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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American brewing company</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the St. Louis based company. For the parent company, see <a href="/wiki/AB_InBev" title="AB InBev">AB InBev</a>. For the historic brewery, see <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_Brewery" title="Anheuser-Busch Brewery">Anheuser-Busch Brewery</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:AnheuserBusch2022.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/AnheuserBusch2022.png/220px-AnheuserBusch2022.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/AnheuserBusch2022.png/330px-AnheuserBusch2022.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/AnheuserBusch2022.png/440px-AnheuserBusch2022.png 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="198" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Beverages</li><li>Beverage packaging</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1852<span class="noprint">; 172 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1852</span>)</span> (as Bavarian Brewery)<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>,<br />United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuser" title="Eberhard Anheuser">Eberhard Anheuser</a><sup id="cite_ref-anheuser-busch.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anheuser-busch.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Busch" title="Adolphus Busch">Adolphus Busch</a><sup id="cite_ref-anheuser-busch.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anheuser-busch.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, Missouri</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">12 Breweries & 9 Can Plants</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">North America</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Brendan Whitworth<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (President)</li><li>Todd Allen<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Vice President)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">Beer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malt_beverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Malt beverage">Malt beverages</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Energy_drink" title="Energy drink">Energy drinks</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bottled_water" title="Bottled water">Bottled water</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data">US$15.588 billion (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-revenuenote_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revenuenote-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$9.811 billion (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-revenuenote_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revenuenote-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/AB_InBev" title="AB InBev">AB InBev</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anheuser-busch.com">anheuser-busch<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AN</span>-hy-zər <span style="font-size:90%">BUUSH</span></i></a>) is an American <a href="/wiki/Brewing_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Brewing company">brewing company</a> headquartered in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampson18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampson18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (<a href="/wiki/AB_InBev" title="AB InBev">AB InBev</a>), now the world's largest brewing company,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hampson18_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampson18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aboutab_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutab-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aboutnazone_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutnazone-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which owns multiple global brands, notably <a href="/wiki/Budweiser" title="Budweiser">Budweiser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michelob" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelob">Michelob</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stella_Artois" title="Stella Artois">Stella Artois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beck%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Beck's">Beck's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company employs over 19,000 people,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operates 12 breweries and 9 aluminum can plants in the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-abinbevusreport2012_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abinbevusreport2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and until December 2009, was one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, with ten theme parks through the company's family entertainment division <a href="/wiki/SeaWorld_Parks_%26_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment">Busch Entertainment Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ledger_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ledger-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Anheuser-Busch&params=38_35_57_N_90_12_52_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°35′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">90°12′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.59917°N 90.21444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.59917; -90.21444</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings_and_national_expansion">Beginnings and national expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beginnings and national expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1852, <a href="/wiki/German_American" class="mw-redirect" title="German American">German American</a> brewer and saloon operator George Schneider opened the Bavarian Brewery on Carondelet Avenue (later known as South Broadway) between Dorcas and Lynch streets in South St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_32_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hampson20_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampson20-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Conflicting information (September 2023)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Schneider's Brewery expanded in 1856 to a new brewhouse near Eighth and Crittenden streets; however, the following year, financial problems forced the sale of the brewery to various owners during the late 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_32_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1860, the brewery was purchased on the brink of bankruptcy by William D'Oench, a local pharmacist, and <a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuser" title="Eberhard Anheuser">Eberhard Anheuser</a>, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_32_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hampson20_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampson20-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> D'Oench was the <a href="/wiki/Partnership" title="Partnership">silent partner</a> in the business until 1869 when he sold his half-interest in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_32_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1860 to 1875, the brewery was known as E. Anheuser & Co., and from 1875 to 1879 as the E. Anheuser Company's Brewing Association.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_32_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Busch" title="Adolphus Busch">Adolphus Busch</a>, a wholesaler who had immigrated to St. Louis from Germany in 1857, married Eberhard Anheuser's daughter, Lilly, in 1861. Following his service in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, Busch began working as a salesman for the Anheuser Brewery.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_33_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_33-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hampson20_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampson20-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Busch purchased D'Oench's share of the company in 1869, and he assumed the role of company secretary from that time until the death of his father-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_33_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_33-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg/220px-Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg/330px-Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg/440px-Reefers-shorty-Anheuser-Busch-Malt-Nutrine_ACF_builders_photo_pre-1911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>Anheuser-Busch was one of the first companies to transport beer nationwide using railroad <a href="/wiki/Refrigerator_car" title="Refrigerator car">refrigerator cars</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Adolphus Busch was the first American brewer to use <a href="/wiki/Pasteurization" title="Pasteurization">pasteurization</a> to keep beer fresh; the first to use mechanical <a href="/wiki/Refrigeration" title="Refrigeration">refrigeration</a> and <a href="/wiki/Refrigerator_car" title="Refrigerator car">refrigerated railroad cars</a>, which he introduced in 1876; and the first to bottle beer extensively.<sup id="cite_ref-anheuser-busch.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anheuser-busch.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-herbst_34_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_34-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1877, the company owned a fleet of 40 refrigerated railroad cars to transport beer.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_34_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_34-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Expanding the company's distribution range led to increased demand for Anheuser products, and the company substantially expanded its facilities in St. Louis during the 1870s.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_36_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_36-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The expansions led production to increase from 31,500 barrels in 1875 to more than 200,000 in 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_36_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_36-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To streamline the company's refrigerator car operations and achieve vertical integration, Busch established the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company in 1878, which was charged with building, selling, and leasing refrigerator cars; by 1883, the company owned 200 cars, and by 1888 it owned 850.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_37_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_37-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To serve these cars and switch them in and out of their St. Louis brewery, Anheuser-Busch founded the <a href="/wiki/Manufacturers_Railway_(St._Louis)" title="Manufacturers Railway (St. Louis)">Manufacturers Railway Company</a> in 1887. The shortline operated until 2011, when Anheuser-Busch sought to shut down operations.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1870s, Adolphus Busch toured Europe and studied the changes in brewing methods which were taking place at the time, particularly the success of <a href="/wiki/Pilsner" title="Pilsner">pilsner</a> beer, which included a popular Budweiser beer brewed in <a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice" title="České Budějovice">Budweis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1876, Busch took the already well-known name <a href="/wiki/Budweiser" title="Budweiser">Budweiser</a> and used it for his new beer, even though his product had no connections to the city of Budweis.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His company's ability to transport bottled beer made US Budweiser the first national beer brand in the United States, and it was marketed as a "premium" beer.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was renamed Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association in 1879; in 1880, Adolphus Busch became company president upon Anheuser's death.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst_37_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst_37-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rhodes_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhodes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Busch family fully controlled the company through the generations until Anheuser-Busch's sale to InBev in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1880s and 1890s, Busch introduced a series of advertisements and marketing giveaways for the company, including bottle openers, calendars, <a href="/wiki/Mounted_corkscrew" title="Mounted corkscrew">corkscrews</a>, pocketknives, postcards, and prints.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst38_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst38-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the most well-known of these giveaways was <i>Custer's Last Fight</i>, a lithograph print of a painting by St. Louis artist Cassilly Adams.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst38_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst38-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a marketing tactic, Busch distributed thousands of copies of the print to bars in 1896,<sup id="cite_ref-herbst38_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst38-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the same year Anheuser-Busch introduced its new "super-premium" brand, <a href="/wiki/Michelob" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelob">Michelob</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, more than one million copies of the print were produced, and it became "one of the most popular pieces of artwork in American history."<sup id="cite_ref-herbst38_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst38-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the turn of the 20th century, Anheuser-Busch continued to expand its production facilities to keep up with demand.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst39_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst39-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1905, the company built a new stockhouse in St. Louis, and by 1907 it produced nearly 1.6 million barrels of beer.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst39_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst39-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As demands for the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_of_alcohol" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition of alcohol">prohibition of alcohol</a> in the United States grew, Anheuser-Busch began producing non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic beverages (known as <a href="/wiki/Near_beer" class="mw-redirect" title="Near beer">near beer</a>); the most successful of these was <a href="/wiki/Bevo_(beverage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bevo (beverage)">Bevo</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Malt_beverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Malt beverage">malt beverage</a> introduced in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst39_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst39-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of Adolphus Busch in 1913, control of the company passed to his son, <a href="/wiki/August_Anheuser_Busch_Sr." title="August Anheuser Busch Sr.">August Anheuser Busch Sr.</a>, who continued to combat the rise of prohibitionists.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst39_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst39-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of an effort to improve the respectability of drinking, August Busch built three upscale restaurants in St. Louis during the 1910s: the Stork Inn, the Gretchen Inn (now known as the Feasting Fox), and the <a href="/wiki/Bevo_Mill,_St._Louis" title="Bevo Mill, St. Louis">Bevo Mill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-herbst39_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herbst39-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olivedrabcan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Olivedrabcan.JPG/170px-Olivedrabcan.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Olivedrabcan.JPG/255px-Olivedrabcan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Olivedrabcan.JPG/340px-Olivedrabcan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="2333" /></a><figcaption>Anheuser-Busch produced olive-colored <a href="/wiki/Budweiser" title="Budweiser">Budweiser</a> cans during World War II.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prohibition_period">Prohibition period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prohibition period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif/220px-Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif/330px-Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Anheuser-Busch_logo.gif 2x" data-file-width="385" data-file-height="259" /></a><figcaption>Original Anheuser-Busch logo used from 1879 to 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>As with all breweries in the country, the <a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement" title="Temperance movement">Temperance movement</a> and eventual <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition in the United States</a> dealt a major blow to the company in the 1910s through the 1930s. Some of the products sold by Anheuser-Busch to survive during Prohibition included brewer's yeast, malt extract, ice cream, and Bevo, a nonalcoholic malt beverage, or "near beer".<sup id="cite_ref-Rhodes_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhodes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prohibition_to_last_years_of_independence">Prohibition to last years of independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prohibition to last years of independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1957, Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewer in the United States. </p><p>In 1981, Anheuser-Busch International, Inc., was established as a subsidiary responsible for the company's international operations and equity investments. Prior to its 2008 acquisition, Anheuser-Busch operated 15 breweries internationally: 14 in China and one in the United Kingdom. </p><p>In 1997, Chinese production of Anheuser-Busch products began after the company's purchase of a local brewery; later, the company operated both Budweiser Wuhan International Brewing Company and <a href="/wiki/Harbin_Brewery" title="Harbin Brewery">Harbin Brewery</a>, which Anheuser-Busch fully acquired in 2004. In the United Kingdom, the Budweiser Stag Brewing Company produced and packaged Budweiser at the Stag Brewery in <a href="/wiki/Mortlake" title="Mortlake">Mortlake</a>. </p><p>At one time, Anheuser-Busch International also held investments in <a href="/wiki/Grupo_Modelo" title="Grupo Modelo">Grupo Modelo</a> in Mexico<sup id="cite_ref-abpr2006_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abpr2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tsingtao_Brewery" title="Tsingtao Brewery">Tsingtao Brewery</a> in China;<sup id="cite_ref-abpr2006_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abpr2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anheuser-Busch also held investments in <a href="/wiki/Redhook_Ale_Brewery" title="Redhook Ale Brewery">Redhook Ale Brewery</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><sup id="cite_ref-wotp_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wotp-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Widmer_Brothers_Brewery" title="Widmer Brothers Brewery">Widmer Brothers Brewery</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wotp_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wotp-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 2008 acquisition, most international operations were transferred to AB InBev zones where the interests are located. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_InBev">Acquisition by InBev</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Acquisition by InBev"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 12, 2008, Belgian-Brazilian brewing company <a href="/wiki/InBev" title="InBev">InBev</a> announced that it had made a US$46 billion offer for the company,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which if it was accepted would join two of the world's four largest brewing companies (based on revenue) and create a company brewing three of the highest-grossing beers in the world, namely <a href="/wiki/Bud_Light" class="mw-redirect" title="Bud Light">Bud Light</a>, Budweiser, and <a href="/wiki/Skol" title="Skol">Skol</a>. InBev also stated that the merger would not result in any U.S. brewery closures and they would attempt to retain management and board members from both companies.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 25, 2008, Anheuser-Busch officially announced that they would reject InBev's offer and provide a restructuring of the company to maintain shareholders and United States World Headquarters in St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 1, 2008, InBev urged Anheuser-Busch shareholders to vote in favor of the buyout as InBev felt the offer of $65 per share should be considered a reasonable offer in view of the falling stock market. The company had previously filed suit in <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, after the rejection of their offer, to ensure that the stockholders could oust Anheuser-Busch's 13 board members.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 7, 2008, Anheuser-Busch filed a lawsuit against InBev to stop them from soliciting the support of shareholders, stating that the company's offer is an illegal scheme. InBev was also accused of concealing that they do business in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, which might have created additional obstacles to their efforts to operate in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 13, 2008, Anheuser-Busch and InBev said they had agreed to a deal, pending shareholder and regulatory approval,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for InBev to purchase the American icon at $70 per share, creating a new company to be named Anheuser-Busch InBev. Anheuser-Busch would get two seats on the combined board of directors. The all-cash agreement, almost $52 billion in total equity, created the world's largest brewer, uniting the maker of Budweiser and Michelob with the producer of <a href="/wiki/Beck%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Beck's">Beck's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stella_Artois" title="Stella Artois">Stella Artois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoegaarden_Brewery" title="Hoegaarden Brewery">Hoegaarden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leffe" title="Leffe">Leffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bass_(beer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass (beer)">Bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Labatt">Labatt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brahma_(beer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahma (beer)">Brahma</a>. The two companies had combined yearly sales of more than $36.4 billion, surpassing the current No. 1 brewer, London-based <a href="/wiki/SABMiller" title="SABMiller">SABMiller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grupo Modelo took InBev to arbitration for more than a year and a half after the deal was completed, attempting to block the deal. </p><p>On October 7, 2009, parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev announced plans to sell the theme parks division to The Blackstone Group for up to <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$2.7 billion</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2010, a panel decided that the takeover did not violate Anheuser-Busch's agreement with Modelo.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-acquisition_changes">Post-acquisition changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-acquisition changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 18, 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Hostile_takeover" class="mw-redirect" title="Hostile takeover">hostile takeover</a> was completed, and the <a href="/wiki/Parent_corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent corporation">parent corporation</a> was renamed Anheuser-Busch InBev; Anheuser-Busch became a <a href="/wiki/Wholly_owned_subsidiary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wholly owned subsidiary">wholly owned subsidiary</a> of the new corporation, controlled within the North America zone unit of AB InBev. By early 2009, AB InBev "turned a family-led company that spared little expense into one that is focused intently on cost-cutting and <a href="/wiki/Profit_margin" title="Profit margin">profit margins</a>, while rethinking the way it sells beer."<sup id="cite_ref-wsjchanges_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjchanges-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AB InBev focused on reducing costs in the Anheuser-Busch Companies subsidiary and implemented performance-related pay,<sup id="cite_ref-wsjchanges_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjchanges-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with several other changes. They immediately laid off 1,400 employees and 415 contractors,<sup id="cite_ref-layoffs_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-layoffs-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sold Busch Entertainment Corporation, and sold company-owned <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-loschmanagement.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loschmanagement.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For employees, AB InBev ended <a href="/wiki/Perquisite" class="mw-redirect" title="Perquisite">perquisites</a> such as executive assistants for senior management, company contributions to the salaried employee <a href="/wiki/Pension" title="Pension">pension</a> plan, and company-provided <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a> to retirees; it also reduced the number of company-provided cell phones, taking back 1200 Blackberries;<sup id="cite_ref-loschmanagement.com_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loschmanagement.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ended tuition reimbursement, and <a href="/wiki/Severance_package" title="Severance package">severance packages</a>. Perks like free tickets to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> baseball games and for <a href="/wiki/Busch_Gardens" title="Busch Gardens">Busch Gardens</a> were taken away from employees. Anheuser-Busch stopped providing free beer to its employees and visitors to its theme parks.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These internal changes accompanied changes in its <a href="/wiki/Advertising" title="Advertising">advertising</a>. These cost-cutting measures rapidly reduced AB InBev's debt from $56.6 billion in 2008 to $30.1 billion at the end of 2012. When the restructuring was complete, only three senior-level Anheuser-Busch managers remained.<sup id="cite_ref-loschmanagement.com_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loschmanagement.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>InBev auctioned off several large assets in an effort to pay off debt to the banks that financed the merger.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It sold Anheuser's 27% stake in China's <a href="/wiki/Tsingtao_Brewery" title="Tsingtao Brewery">Tsingtao</a>, sold a few beverage can and lid-making plants to Ball Corporation, and sold its own <a href="/wiki/Beer_in_South_Korea" title="Beer in South Korea">Korean beer</a> business for $1.8 billion to <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts & Co.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It put the 10 theme parks in Anheuser's Busch Entertainment Unit, which included its three <a href="/wiki/SeaWorld" title="SeaWorld">SeaWorld</a> locations, up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under InBev, Anheuser-Busch also lengthened <a href="/wiki/Accounts_payable" title="Accounts payable">accounts payable</a> terms, and introduced <a href="/wiki/Zero-based_budgeting" title="Zero-based budgeting">zero-based budgeting</a>. These changes caused concern from its suppliers when Anheuser-Busch announced it would take 120 days to pay its bills rather than 30 days, taking time to use that money for other purposes. The new payment policy often results in longer periods than 120 days, since the 120 days starts from the end of the month in which the invoice is 'approved' internally, which can be many days/months after an invoice is submitted.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>InBev signed a 10-year lease on 31,500 square feet of office space on <a href="/wiki/Park_Avenue" title="Park Avenue">Park Avenue</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, which led to speculation that they would move Anheuser-Busch InBev North American headquarters from <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St Louis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2013, a widely publicized lawsuit accused AB InBev<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of "watering down" products including Budweiser and Michelob. Such beers are intentionally brewed over-strength and then "watered down" to the intended level, creating a product of equal or greater quality.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit was dismissed.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of Anheuser's top executives, only three remained in their jobs following the acquisition: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Peacock_(businessman)" title="Dave Peacock (businessman)">Dave Peacock</a> as president of the merged company's US division; Gary Rutledge as general counsel for the company's North American business; and Bob Golden, Anheuser's former acquisitions head, as global head of the merged company's <a href="/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions" title="Mergers and acquisitions">mergers and acquisitions</a> effort.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations_and_products">Operations and products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operations and products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anheuser-Busch Companies operates as one of several subsidiaries in the North America zone unit of <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev" class="mw-redirect" title="Anheuser-Busch InBev">Anheuser-Busch InBev</a> SA/NV (AB InBev) and it produces and distributes hundreds of products from the AB InBev portfolio. </p><p>On October 10, 2016, a $100 billion merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller closed. The new company is trading as NewbelcoSABMiller.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporate_leadership">Corporate leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Corporate leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Michel_Doukeris" title="Michel Doukeris">Michel Doukeris</a> is the current <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> of AB InBev, the parent company of the U.S. operation,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Brendan Whitworth is the current CEO of the Anheuser-Busch subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Previous corporate leaders of Anheuser-Busch include: </p> <ul><li>1860–1880 Eberhard Anheuser</li> <li>1880–1913 Adolphus Busch</li> <li>1913–1934 August A. Busch Sr.</li> <li>1934–1946 <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Busch_III" title="Adolphus Busch III">Adolphus Busch III</a></li> <li>1946–1971 <a href="/wiki/Gussie_Busch" title="Gussie Busch">Gussie Busch</a></li> <li>1971–1974 <a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Meyer" title="Richard A. Meyer">Richard A. Meyer</a></li> <li>1974–2002 <a href="/wiki/August_A._Busch_III" class="mw-redirect" title="August A. Busch III">August A. Busch III</a></li> <li>2002–2006 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stokes_(businessman)" title="Patrick Stokes (businessman)">Patrick Stokes</a></li> <li>2006–2008 <a href="/wiki/August_A._Busch_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="August A. Busch IV">August A. Busch IV</a></li></ul> <p>In 2008 Anheuser-Busch was acquired by InBev, and the combined company was renamed Anheuser-Busch InBev. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Years </th> <th>CEO of parent company AB InBev </th> <th>Leader of the Anheuser-Busch subsidiary </th></tr> <tr> <td>2008–2012 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Brito_(businessman)" title="Carlos Brito (businessman)">Carlos Brito</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>President <a href="/wiki/Dave_Peacock_(businessman)" title="Dave Peacock (businessman)">Dave Peacock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2014 </td> <td>Luiz Edmond </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2018 </td> <td>João Castro Neves </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018–2021 </td> <td>Michel Doukeris </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–Present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michel_Doukeris" title="Michel Doukeris">Michel Doukeris</a> </td> <td>CEO Brendan Whitworth </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brewery_operations">Brewery operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Brewery operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg/220px-Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg/330px-Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg/440px-Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_at_St._Louis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Brewery at <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG/220px-StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG/330px-StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG/440px-StLouisABPackaging_Plant.JPG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>The packaging plant in St. Louis</figcaption></figure> <p>Anheuser-Busch Companies has operated 13 breweries, all located in the United States: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a> (opened 1852)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> (opened 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a> (opened 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a> (opened 1959, now closed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a> (opened 1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> (opened 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> (opened 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack, New Hampshire</a> (opened 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a> (opened 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield, California</a> (opened 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwinsville,_New_York" title="Baldwinsville, New York">Baldwinsville, New York</a> (opened 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins, Colorado</a> (opened 1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartersville,_Georgia" title="Cartersville, Georgia">Cartersville, Georgia</a> (opened 1993)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_Brewery_(St._Louis,_Missouri)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anheuser-Busch Brewery (St. Louis, Missouri)">St. Louis brewery</a>, which opened in 1852, is a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark_District" title="National Historic Landmark District">National Historic Landmark District</a>, and includes three buildings listed as <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmarks" class="mw-redirect" title="National Historic Landmarks">National Historic Landmarks</a>. Public tours of the brewery are offered. The tour takes visitors through the complex where they can see beer being made and packaged in a working part of the brewery. The company keeps a rotation of its famous <a href="/wiki/Budweiser_Clydesdales" title="Budweiser Clydesdales">Budweiser Clydesdales</a> at its headquarters, and visitors to the brewery can observe the <a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(horse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clydesdale (horse)">clydesdales</a> in their exercise field and see their places in the carriage house. </p><p>The brewery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpinv2_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpinv2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nhlsum_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhlsum-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The landmarked area includes 189 structures spread over 142 acres (57 ha), including many red brick Romanesque ones "with square crenelated towers and elaborate details."<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpinv2_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpinv2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brew House, built in 1891–1892, is particularly notable for its "multi-storied hop chandeliers, intricate iron-work, and utilization of natural light".<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpinv2_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpinv2-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_operations">Other operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from supply operations like brewing and packaging, Anheuser-Busch Companies includes Anheuser-Busch Wholesale Operations Divisions (WOD), Anheuser-Busch Agricultural Operations, Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation, Eagle Packaging, and <a href="/wiki/Busch_Properties" class="mw-redirect" title="Busch Properties">Busch Properties</a>, which manages subsidiary-owned property. Anheuser Busch owns and operates aluminum can plants (Metal Container Corporation). MCC supplies Anheuser Busch breweries and Pepsi Beverages Group fillers across the US. Suppliers to Anheuser-Busch Companies include <a href="/wiki/Owens-Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Owens-Illinois">Owens-Illinois</a>, which provides glass bottles to several Anheuser-Busch breweries. Anheuser-Busch also owns glass production facilities, such as the former Longhorn Glass, which provides glass for the Houston brewery. Anheuser-Busch Companies delivers its products to retailers through a network of more than 500 independent wholesalers and 13 wholly owned distributors.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 20, 1953, Anheuser-Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">major league baseball</a> club and owned them until March 21, 1996, when the club was sold to a group of private investors. </p><p>In 1966, <a href="/wiki/Busch_Memorial_Stadium" title="Busch Memorial Stadium">Busch Memorial Stadium</a> was paid for and built by the brewery and opened for business; Anheuser-Busch later purchased the stadium in 1981 for $53 million and removed the "Memorial" in its name. The stadium was demolished in late 2005 and replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">new ballpark</a> in 2006. Anheuser-Busch signed an agreement to retain the "Busch Stadium" name on the new building through 2025. </p><p>Up until 2009, Anheuser-Busch was also one of the largest theme park owners/operators in the United States, with ten parks throughout the country through its entertainment division, Busch Entertainment Corporation, including its three SeaWorld locations. The company is now known as <a href="/wiki/SeaWorld_Parks_%26_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment">SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beverage_products">Beverage products</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Beverage products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_brands" title="Anheuser-Busch brands">Anheuser-Busch brands</a></div> <p>Anheuser-Busch Companies is responsible for the production, importation and distribution of several AB InBev products, including three company-designated global brands, Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Beck's.<sup id="cite_ref-abinbevusreport2012_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abinbevusreport2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other multi-country brands distributed or produced by Anheuser-Busch Companies include Leffe and Hoegaarden, while local brands produced by the company include <a href="/wiki/Bass_Brewery" title="Bass Brewery">Bass Pale Ale</a>, Bud Light, <a href="/wiki/Busch_Beer" class="mw-redirect" title="Busch Beer">Busch Beer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landshark_Lager" class="mw-redirect" title="Landshark Lager">Landshark Lager</a>, Michelob, Michelob Ultra, <a href="/wiki/Natural_Light" title="Natural Light">Natural Light</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shock_Top" title="Shock Top">Shock Top</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abinbevusreport2012_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abinbevusreport2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also produces nonalcoholic beverages, <a href="/wiki/Malt_liquor" title="Malt liquor">malt liquors</a> (such as King Cobra and Hurricane), and flavored malt beverages (e.g. the Bacardi Silver family and <a href="/wiki/Tequiza" class="mw-redirect" title="Tequiza">Tequiza</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On December 22, 2015, it was announced that Anheuser-Busch would purchase Breckenridge Brewery for an undisclosed sum.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advertising">Advertising</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kevin_harvick_(47223208601)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Kevin_harvick_%2847223208601%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4301" data-file-height="2293" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harvick" title="Kevin Harvick">Kevin Harvick</a>'s Busch sponsored <a href="/wiki/2019_Monster_Energy_NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series">2019</a> <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="NASCAR Cup Series">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Ford_Mustang_(sixth_generation)" title="Ford Mustang (sixth generation)">Ford Mustang</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pocono_Raceway" title="Pocono Raceway">Pocono Raceway</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malt-Nutrine,_1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg/220px-Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg/330px-Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg/440px-Malt-Nutrine%2C_1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="845" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>1898 magazine ad for Malt-Nutrine</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to its acquisition by InBev, the company was known in the United States for its advertising presence, including a sports marketing division which created advertising material for the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> and many other sporting events. Budweiser has sponsored horse racing events and <a href="/wiki/Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorsports">motorsports</a> including <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a>, the "<a href="/wiki/Miss_Budweiser" title="Miss Budweiser">Miss Budweiser</a>" racing <a href="/wiki/Hydroplane_(boat)" title="Hydroplane (boat)">hydroplane</a>, and the "Budweiser King" championship top fuel dragster of <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Bernstein" title="Kenny Bernstein">Kenny Bernstein</a>. </p><p>Since the acquisition by AB InBev, the company has significantly cut back its advertising, predicated on the belief that "changing <a href="/wiki/Demographics" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics">demographics</a> and media habits no longer require spending as much on mainstream sports events".<sup id="cite_ref-wsjchanges_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjchanges-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spykes_underaged_alcohol_marketing">Spykes underaged alcohol marketing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Spykes underaged alcohol marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the company introduced a flavored 12% abv malt liquor under the name <i>Spykes</i>. It was sold in colorful, 2-<a href="/wiki/Ounce" title="Ounce">ounce</a> bottles. Available flavors included <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lime_(fruit)" title="Lime (fruit)">lime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melon" title="Melon">melon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chocolate" title="Chocolate">chocolate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hot_melon_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hot_melon-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was withdrawn in the same year after criticism from <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_(drug)" title="Alcohol (drug)">alcohol</a> industry watchdog groups that it was being marketed to underage customers, and the <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_and_Tobacco_Tax_and_Trade_Bureau" title="Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau">Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau</a> found that the labeling of Spykes was illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-Booze_buzz_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Booze_buzz-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spykes_labels_illegal_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spykes_labels_illegal-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Environmental record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Political_Economy_Research_Institute" title="Political Economy Research Institute">Political Economy Research Institute</a> ranked Anheuser–Busch 40th among the "Toxic 100", a list of U.S. corporations most responsible for <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a>. The study found that Anheuser–Busch released 1,002,786 kg (2,213,657 lbs) of toxic pollutants annually into the air.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is mainly because large amounts of <a href="/wiki/CO2" class="mw-redirect" title="CO2">CO<sub>2</sub></a> are released during the process of <a href="/wiki/Brewing#Fermenting" title="Brewing">fermentation</a>. </p><p>Anheuser-Busch has received numerous awards for its efforts to reduce its impact on the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995 Anheuser-Busch's Baldwinsville brewery won an award for pollution prevention from the New York Governor for its use of a "comprehensive, energy-producing pollution-prevention system – bioenergy recovery – to treat wastewater from the brewing process." The brewery also reduced solid waste by nearly 70 percent from 1990 to 1994. In addition, the Baldwinsville brewery found markets for previous "waste" materials used in the <a href="/wiki/Fermentation" title="Fermentation">fermentation</a> of Anheuser-Busch beers.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp. recycled more than 27 billion cans in 2006, a number far greater than what was used in its own packaging. Similarly, Anheuser-Busch has set short-term goals to reduce energy consumption 5% and increasing use of renewable fuel from 8 to 15% by 2010. Along with these goals, Anheuser-Busch has succeeded in cutting down its water use by 3% since 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev has recently announced a commitment to secure 100% of the company's purchased electricity from renewable sources by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The brewery also operates an environmental outreach program to encourage recycling, energy conservation, and habitat preservation, as well as to prevent <a href="/wiki/Litter" title="Litter">littering</a> and water pollution.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For past 18 years Anheuser-Busch employees have participated in "Green Week", which focuses on environmental conservation education for employees and their families.<sup id="cite_ref-csrwire1_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csrwire1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anheuser-Busch states they do not use animal-derived products, artificial ingredients, additives or preservatives at any stage of the brewing process or as part of the packaging in any of their range, with the exception of three Michelob products and two Bud Light products, which contain honey and shellfish respectively, and are marketed as such.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All other Anheuser-Busch beers are brewed using water, yeast, barley malt, hops, and additional cereal grains. Anheuser-Busch eliminates the need for <a href="/wiki/Isinglass" title="Isinglass">isinglass</a> <a href="/wiki/Finings" title="Finings">finings</a> by settling and removing particles before fermentation. The beechwood aging process also helps to attract and remove yeast from the brew before the lagering process has ended.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This only applies to the beers the company brews itself. </p><p>Anheuser-Busch became a pioneer for electricity-powered heavy trucks. It ordered hundreds of trucks from <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Motor" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikola Motor">Nikola Motor</a>, an Arizona company specialized in the development of hydrogen-fueled engines.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budweiser_Bill">Budweiser Bill</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Budweiser Bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, after numerous deaths in <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> stadiums, Brazil passed a law outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums. FIFA demanded that Brazil allow alcohol sales at the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a> because Budweiser, a major World Cup sponsor is the "Official Beer of the FIFA World Cup", a role it has played since 1986. </p><p>In response, Brazil passed a law paving the way for alcohol sales in the World Cup, nicknamed the "Budweiser Bill".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Up_for_Whatever"_beer_campaign_controversy"><span id=".22Up_for_Whatever.22_beer_campaign_controversy"></span>"Up for Whatever" beer campaign controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: "Up for Whatever" beer campaign controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2015, Anheuser-Busch, in an effort to target new, younger consumers to buy its products, the company printed a slogan on Bud Light bottles that said "The perfect beer for removing 'no' from your vocabulary for the night. #UpForWhatever."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The label triggered a backlash, and the company was immediately criticized by people who charged that it could be interpreted as promoting rape.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bud Light's vice president Alexander Lambrecht addressed the situation via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, first saying that the slogans were meant to promote brand engagement in a "positive and lighthearted way", but that the company had "missed the mark" with their "up for whatever" slogan.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ended his message by saying that Bud Light would "never condone disrespectful or irresponsible behavior". His message was followed by a Twitter response from Lisa Weser; the former head of communications and marketing for <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev" class="mw-redirect" title="Anheuser-Busch InBev">Anheuser-Busch InBev</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who also responded to the situation via Twitter. Her response repeated Alexander Lambrecht's concluding message.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liquor_law_violations_in_Seattle">Liquor law violations in Seattle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Liquor law violations in Seattle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) issued a $150,000 violation to Anheuser-Busch in May 2016. Investigators determined that Anheuser-Busch entered into an illegal agreement of exclusivity with two concert venues in Seattle – the <a href="/wiki/The_Showbox" title="The Showbox">Showbox</a> and the Showbox SoDo.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_Super_Bowl_advertising">2017 Super Bowl advertising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2017 Super Bowl advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early February 2017, Anheuser-Busch's "Budweiser – Born the Hard Way" Super Bowl commercial was released online, prompting conservative political rebuke over its depiction of the immigration of founder Adolphus Busch from Germany to St. Louis. Although the ad had been conceived eight months before its release, some perceived the ad to be a political statement in opposition to then-current president <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. A week before the ad's release, public controversy erupted over an executive order prohibiting entry of immigrants, refugees, and re-entry of permanent residents from seven countries into the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The script for the advertisement was finalized after the November elections, when Budweiser's internal marketing team settled on the twelfth revision of the script. Shooting for the commercial then took place in January.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ad controversy followed after controversy in May 2016 when Trump, then a presidential candidate, was perceived by some to be hijacking Budweiser's America branding campaign for his own political purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_Super_Bowl_advertising">2019 Super Bowl advertising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2019 Super Bowl advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 21, 2019, Anheuser-Busch was sued for false advertising by rival <a href="/wiki/MillerCoors" title="MillerCoors">MillerCoors</a> over a Bud Light commercial that aired during <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII" title="Super Bowl LIII">Super Bowl LIII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commercial claimed MillerCoors' <a href="/wiki/Miller_Lite" title="Miller Lite">Miller Lite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coors_Light" title="Coors Light">Coors Light</a> products contain <a href="/wiki/Corn_syrup" title="Corn syrup">corn syrup</a>, but the lawsuit argues that corn syrup is only used during the brewing process as a fermentation aid and neither beer contains corn syrup. The suit alleges that Anheuser-Busch is using "false and misleading statements" to confuse health-conscious consumers into thinking the beers contain <a href="/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup" title="High-fructose corn syrup">high-fructose corn syrup</a>, which has been linked with <a href="/wiki/Obesity" title="Obesity">obesity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An Anheuser-Busch spokesperson called the lawsuit "baseless" and said it would not deter Bud Light from "providing consumers with the transparency they demand."<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MillerCoors <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> sought an injunction to prevent Bud Light from continuing the ad campaign, as well as a trial by jury and legal fees. Anheuser-Busch prevailed in the Seventh Circuit in 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the court finding that since Miller included corn syrup on the ingredients list, Anheuser-Busch was within the bounds of the Lanham Act. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_Bud_Light_boycott">2023 Bud Light boycott</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2023 Bud Light boycott"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_Bud_Light_boycott" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Bud Light boycott">2023 Bud Light boycott</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg/220px-WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg/330px-WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg/440px-WSJ_bud_light_data.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="883" /></a><figcaption>Top beer brands in the U.S. the first half of 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 2, 2023, Anheuser-Busch's brand <a href="/wiki/Bud_Light" class="mw-redirect" title="Bud Light">Bud Light</a> started facing a <a href="/wiki/Boycott" title="Boycott">boycott</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after partnering with <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> influencer and activist <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Mulvaney" title="Dylan Mulvaney">Dylan Mulvaney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alissa Heinerscheid, the vice president of marketing behind the campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> took a leave of absence on April 21, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was replaced by Budweiser Global Marketing VP Todd Allen.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 10, 2023, <a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a> downgraded <a href="/wiki/AB_InBev" title="AB InBev">Anheuser-Busch InBev</a> stock as it dealt with a "Bud Light crisis".<sup id="cite_ref-nbcnews.com_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcnews.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Analysts at <a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a> cited "deeper problems than ABI admits" after the partnership with Mulvaney resulted in a wave of backlash and a boycott. The analyst cited a Beer Marketer's Insights note that showed a steep drop in beer sales "of maybe more than 25%" in April.<sup id="cite_ref-nbcnews.com_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcnews.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 13, 2023, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> reported that Bud Light lost the title as the top-selling U.S. beer, with <a href="/wiki/Grupo_Modelo" title="Grupo Modelo">Modelo Especial</a> in May taking the top sales spot.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Finance" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Finance">Yahoo! Finance</a>, on July 10, 2023, reported a recent <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> survey's findings that Bud Light's popularity among American beer brands dropped to the 14th position.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 26, 2023, the <a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a> reported that Anheuser-Busch laid off hundreds of workers at its U.S. sales offices after months of slumping sales at Bud Light.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anheuser-Busch reported in its second quarter earnings, on August 3, 2023, that its revenue in the United States fell more than 10 percent in the second quarter, versus the same period last year, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light.” Operating profit at the U.S. unit dropped by nearly 30 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 29, 2024, <a href="/wiki/CNN_Business" title="CNN Business">CNN Business</a> reported, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, experienced a significant financial hit, potentially losing up to $1.4 billion in sales. This loss was attributed to the controversy and subsequent boycott of Bud Light in the United States, following the sponsored <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> post featuring the transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, which notably impacted the company's overall growth and beer sales volume in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ties_with_Washington_University_in_St._Louis">Ties with Washington University in St. Louis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anheuser-Busch&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Ties with Washington University in St. Louis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adolphus Busch joined <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University</a>'s Board of Directors in 1895, back when the school was still located on its old downtown St. Louis campus. Adolphus would continue to serve on the board until his death in 1913, at which point his son, <a href="/wiki/August_Anheuser_Busch_Sr." title="August Anheuser Busch Sr.">August Busch Sr.</a> took over his seat. Though <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Busch_III" title="Adolphus Busch III">Adolphus Busch III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gussie_Busch" title="Gussie Busch">Gussie Busch</a> never sat on the board, the ties between their company and the school were still strong. August Busch III, CEO of Anheuser-Busch from 1975 to 2002, would become a trustee of the university, a position he holds to this day. The Anheuser-Busch Foundation donation that gave its name to Anheuser-Busch Hall was made in honor of Fred L. Kuhlmann, an executive officer of both the company and the St. Louis Cardinals under August Busch III. Kuhlmann, who held these positions for most of the 1980s and early 1990s, graduated from WashU's undergraduate and law programs.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the Busch family no longer owns Anheuser-Busch, the connection between the company and the university is ongoing. Jack H. 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