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Anheuser-Busch Approves Takeover by InBev

posted July 13, 2008 - 10:40pm
Anheuser-Busch Approves Takeover by InBev

How do you say "This Bud's for you" in Flemish? Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud and Bud Light, has said yes to being taken over by its suitor, the Belgian-Brazilian brewing conglomerate. InBev will pay close to $50 million to acquire AB.

AB had been cool to InBev's interest at first, but when InBev sweetened its price tag from $65 to $70 a share, AB decided to sell, apparently realizing it had few options.

The new company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, and it will be the largest brewer in the world. Apparently some U.S. politicians are upset about the AB being taken over by a foreign firm. But considering that InBev's other brands including Stella Artois and Beck's, maybe InBev can do something to improve Bud's famous watery consistency and lack of taste (it would be hard to make it worse, in my opinion).

Author: Idlewild
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Profits for Who?

mythman - Mon, 2008-21-7 9:19 pm
I ~really want~ to believe that Anheiser-Busch only allowed the take over because they saw that the new company had plans that would inevitably improve the consumers' experience; but I've also been encanted with enough consumer-skepticism to know that the administrators were probably placated with enough money to let their watchful eyes get tired more often than ideal. Uncle MythMan---His Mission? http://www.xomba.com/the_new_mythman_plan ----------P.S. Heavenly HotGirl33705 knows that YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY HERE! but you can let people grant you great wealth! Search around to find out how! ---Write-in Elizabeth Kucinich!

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American Beers

Freeseo - Sat, 2008-19-7 11:27 pm
The reason they are so popular (Miller, Bud, etc.) is that they are priced for and marketed toward the working class. They are all fairly tasteless...At the risk of sounding "un-American" to some extreme conservative freaks, I wrote a short byte about my opinion on the subject.>> Beer is Proof that God Loves Us... The Great American Micro-Brewery Co. The Beer Machine, Model 2000 + Brewry Bottling Kit BEER IS PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY T-Shirt - 100% Fine Jersey Combed Cotton Unisex T-Shirt - Sweat Shop Free

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Plus 1

Darrell Curts - Sat, 2008-19-7 6:06 pm
Plus one just for that comment. Otherwise I could give a crap. Augie Busch goes for the big pay day - big surprise! What happens to the Theme Parks?

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Takeovers and taste

Idlewild - Sat, 2008-19-7 10:06 am
Sometimes when a company gets taken over by a bigger company, the product quality suffers. Though in the case of Bud and Bud Light, I don't see how they could taste much worse than they already do.

BUD LIGHT is Like Making Love in a Canoe

coelacanth6 - Sat, 2008-19-7 9:44 am
It's F@#&$ing Close to Water...

will help...

loki3 - Sat, 2008-19-7 12:47 am
Takeovers willhelp companies to move towards profits almost often...

Weasel piss and chicken in every pot--

Idlewild - Thu, 2008-17-7 2:08 pm
That should be some politician's campaign promise!

Tomato juice and beer

Idlewild - Wed, 2008-16-7 2:18 pm
Good to keep Bud and Coke an either/or proposition... I definitely would not want a Bud AND a Coke. On a somewhat related note, when I was in Guatemala a few years ago some locals I was visiting drank tomato juice in their beer. Maybe a nod to the virgin-born blood or something? Or just mixing what they happened to have on hand (a kind of "love the one you're with" approach to drinking).

When You've Tasted the Virgin-Born's Blood, ...

mythman - Wed, 2008-16-7 2:01 pm
... EVERTHING ELSE is weasel-piss and chicken! Uncle MythMan---His Mission? http://www.xomba.com/the_new_mythman_plan ----------P.S. Heavenly HotGirl33705 knows that YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY HERE! but you can let people grant you great wealth! Search around to find out how! ---Write-in Elizabeth Kucinich!

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But "Bud" Is the Universal Mantra, Like "Coke"

mythman - Wed, 2008-16-7 1:58 pm
In fact, were it not for the prohibitionary upbringing of many Americans, "a Bud or a Coke?" would commonly echo from most drinking-hosts halls. Uncle MythMan---His Mission? http://www.xomba.com/the_new_mythman_plan ----------P.S. Heavenly HotGirl33705 knows that YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY HERE! but you can let people grant you great wealth! Search around to find out how! ---Write-in Elizabeth Kucinich!

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