maybe they aren’t! Let work with them to find out if indeed they are evel or not. Maybe AB didn’t run such a tight ship after all. Or, maybe AB did a splendid job and we’ll find that out too. Lets not make these new people hate us because they have no compelling reason anymore to uphold anything that we have come to hold near and dear to our hearts. It’s over and it ain’t ever coming back. Nothing lasts forever. Lets make the absolute best of this we can and good things will happen.

— greglpc
5:22 pm July 15th, 2008

Belgium is the best thing that ever happened to AB. In the world of beer all over the world, Busch and Bud Lite and Budweiser are the SAME THING. In the world of InBev, the lite beer is Stella Artois. YEAH BABY! Yell it out, just like in Streetcar named Desire. STELLA! Then learn to drink it, and wean yourselves off of the training wheel beers. But we can keep AB, that is, if anybody out there thinks Clamato is a good idea. andy t, texas

— andyt from texas
9:16 pm July 15th, 2008

A boycott will NOT make it worse. A boycott shows our loyalty to AMERICA and our desire to support AMERICA with our money. The employees will be hurt, but new workers will be created by buying from an AMERICAN company, and we will be much better off in the long run. Open your eyes, people. Every time you buy a Bud from now on, you will be sending American dollars to another country. Is that what we want? I don’t know about you, but I’d rather spend a few more dollars and buy Sam Adams Light, thank you very much.

— John
11:54 am July 17th, 2008

Boycott, won’t happen! Just ask General Motors.

— jerry
7:44 pm July 17th, 2008

Finally the people in the Lou will have the opportunity to be enlightened on what good beer taste like or will they prefer to remain Light-headed?

— LouLight
2:30 pm August 4th, 2008