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Busch Beer, an economy brand 4.3% lager, was introduced in 1955 as Busch Bavarian Beer; [65] the brand name was changed in 1979 to Busch Beer. [66] The Busch brand was introduced largely in response to Major League Baseball rules in force in the 1950s, when stadium corporate naming rights were a fairly new and somewhat controversial concept. At ...
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC [5] (/ ˈ æ n h aɪ z ər ˈ b ʊ ʃ / AN-hy-zər BUUSH) is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. [6] Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (), now the world's largest brewing company, [7] [6] [8] [9] which owns multiple global brands, notably Budweiser, Michelob, Stella Artois, and Beck's.
Introduced to market on July 31, 1977, the brand formulation had 97 kcal (406 kJ), to compete with Miller Lite's 96 kcal (402 kJ), and was called "Anheuser-Busch Natural Light." The brand was Anheuser-Busch's first widely-distributed light beer , followed by Michelob Light and Bud Light , introduced in 1978 and 1981, respectively.
The company was originally named the Harkrider-Keith-Cooke Company but adopted its current name in 1931. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and is a distributor of food service throughout the United States, and also distributes Anheuser-Busch products in the state of Texas. The company distributes through its two operating divisions.
Hensley & Co. was the first Anheuser-Busch distributor to invest in refrigerated warehouses, which subsequently became standard in the industry. [11] By 1970, Hensley & Co. had a 20 percent market share; [ 10 ] by 1980, that had grown to 50 percent, [ 10 ] the business had become quite successful, and Jim Hensley was a multi-millionaire.
August Adolphus Busch IV (born June 15, 1964) is an American businessman and former CEO of Anheuser-Busch.He was the last of the family to control the company, which was purchased in a hostile takeover in 2008 by InBev.
Anheuser-Busch had been one of the largest theme park operators in the United States with ten parks throughout the United States. In October 2009, AB InBev announced the sale of its Busch Entertainment theme park division to The Blackstone Group for $2.7 billion. The company had been investigating a sale of Busch Entertainment since the merger ...
C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is a national wholesale grocery supply company in the United States, based in Keene, New Hampshire. In 2021 it was the eighth-largest privately held company in the United States , as listed by Forbes . [ 3 ]