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Originally Posted by davestlouis
This whole A-B thing has dominated local news for days! You have to remember that A-B is an astounding corporate citizen in St Louis, the brewery tour is a must-do tourist thing, you have Grant's Farm, Busch Stadium, Busch Wildlife Area, They advertise heavily in every medium. The Busch family and their Von Gontard, Orthwein and other cousins are a huge extended family, all of whom have plenty of bucks.
They are also a big employer, and if cuts are made, which they will, that won't bode well for the local economy. STL lost McDonnell Douglas' headquarters when Boeing bought them, lost a Ford plant 2 years ago, Chrysler's 2 plants in Fenton are not looking too secure, the list goes on and on.
Getting a job at A-B was the holy grail for a lot of people: good pay, good benefits, life-long gig if you didn't do something stupid. This was for white collar types too, great company to work for.
This should be a mess.
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It's got to be frightening in the area. I heard an clip on the radio this morning from some business talking head saying (paraphrasing) that if InBev thought they could save and make some money selling the Clydesdales to Alpo they'd do it.
Bud and A-B products are not my first choice but I've certainly drunk my fair share in cans and bottles over the years. An ice cold Bud is not unlike a McDonald's cheeseburger. Far from the best out there but sometimes it just hits the spot.
It's interesting that the majority of the "big" U.S. beer producers through the centuries were started by German immigrants yet the products are entirely different. It must be a case of brewing down to the broadest American taste.
I keep hoping Yuengling will get picked up by my local beer dude, I drop hints about every other time in there.
