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Beer supplies to run dry amid Belgian brewery protests
Telegraph (UK) ^
| January 13, 2010
| Amy Wilson
Posted on 01/14/2010 6:12:25 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
Shops in Belgium running out of Stella, Leffe and Jupiler as Anheuser-Busch InBev workers blockade breweries in protest over job cuts.
Belgian beer-drinkers hoping to forget the recession and freezing weather weather over a few pints of their favourite brew are in for a shock.
Shops are set to run out of the best-selling Stella Artois, Leffe and Jupiler brands in the coming days, as workers blockade three breweries in Belgium owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
AB InBev, the world's biggest brewer, last week announced plans to make about 10pc of its staff in Western Europe redundant after years of falling beer consumption in the region.
The brewer plans to shed more than 300 staff in both Belgium and Germany, where it employs 2,700 and 3,000 people respectively.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beer; belgium; brewery; economy
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To: Cheap_Hessian
No Leffe-Naturally,this means war!
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:13:59 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Cheap_Hessian
“run out of the best-selling Stella Artois”
The horror!
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:20:28 AM PST
by
jimmyo57
To: Cheap_Hessian
Devastating earthquakes, senseless tragedies . . . I can imagine. But this.
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:20:56 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Cheap_Hessian
%%
In Belgium, there is no beer,
They won’t be makin’ it here.
Once InBev’s gone from here,
Somewhere else, they’ll be makin’ all the beer...
%%
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:28:35 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Some people think Europe is like Heaven...)
To: Cheap_Hessian
I tell my sister all the time that the food pyramid recommends 6-11 servings of liquid grain per day.
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:33:44 AM PST
by
cajuncow
To: Cheap_Hessian
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:39:27 AM PST
by
scoobysnak71
(Just a national security threat, trying to get a nut.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
Stella Artois is over rated. So many better beers brewed in Belgium, I expect the strike will only cause more AB workers to lose their jobs.
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:39:33 AM PST
by
monday
To: Cheap_Hessian
You know the economy is bad when they’re making layoffs at the brewery.
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:40:05 AM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
To: Cheap_Hessian; GOP_Raider
There will be people dying in streets. Oh, the Hugh Manatee!
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:41:28 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
01/14/2010 6:53:50 AM PST
by
scoobysnak71
(Just a national security threat, trying to get a nut.)
To: monday
Stella Artois is over rated. Overrated indeed.
And nigh near unpalatable. At least to me. I mean, I like a hoppy brew a bit on the bitter side but Stella Artois is just beyond the India Pale Ale.
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:02:17 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:08:11 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: jimmyo57
The horror! Beat me to it :(
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:09:24 AM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: Cheap_Hessian
"The company said the cuts are necessary because beer consumption has fallen by about 20pc in Belgium since 2000." THAT doesn't sound right. What's up with the Phlegms and Waloonies?
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:25:47 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: VanShuyten
AB Inbev says they have no plans to waffle on the subject but do plan to brew up a few ideas
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:37:17 AM PST
by
vwbug
To: Cheap_Hessian
Thankfully, my beer comes from Holland.
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posted on
01/14/2010 7:44:04 AM PST
by
AFreeBird
(Going Rogue in 2012)
To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
Beer Ping!
A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer
FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list
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posted on
01/14/2010 9:51:34 AM PST
by
GOP_Raider
(You can now check out GOP_Raider on Twitter at twitter.com/RaiderUte)
To: Cheap_Hessian
More proof of mans inhumanity to man. *SIGH*
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:01:24 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
To: monday
*Stella Artois is over rated. So many better beers brewed in Belgium, *
No kidding. So the Belgies will have to drink Duvel or Chimay, oh no!
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posted on
01/14/2010 11:30:20 AM PST
by
j-damn
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