[CharacterCounts]

At the same time, Bud has urged 500 wholesalers to distribute fewer rival beers, warning that it will act against those who don't.

Sounds like an antitrust lawsuit in the making.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Last week in St. Louis with a customer, I ordered a Miller.

The waitress asked, “Where you from, hun ?”

[redgolum]

That is very common in the alcohol market. So common it isn't even remarked on. The growth of the micro brews has been in spite of this.

[discostu]

It’s only anti-trust if you’re a monopoly. If you don’t have that magic 80% of the market place it’s just making contracts with an incentive to exclusivity.