Bye Bye Budweiser? InBev Bids For Bud
June 12, 2008 by Robert Barr
Filed under Rants
It all started in the 80’s and early 90’s, then continued in the early part of this century. What is it I am talking about race fans? The wholesale selling out of American classics from right under neath our noses. The 80’s saw some of the most fabled real estate come under Japanese ownership. Then it was the gutting of American manufacturing to China and the outsourcing of anything that had to do with customer service to India.
But at some point, you have to take a stand, and dammit, there is no better time then now with InBev’s $65 unsolicited bid for Anheuser Busch! You can take our homes, you can take our call centers and textile mills, you can even take our ports (O.K., we didn’t like that one either) but there is no way you are going to take our beer! If I were Augustus Bush or which ever one of the little inbreeds running the company today, I would tell InBev, come on in, here’s the keys, knock yourself out. I’ll be back in six months.
Why?
If InBev did any market research they would have closed their checkbooks and kept their Belgian asses home because there is no red blooded American out there that is going to chug down this deal. There are some things that are just not natural, and this deal is one of em’. Honestly, Bud really is the worst tasting beer out there…..But it’s our beer, and Bud is THE beer icon, these are the guys that brought us the friggin’ Clydesdale horses and the Bud-Weis-er frogs, and my all time favorite…. the what’s up guys.
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Slisse Swinnen on Mon, 14th Jul 2008 10:08 am
All the time American companies take over foreign companies without any hassle. Why not, its a free market ! I myself am Belgian and if there is one thing I am proud of as a Belgian its our beer. There is about 3000 of them in our little country. Maybe now you will get the change of trying some of them, that is if you are brave enough ;-). Try a Chimay Blue (not an InBev brand by the way) of a Leffe 9 (InBev) and then come back and say Bud is the best ? America has a lot of great things and is the best in a lot of things, but in my humble opinion beer making is not one of them.
admin on Mon, 14th Jul 2008 10:28 am
Hi Slisse!
Thanks for stopping by! I agree, maybe we will get a decent beer. Budweiser is terrible. I always liked Becks.