Posted on 07/13/2008 11:15:56 PM PDT by Schnucki
MMMMM, Stella.....
Once August Sr. passed and August III had a heart attack several years ago it has always been rumored that young August IV wanted out of St. Louis and the business. I would guess their BOD has been looking for a buyer for sometime. St. Louis last brewer.....Falstaff, Stag and now Budweiser.
..nicely put.
Yuengling
...not true. When I lived in upstate NY they had the skunkiest beer I ever drank in my life, Matt's Beer. You drink one or two of those and the after taste and heaviness of the beer made projectile vomiting inevitable. I like Sam Adams ("Sammys") but if you drink more then 6 of those they turn into a laxative. Anyway, Bud from a can, rather have it in a bottle, but there are far worse beers then Bud in a can. It also reminds me of a joke: Question: Why does Bud come in a can? Answer: Because his wife died....
I am looking forward to picking on my redneck friends for drinking foreign beer.
Hows did America having a sizeable trade deficit lead to InBev buying AB? I understand the weak dollar aspect of the equation, but the trade deficit I don't.
I remember Matt’s Beer Balls from high school.
It came in these big plastic balls that you pumped the beer out of.
The plastic must of leeched into the “beer” because all you would tastes is skunky Vinyl plastic.
We drank it anyways of course.
Make me want to puke just thinking about it now though.
What about beer served in aluminum kegs (he asked in good humor)?
“Genee screamers”
LOL
Remindes me of Haffenreffer, The called it the ‘Green Death’ or something like that.
I don’t care what others say is the worst beer, Beer Ball Beer was and is THE WORST BEER EVER!
Sam Adams is brewed by the Boston Beer Company. As far as I can tell, they’re still independent — not owned by A-B.
The best thing about a Matt’s beer ball is that it soon became a Matt’s beer bong.
Why shouldN’T they maximize the value of the company for shareholders?
Let’s hope they change the identity of AB, Stella Artois is a tasty beverage, something AB can’t say about any of their beers.
I was about to post an agreement, but then I’m not so sure that was what I should do.
We are pumping trillions of dollars outside our nation. Some of that is offest by foreign dollars coming back via trade. A massive sum does not return.
Instead folks (corporations) outside the U.S. hold dollars and have to do something with them. Investing back in the United States is one way of doing that.
Is this an instance of that? It may be. Some of this organization’s products are sold in the U.S. Undoubtedly some of the funding that makes this purchase possible, is supplied by U.S. consumers.
Some folks look at foreign purchases of our corporations as a good thing. I think a case can be made for that. I also find it somewhat distrubing to watch some of our top corporations held by foreign concerns.
Does it matter if the name Budweiser disappears? Perhaps not. If the jobs are lost, and I do think that will happen over time, it may matter. I notice the loss in other sectors don’t seem very important to folks these days though.
Some years back, U.S. corporations set up businesses over the border in Mexico. For a few years, it was a real boon down there. And then the U.S. corporations discovered China. They acted in their best interests. Adios.
What happens when foreign corporations decide to act in their best interest? What happens when they close down our plants? While I can’t see that happening in the short term, I’m not at all convinved a time won’t come when it will be advantagous to do that.
What then? Is foreign owned healthy? I remain unconvinced.
“What then? Is foreign owned healthy? I remain unconvinced.”
Me, too. What happened to the concept of moderation? It’s just out of hand. There’s too much foreign owned too fast. I started being concerned about it 25 years ago when foreigners were buying up all the farmland in Central California. And the illegal aliens started coming. I do believe foreign owners are more inclined to hire aliens. My sister was their accountant. One day we’ll turn around and find most of our assets in foreign hands. And that can’t be good. What bothers me most is we won’t even know when that day is, if it hasn’t already happened.
Does it matter if the name Budweiser disappears?
Why would it disappear? By what reasoning would InBev find it in their interest to change the name of Budweiser to something else?
If the jobs are lost, and I do think that will happen over time, it may matter
Will some jobs be lost? Maybe. Is AB currently employing more people than neccessary to produce its various products? Could be. And if so, then some job cutting would be a good thing for the bottom line. Unless a consumer backlash against the new foreign owners cutting jobs results in a loss of sales greater than the savings.
And would InBev actually shut down AB operations in the US and move all production overseas? I don't see that as being a viable option at any time in the near or distant future.
Alright, if they drop ounces and go metric on me, I may have to boycott.
Thanks for your response.
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