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InBev: From upstart to global beer behemoth

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 3rd, 2008

The News Review:

- InBev: From upstart to global beer behemoth
- DEDRICK: Beer proves it rates a place at the table
- Japan’s Thirst for Beer Quashed By High Cost of Imports
- Beer guzzling in TN up by 22%

InBev: From upstart to global beer behemoth
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Jun 3, 2008
"That is a tall order" opined The Wall Street Journal in 1990 noting the company depended on the small stagnant Belgian market. Consider the order fulfilled. Interbrew’s descendent InBev is the world’s biggest and arguably most aggressive brewer. It has patched together an empire stretching from Russia to Brazil and Canada with 200 brands and ever-growing ambitions.

DEDRICK: Beer proves it rates a place at the table
Rocky Mountain News – Jun 3, 2008
byline –> Tuesday June 3 2008 Inside a glorious gilded hall in the shadow of the Washington Monument tuxedoed waiters weaved between marble columns while balancing platters of aromatic morsels and pitchers of golden ale. Hundreds of ticket-buyers roamed from station to station taking a sip of an IPA a bite of bruschetta. a swig of imperial stout a taste of crostini with figs and prosciutto.

Japan’s Thirst for Beer Quashed By High Cost of Imports
National Geographic – Jun 3, 2008
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Beer guzzling in TN up by 22%
Times of India – Jun 3, 2008
But more exciting to beer guzzlers is news that Foster’s will hit the TASMACshelves soon. Due to shortage of beer last summer and followingdemands from customers the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) thatruns the liquor retail trade in the state relaxed its rules and struck dealswith three more breweries in the neighbouring states for importing beer inApril ahead of a scorching summer. The United Breweries supplied twobrands from its Calicut factory to Southern districts of Tamil Nadu. SimilarlySkol Breweries introduced two brands of Royal Challenge premium beer and AsiaPacific Breweries sold two brands Ice Premium and ExtraCharger.