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mikekilian1947
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Location: St Louis MO
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| J.Shaft wrote: | | I always find it funny when something like this stirs up the protectionist in everyone... If you are a PUBICLY TRADED company, there is no reason that anyone ANYWHERE can't buy your stock. Currently I'm sure stocks in A-B are held by people across the whole world. What you have to ask yourself is this.... WHAT WILL THIS CHANGE? The answer.... NOTHING! |
That's not necessarily true. Here in St Louis, AB donates about $13 Million towards various charities. InBev won't regardless of what they might say in the press. InBev has also said they would need to trim $1.4 billion from the bottom line. That will change a lot insofar as the corporate offices and brewery are concerned, lots of people will lose their jobs.
| J.Shaft wrote: | | Big company's buy up smaller companies all the time... regardless of country/race/religion.. this is all about business. |
That's true and a sign of the times -- I just don't like it.
| J.Shaft wrote: | What big company's like InBev are doing isn't about wanting the "Bud" brand, so much as it is about wanting to establish a better network for distribution and marketing of all their products.
When the major Canadian beer companies were bought out, everyone up here was up in arms... "how could we lose our iconic beer brands!" But guess what has followed?? Those beers are still being brewed and are still top sellers. |
Again, you're probably correct. Also, I don't know the details of government involvement in the brewing process in Canada. It would not make sense, IMHO, for InBev to change anything in the brewing process, BUT they will look for ways to trim costs there too -- you never know. I know what American Airlines said when the bought TWA here and the actual outcome is much worse than what AA lead us to believe.
| J.Shaft wrote: | always been brewed "under license" by Molson or Labatt or Sleeman for all sorts of other names. Stroh's, Coors, Bud, Sapporo, and a million others are just brewed locally by the big brewery's with their excess capacity and the company's save thousands on freight.
Welcome to Economics 101... good or bad, company's can't say "we're public" but then cry when someone wants to buy them. |
True. The company can't "cry" (don't think AB is) but they can show stockholders why maintaining control is important or more importantly, profitable. Bottom line, the shareholders will make the decision, but I disagree that nothing will change.
Mike
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Wayno
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You are all welcome to keep your Bud  here in the UK and across most of Europe we have some of the finest beers we could ever wish for. That said, there are still more than a few this side of the pond that find pleasure in drinking Bud, I think it is for those that don't like the taste of beer 
I'll stick with a bottle of Wychwood Breweries Hobgoblin 
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