After a couple of consumers brewed up a bit of controversy with claims that Anheuser-Busch InBev has been watering down Budweiser, a former employee of the company says he’s being punished by the beermakers for taking part in whistle-blowing. AB InBev is now suing the former operations manager, who wants the judge to dismiss the lawsuit. [More]
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Worst Company In America Round 1: EA Vs. Anheuser-Busch InBev
March 25, 2013
It’s Monday afternoon, so what better way to commemorate the joy of being back to work than with a WCIA battle between two companies intent on ruining your good times. [More]
Anheuser-Busch Mocks Watery Lawsuit In New Ad: Maybe You Just Drank Actual Water?
By 3.4.13
In an ad run in 10 major U.S. newspapers yesterday AB InBev pokes fun at the lawsuit with a can of “drinking water” and the headline, “They must have tested one of these.” [More]
Is Budweiser Really Watered Down? One Test Says Nah, Not So Much
By 2.28.13
We were shocked, simply shocked at claims made in a recent lawsuit that Budweiser and other Anheuser-Busch InBev brews are watered down and as such, not as strong as their advertised alcohol content. Those allegations are based on information the plaintiffs say they procured from AB InBev workers. But how about getting some scientists on the case, just for fun? [More]
Brothers Bolster Lawsuit Claiming Budweiser Is Watered Down By Drinking Plenty Of Beer
By 2.27.13
If there’s one thing you can’t do to American consumers and get away with, it’s water down our favorite alcoholic beverages. In the vein of “Don’t water down our Maker’s Mark or pay the consequences,” two Philadelphia brothers are alleging that Anheuser-Bush InBev has been watering down its beverages. And they’ve been drinking plenty of Budweisers to try and prove it. [More]
Anheuser-Busch Wins Another Budweiser Round In 100-Year Fight Against Czech Brewer
By 1.23.13
It seems Goliath has won this bout with David, if you consider Anheuser-Busch InBev to be well, a giant towering over a Czech brewery fighting for the right to call its beer Budweiser. Over here in America we mostly only ever see the King of Beers we’re used to, but in Europe, it’s a whole other long, contentious story. [More]
Doritos, Pepsi & Bud Light Join Forces To Form Huge Supermarket Display Voltron
By 1.10.13
Sick of going separate sections of the supermarket to buy beer, soda and snacks? Then the folks at PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. have created the monster one-stop display for you. [More]
Anheuser-Busch & Czech Brewer Continue 100-Year Fight Over Budweiser Name
By 12.19.12
Talk about feuds — A small brewer in the Czech Republic, Budejovicky Budvar, has been fighting with Anheuser-Busch (now part of AB InBev) over a name that’s very familiar the world over for 106 years. Who knew? It’s an important battle for the small state-owned brewers because AB InBev is no longer so pleased with the last agreement and wants to butt into what had formerly been Budejovicky Budar’s market. [More]
Budweiser Would Rather Denzel Washington Not Drink Its Beer While Driving In The Movies
By 11.6.12
Usually corporations are positively begging, by way of advertising dollars, to get their products placed in the movies. But although Denzel Washington might enjoy its beer, Budweiser doesn’t want the actor slugging away at one while driving a car in his new movie Flight. Anheuser-Busch has asked Paramount to either take the Bud logo out or cover it up somehow. [More]
Beer Giant Anheuser-Busch Set To Gorge Itself With Expected Takeover Of Grupo Modelo
By 6.26.12
Do you prefer a Corona Extra over a good ol’ Bud? Soon those two very different beers could be brethren under the giant umbrella of Anheuser-Busch InBev, as the company is reportedly close to buying the half of Grupo Modelo it doesn’t own already. One big beery family. [More]
Small Brewer Says Budweiser Is Bullying Him About Old Kegs
By 5.7.12
A small-time beer operation in Tennessee says it’s the subject of some big-time hassling from Budweiser — all of it over a bunch of old empty beer kegs. [More]
Yuengling Is Now America's Largest Brewer
By 1.17.12
Did Yuengling suddenly get bigger than Miller or Bud? Nope. Both are now foreign-owned. According to AdAge, Yuengling has recently surpassed Sam Adams’ Boston Beer Company as the largest U.S.-owned brewer that manufactures all its beer in the U.S. [More]
Coors Light Dethrones Budweiser In Beer Sales Battle For No. 2 Spot
By 1.10.12
After a brewing battle, Coors Light is celebrating as they’ve passed up Budweiser in 2011 for the No. 2 selling beer in the country. Bud is the only full-calorie beer in the top five, so to lose ground to a lighter offering is kind of a big deal. [More]
Higher Calorie, Higher Alcohol 'Bud Light Platinum' To Start Getting People Drunk In January
By 11.10.11
For those who think their light beer doesn’t have enough calories — or enough alcohol — the folks at Anheuser-Busch InBev think they have the solution: Bud Light Platinum, which only has 8 fewer calories per serving than Budweiser, but is a full percentage point higher on the alcohol by volume scale. [More]
Budweiser Slaps A Bow Tie On The Can And Hopes You'll Buy More
By 8.3.11
As Budweiser, the self-dubbed King of Beers, feels competitors chomping away at its spot in suds sales ranks, it has tried a number of things — like giving away 500,000 freebies — to remind people it is a product available for purchase. Today, the folks at Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. RFD PDQ WTF announced their master stroke that will surely work wonders: A new can. [More]
Coors Light To Pass Budweiser As Second On Biggest Beer List?
By 3.29.11
First it was Diet Coke pushing Pepsi out of the way to take over second place on the bestselling soda list, now it looks like beer behemoth Budweiser might lose its coveted number-two slot to Coors Light. [More]
The "World's Fastest Beer Machine" Fills Cups From The Bottom Up
By 1.25.11
Sick of standing in line at the stadium concession stand waiting for employees to slowly fill up one beer at a time? Well, the makers of the BottomsUp machine are hoping its can get that line moving at a more rapid clip by rapidly filling up to four cups at once… from the bottom of the cup. [More]
Budweiser Reminding People It Exists By Giving Away Free Budweiser
By 9.22.10
Looks like the King of Beer’s crown could use some polishing. Bothered by sagging sales and the availability of other beers that aren’t Budweiser, the folks at Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. LLD, DDS, PhD, Esq., have decided it’s time to give a few hundred thousand people a massive lager lesson — by giving away samples of Bud. [More]
