Another Conglomerate
By Mark Tumarkin
As already mentioned by Jim Ritchart on our Hogtown email list; from the Real Beer Page email newsletter comes word that:
THREE COMPANY MERGER WOULD CREATE WORLD'S BIGGEST BREWER
New reports have surfaced that a merger between Miller Brewing Co. of Wisconsin, Scottish & Newcastle and South African Breweries is in the works. It would make the new company the largest brewer in the world, surpassing Anheuser-Busch. The Milwaukee Journal reports that the deal could be announced as early as March. As part of the deal, Miller's Milwaukee corporate headquarters -- and its roughly 1,000 jobs -- would likely remain intact, beer industry analysts said. Miller is the world's sixth larger brewer, SAB the fifth and Scottish & Newcastle the seventh.
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-001661.html
and also from the Real Beer Page newsletter, but, please· nobody tell Bob & Ed about this!
JAPANESE BEER GARDEN ADMITS RECYCLING BEER
The Sapporo Beer Garden, a noted tourist spot in the Hokkaido capital, had been selling draft beer mixed with beer left unsold from the previous day until last February, its operator admitted. An average of about 20 liters of leftover beer per day were stored in refrigerators overnight before being added to fresh beer and sold to patrons the following day in all-you-can-drink specials.