Anheuser Busch, St. Louis Mo.
What a sad and unbelievable day it is here is the St. Louis area. Something that would have seemed laughable to the everyday St Louis consumer not long ago, has turned into a huge sucker punch and what seems almost a violation, like we have been raped, pillaged and plundered by the brutal corporate environment of the world today. Anheuser Busch has always been the pride of St. Louis Mo, right up there with the Cardinals... They went hand in hand for years....
Now the Belgian company InBev after making a $46Billion dollar bid, and a fruitless fight from AB and a bid refusal ultimately saw the sale of Anheuser Busch come to pass over the weekend and end up at $52Billion dollars...$70dollars a share. Read About It Here.....
St. Louis's brewing heritage runs deep. The large German population in St. Louis at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century and well before then, brought more breweries than even I , a lover of the product and fan of it's history ever thought possible. Once the news of this national and local tragedy hit me I started reading more about it and it's an incredible story. Read This Incredible Story Of Beer In St. Louis.
People in St. Louis are well aware of the incredible and countless dollars that AB has poured into our community. Our Zoo is one of the last remaining FREE Zoos in the country and one of the best as well, in large part to due to AB and their contributions. There are numerous medical institutes that have been raised and made better because of this brewing giant. Some that bare the Busch name. They have been a pivotal part of the new push to revitalize downtown St. Louis with the Ball Park Village next to the two year old stadium that bares the Busch name.
Anheuser Busch is synonomous with St. Louis. Folks here in St. Louis of course are worried about their jobs. My uncle worked there for over 30 years and six days a week, he loved his job. Word has it that the white collar jobs will be the first to go. Carlos Brito, CEO of Inbev has voiced that no AB brewery will be closed in North America and that St. Louis will remain the North American headquarters of AB now ABI. Of course there are doubts considering Brito and InBev's cut throat past. There is major concern in St. Louis.
There are concerns about the jobs and the impact on the local brewery economies around the country. There are also concern about the legacy of the "giving back" that Augie Busch put into motion so many years ago with Sea World, Busch Gardens, and Grant's Farm here in St Louis and many others. There are so many things.... and St. Louis is feeling violated and angry....except the stock holders of course. Good for them.
InBev's big brews are Becks and Stella Artois... Becks' is sort of known in the States. Stella? Not so much. Both are in green bottles. May the beer gods prevent any AB product from being put into a green bottle. It is the kiss of skunky nasty beer death. InBev will use the AB name to market these beers, you can bet on that. That is why they are here.
I have a bad taste in my mouth now over this take over, and this whirlwind storu hasn't quite sunk in yet....I will however be writing about this very soon as the story develops further.
I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to AB and what they have done for my community and for so many American events and charities....THIS BUDS FOR YOU!
Anheuser Busch is St. Louis Mo., They are part of Americana....That Matters.
See What I Mean Right Here....
Thx LT.......... 
I agree with everything you have said about AB EXCEPT the part of the stock holders. My family has inherited some stock and we are going to gain some money but deep in our hearts we are very sad as well.
Yes there are many people with thousands of shares and I am sure they are happy but deep down still sad.
We've seen this type of thing develop over the last couple of decades; foreign companies buying into America. Look at what the Japanese companies did in California a couple of decades ago. It's now a "global" economy, everything to everybody. I think we are going to see more and more of this before it levels off. A weak US dollar doesn't help matters either. It's a sad yet all-to-frequent part of the world's economy now. Now it's "wait-and-see" with InBev and how they handle their new baby.