InBev purchases Anheuser-Bush

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Keep the profit at home, do not buy these products any more.

Sam Adams it is (Not that I purchased many A-B products anyway).

 

[BoomerD]

I'm much more likely to drink a Stella Artois or a Becks than I am a Bud, so in that respect, I don't care one way or another about the sale, HOWEVER, I've always been against the foreign ownership of any US business, land, property, or whatever. THAT part of this sale bothers me. There was a long thread on one of the reef sites about this, and the OP was claiming that the sale will probably cancel Budweiser's involvement (and funding) in/with civic activities. I do NOT know if he's right, or merely falling for the FUD that accompanies such a sale to a foreign owner.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Keep the profit at home, do not buy these products any more.

Did Anheuser-Bush buy "American" ingredients and use "American" labor to make their products?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: spidey07
Keep the profit at home, do not buy these products any more.

Did Anheuser-Bush buy "American" ingredients and use "American" labor to make their products?

Not sure but they sure as hell have a huuuuge fucking plant in Newark, NJ right by the airport and headquarters in St. Louis so they sure as hell have quite a few "American" laborers.

Now on to more important discussion - will Bud Light be cheaper?

 

[K1052]

It is the management's fault for making themselves an attractive acquisition target when the board/family doesn't retain enough ownership to heavily influence the fate of the company.

Honestly, I can't even remember the last time I had an A-B product.

 

[Vonkhan]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
HOWEVER, I've always been against the foreign ownership of any US business, land, property, or whatever. THAT part of this sale bothers me.

lol wut?

 

[preslove]

Good. Now maybe inbev beers will be more available for cheaper in the US. I doubt there will be considerable layoffs.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Josh
Now on to more important discussion - will Bud Light be cheaper?

No, every component that goes into making beer is getting more expensive

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Vonkhan

Originally posted by: BoomerD
HOWEVER, I've always been against the foreign ownership of any US business, land, property, or whatever. THAT part of this sale bothers me.

lol wut?

No speaking English?

 

[allisolm]

Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

They still make Lowenbrau??? guess it's just not distributed in the US any more, hasn't been for probably 8 years I guess good stuff

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

They still make Lowenbrau??? guess it's just not distributed in the US any more, hasn't been for probably 8 years I guess good stuff

??? I see iLowenbrau at the store all the time

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
meh..Anheuser-Bush made crappy beer anyways.

Agreed.

Besides, if you guys are all bent out of shape about it, buy a true local microbrew, those things are everywhere now, are typically better than the big-brew crap, and you are doing a better job of suporting your community by purchasing their beer.

KT

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

They still make Lowenbrau??? guess it's just not distributed in the US any more, hasn't been for probably 8 years I guess good stuff

??? I see iLowenbrau at the store all the time

bah, crazy liquor/beer distribution laws/rules... guess its the same reason we don't get yuengling or boulevard here either...

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

And now it's probably going to be BREWED by AB breweries, instead of imported. Also, I'm sure Stella is going to be more heavily pushed than before.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

That's fine. The question is where to keep the profit.

We need to keep the profits IN AMERICA. Even with those being imported the profit stayed with an American company.

So I'm never going to buy bud again and unfortunately will have to strike all those beers (they look like a lot of inbev brands anyway) off the list as well. Sam Adams it is.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

That's fine. The question is where to keep the profit.

We need to keep the profits IN AMERICA. Even with those being imported the profit stayed with an American company.

So I'm never going to buy bud again and unfortunately will have to strike all those beers (they look like a lot of inbev brands anyway) off the list as well. Sam Adams it is.

This thinking always kind of annoyed me. There's still thousands of US employees getting paid to make it and deliver it. There's still tens of thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores, ect that make money off of selling it. And people in the US can still enjoy it. I guess I'd rather see it that way than say...having Ford still be "based" in America but have all manufacturing done in Mexico or elsewhere. I don't really care about the profits so much as the jobs that it produces. I couldn't give two shits about some middle management sitting in an office collecting $250,00k + stock options and a CEO making 10+ million and a golden parachute to jump with.

 

[nonameo]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

That's fine. The question is where to keep the profit.

We need to keep the profits IN AMERICA. Even with those being imported the profit stayed with an American company.

So I'm never going to buy bud again and unfortunately will have to strike all those beers (they look like a lot of inbev brands anyway) off the list as well. Sam Adams it is.

This thinking always kind of annoyed me. There's still thousands of US employees getting paid to make it and deliver it. There's still tens of thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores, ect that make money off of selling it. And people in the US can still enjoy it. I guess I'd rather see it that way than say...having Ford still be "based" in America but have all manufacturing done in Mexico or elsewhere. I don't really care about the profits so much as the jobs that it produces. I couldn't give two shits about some middle management sitting in an office collecting $250,00k + stock options and a CEO making 10+ million and a golden parachute to jump with.

Thank you for saving a little bit of typing for me.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

That's fine. The question is where to keep the profit.

We need to keep the profits IN AMERICA. Even with those being imported the profit stayed with an American company.

So I'm never going to buy bud again and unfortunately will have to strike all those beers (they look like a lot of inbev brands anyway) off the list as well. Sam Adams it is.

This thinking always kind of annoyed me. There's still thousands of US employees getting paid to make it and deliver it. There's still tens of thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores, ect that make money off of selling it. And people in the US can still enjoy it. I guess I'd rather see it that way than say...having Ford still be "based" in America but have all manufacturing done in Mexico or elsewhere. I don't really care about the profits so much as the jobs that it produces. I couldn't give two shits about some middle management sitting in an office collecting $250,00k + stock options and a CEO making 10+ million and a golden parachute to jump with.

Jobs will be lost and money will flow out of America. That is NOT a good thing, it is a bad thing.

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

They still make Lowenbrau??? guess it's just not distributed in the US any more, hasn't been for probably 8 years I guess good stuff

??? I see iLowenbrau at the store all the time

Yeah, I haven't seen it around here (Southern California) in a while either, I used to drink Lowenbrau almost exclusively.

I am not sure if I would like it more than what I drink now though.

 

[mcmilljb]

Originally posted by: Baked
Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company) is American damn it!

:beer:

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
meh..Anheuser-Bush made crappy beer anyways.

Agreed.

Besides, if you guys are all bent out of shape about it, buy a true local microbrew, those things are everywhere now, are typically better than the big-brew crap, and you are doing a better job of suporting your community by purchasing their beer.

KT

Very true...though it's always funny to me when I hear someone ask "which one is like Coors/Miller/Bud?"

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: allisolm
Interesting to note the beers that Anheuser-Busch ALREADY imports and distributes:

Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden,Stella Artois, Kirin, Tiger, Grolsch, Lowenbrau, and others.

That's fine. The question is where to keep the profit.

We need to keep the profits IN AMERICA. Even with those being imported the profit stayed with an American company.

So I'm never going to buy bud again and unfortunately will have to strike all those beers (they look like a lot of inbev brands anyway) off the list as well. Sam Adams it is.

This thinking always kind of annoyed me. There's still thousands of US employees getting paid to make it and deliver it. There's still tens of thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores, ect that make money off of selling it. And people in the US can still enjoy it. I guess I'd rather see it that way than say...having Ford still be "based" in America but have all manufacturing done in Mexico or elsewhere. I don't really care about the profits so much as the jobs that it produces. I couldn't give two shits about some middle management sitting in an office collecting $250,00k + stock options and a CEO making 10+ million and a golden parachute to jump with.

Jobs will be lost and money will flow out of America. That is NOT a good thing, it is a bad thing.

From what I remember hearing on NPR, there were not any layoffs or Brewery closures planned as a result of this deal.

 

[TonyB]

budweiser tastes like piss anyways

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
From what I remember hearing on NPR, there were not any layoffs or Brewery closures planned as a result of this deal.

There never is. That's always the story - "this is for the best of both companies. We'll realize cost syndergies!"

That translates to - canning lots of people. That's how any takeover goes.