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.