Rival Beer Companies May Become Partners Anheuser-Busch InBev has gone from flirting with SABMiller to making a real pickup move, like a guy in a bar who spots a hot girl. It has asked banks to underwrite $70 billion in debt financing. This means A-B InBev is getting serious about acquiring what was once a primary rival. A takeover would not be completed until late … [Read more...]
Will Molson Coors Buyout Of Star Be Eh-OK With Europeans?
Pass That Bottle Of Beer – From Canada To Amsterdam and Prague The moose is loose! And it's headed to Europe. The news that MolsonCoors has purchased StarBev, a European beer company, makes one wonder if this well be Eh? Ok, with European beer drinkers. After all, Amstel and Heineken are the dominant brews in StarBev's home country of Holland, and pilsner is king in its … [Read more...]