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Article: SMALL BREWERS FEAR WORST ; Anheuser-Busch buyout could curtail distribution for craft beers
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- July 15, 2008
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BOSTON - The chairman of a craft brewers trade group worries that
InBev's $52 billion deal to buy Anheuser-Busch could squeeze small
breweries' distribution efforts.
Rich Doyle, the chief executive of Harpoon Brewery in South
Boston and the chairman of the Brewers Association's board of
directors, said many craft brewers are concerned that industry
consolidation could make it tougher to land distribution
arrangements.
"We're very concerned about the narrowing of choices for small
brewers' beer," Doyle said. "When you read in the paper that 80
percent of the beer sold in the United States is now controlled by
two companies, that's a pretty sobering fact."
InBev's overtures had initially been ...
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