InBev purchases Anheuser-Bush

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
No, and I don't drink AB product, I really don't get guys that live and die by a crappy beer, which it seems like a lot of people do in the States.

It has nothing to do with the beer, it's about all the things that A-B does with the money.

 

[GreenGhost]

If only they would start producing something of the quality of Stella Artois in St. Louis and sell it for 4.50 a six-pack....

Don't see it happening.

 

[sniperruff]

the thing is, this wasn't even some sort of a hostile take-over. anheuser gets all cash and even get 2 seats on the future board (which is rare in an all-cash deal according to WSJ), InBev gets on its way to world domination. win-win. don't get why so much opposition to this deal.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: ryan256
I don't care. I drink German and Irish beers.

It's a shame that you're drinking German and Irish beers.
That's very unpatriotic.

You are an American from Alabama and should therefore be drinking American beers ONLY.

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: Lothar

Originally posted by: freegeeks

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: freegeeks
all your base are belong to us b*tches

<- Belgian

All my taste buds are belong to your monks!

on a serious note, there will be cost cutting, the Inbev management is composed by the Brazilians of Ambev. They are notorious for cost cutting practices. We even had strikes in Belgian breweries because of the former Ambev management

And your point is?

Personally, I don't see a problem with management cutting costs as long as it increases shareholder value.
Every single business that is publicly traded does this.

that there will be cost cutting. That's my only point I tried to make

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Lothar
"I'll tell you one thing," said the 21-year-old concrete worker during his lunch break at The Brick of St. Louis bar, in the shadow of this city's storied Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewery, "if Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey."[/b] (Wild Turkey, a Kentucky bourbon, is owned by French drinks giant Pernod Ricard SA.)

LMAO

God, I almost cried. so awesome.

 

[QueBert]

isn't Pabst Blue Ribbon still an American made beer? Pabst would NEVER sell out to some scum bag Commies!

Everyone here needs to start drinking Pabst STAT before they get bought out by some Euro or Commies.

 

[dug777]

Boo Frickin' Hoo

EDIT: Also, 'great american (sic) brewery', wtf? Bud is sh1t.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Lothar

:thumbsup:

I simply never understand people here.
"I don't shop at Wal-Mart because of their business practices" when they're completely oblivious to the fact that every business does the exact same thing.

Globalization is here to stay.
Either put up, or shut up. Either compete or declare bankruptcy and get bought out.

I don't give a crap where a product is made. I don't care about the people working there or the jobs it produces.
If I like a product, I will buy it. Plain and simple, no strings attached.
If it's cheap(offers good value) compared to their competitors and tastes the same, I will buy it.

Telling me to be patriotic and only buy "American"(quoted because they're not truly American as people proclaim them to be*) made products is idiocy if I can get a better product on the market.

*Example: Ford

The consumer enters into a devil's bargoon with the Wal-Mart because any suppos-ed benefit to their standard of living is illusory compared to the longer-term degradation of real income. In the meantime, competition dwindles and quality drops. They effectively end up paying more for less and worse, become accepting of junk which only vaguely functions as it should.

The bigger issues which Wal-Mart alone contributes to on such a scale are of course the oft lamented trade imbalance with China and the destruction of town centers and local production -which are increasingly necessary as the cost of energy rises. Of course that will eventually solve the China/globalization problem (to the presumed benefit of Mexico for the next leg) but meh, it all seems a lot of chaos for greed (both for profit and consumable crap).

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

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

Make better products and your companies will be too expensive for anyone to buy, frankly, AB products suck ass, I can't believe what some Americans consider to be good beer, tastes like rat piss.

Says a Canadian? Seriously, I'm not a huge fan of AB brews but what large Canadian brewery is better than AB?

Originally posted by: Aharami
Does this mean Bud will actually taste decent now?

IMO, no. I love many styles of brew but Belgium ales are the worst (again IMO).

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Lothar
"I'll tell you one thing," said the 21-year-old concrete worker during his lunch break at The Brick of St. Louis bar, in the shadow of this city's storied Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewery, "if Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey."[/b] (Wild Turkey, a Kentucky bourbon, is owned by French drinks giant Pernod Ricard SA.)

LMAO

God, I almost cried. so awesome.

Makes my point about nothing being American anymore.

You think now that many people know Wild Turkey is foreign owned they will still drink it?

 

[KMFJD]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Lothar
"I'll tell you one thing," said the 21-year-old concrete worker during his lunch break at The Brick of St. Louis bar, in the shadow of this city's storied Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewery, "if Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey."[/b] (Wild Turkey, a Kentucky bourbon, is owned by French drinks giant Pernod Ricard SA.)

LMAO

God, I almost cried. so awesome.

Makes my point about nothing being American anymore.

You think now that many people know Wild Turkey is foreign owned they will still drink it?

So since it is still brewed, packaged, distributed in the US we should stop buying it? Well those American's don't deserve job's , working for foreigners! how could they! Unpatriotic sunofabitches!

/A&B has 31,000 employees, most of which are located in the U.S. of A

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Lothar
"I'll tell you one thing," said the 21-year-old concrete worker during his lunch break at The Brick of St. Louis bar, in the shadow of this city's storied Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewery, "if Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey."[/b] (Wild Turkey, a Kentucky bourbon, is owned by French drinks giant Pernod Ricard SA.)

LMAO

God, I almost cried. so awesome.

Makes my point about nothing being American anymore.

You think now that many people know Wild Turkey is foreign owned they will still drink it?

Mr. Moore ought change his name to Moran. Indeed, he could emblazon that on his rib cage: King of Morans.

God bless America [salutes flag made in China].

 

[HardcoreRobot]

the brewery is gone?

i guess no more, 'Anheuser-Bush, St. Louis Missouri' at the end of beer commercials, huh?

 

[sao123]

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

Boston Beer company has always been superior to A-B & CBC!!

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Lothar
Paying taxes.

LMAO!

i do a lot of that too!
Expecially since im not married, and have no kids. :T