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Testing Backs Budweiser on Alcohol Content

Tests: Budweiser
Isn't Fudging on
Alcohol Content

Feb 28, 2013 6:03 AM CST

Tests: Budweiser Isn't Fudging on Alcohol Content

Actual percentages match can labeling: lab

(Newser) - New testing may spell trouble for class action lawsuits over Budweiser alcohol content . At NPR 's request, scientists in San Diego investigated whether Anheuser-Busch InBev's alcohol percentages matched labels—and found that they did. In tests of Budweiser, Bud Light Lime, and Michelob Ultra, "some of them...

Feds Sue to Stop Merger
of Bud, Corona

Jan 31, 2013 2:26 PM CST

Feds Sue to Stop Merger of Bud, Corona

Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks a deal with Mexico's Grupo Modelo

(Newser) - The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, which would unite the ownership of popular beers like Budweiser and Corona. The government said the deal could lead to higher beer prices in the US because it...

Flailing Anheuser-Busch
Tries New Beers, Intimidation

Mar 29, 2012 10:26 AM CDT

Flailing Anheuser-Busch Tries New Beers, Intimidation

Market share falling for big US brewers

(Newser) - Anheuser-Busch InBev is desperate to turn its sales around. Sure, it's still the biggest beer company in the US, but shipments have fallen for three straight years, thanks to the growing popularity of small, independent craft brewers. But this year Budweiser's got a plan, president of North American...

ABC Gets New Reality Show ... Made by Budweiser

ABC to Air New Reality Show
... Made by Budweiser

Dec 12, 2011 8:09 AM CST

ABC to Air New Reality Show ... Made by Budweiser

First beer to get its own network program

(Newser) - America's second-biggest beer is getting its own major-network reality show—but don't expect to see cast members chugging Budweiser. Instead, the hour-long ABC show, airing Saturdays, will focus its seven episodes on competitions, ranging from athletic to musical to culinary in nature, the Wall Street Journal reports. One...

Bud Light Goes 'Platinum'
—With More Alcohol

Bud Light Goes 'Platinum' —With More Alcohol

New beer comes amid slumping sales for Anheuser-Busch

(Newser) - Tastes great, less filling, and more intoxicating? Anheuser-Busch is rolling out what the LA Times calls a "long-germinating beer concept" that it hopes is all that and a bag of chips. Dubbed Bud Light Platinum, the beer will have a robust 6% alcohol by volume, 137 calories, and an...

Budweiser Gives Out Free Beer

Sep 23, 2010 11:36 AM CDT

Budweiser Gives Out Free Beer

Anheuser-Busch-Inbev hopes to turn young drinkers on to flagging flagship

(Newser) - Anheuser-Busch Inbev plans to give out free Budweiser around the country next Wednesday, in a “national happy hour” promotion designed to reclaim the throne for the self-proclaimed “king of beers.” Details are still being worked out, but expect bars and restaurants to give out 6- to 12-ounce...

College Complaints Squash Some Bud Light 'Fan Cans'

Aug 25, 2009 10:10 PM CDT

College Complaints Squash Some Bud Light 'Fan Cans'

(Newser) - Anheuser-Busch is dropping its "Fan Cans" promotions from communities around the US where colleges have complained that the effort—which sells cans of Bud Light in school colors—promotes underage drinking and infringes on trademarks. Federal industry regulations require at least 70% of an advertisement's audience to be above...