Coming Soon: I Won't Be Able to Pretend Beer Has Zero Calories Anymore
The Beer Institute introduced its Brewers Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, which asks its 44 brewer and importer members to voluntarily include caloric and nutritional information, including ingredients, on its packaging as well as provide "born on" or "best by" dates.
Missouri Beer Companies Able to Lease Coolers to Retailers in August
Jeff Shrag, President of the Missouri Small Brewers Association and co-owner of Mother's Brewing Company, summed it up perfectly: "This is about the slow annihilation of craft beer in America. They are going to do it by a thousand tiny cuts."
Regulators Seeing "Less Transparent" Attempts by Big Beer - A Seattle Case Study
You don't have to look very hard to find multiple examples of shady behavior by AB InBev similar to the ones described here.
ABInBev-SABMiller Merger Approval Possible Soon - Here's What that Could Mean for Independent Brewers
It's possible that antitrust authorities will approve the $107 billion merger between Anheuser Busch INBEV and SABMiller by the end of the month.