Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev considers distributor consolidation - Denver Business Journal:

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The company, the world’s largesyt brewer, has 10 distributors in Colorado, accordingg to its website. It operatew a brewery in Fort Collins. A-B InBev is weighing whethed to sell as much as half ofits U.S. beer volums directly to retailers through its own distributors in an attemptt to save money and boost according to a report Wednesday from UBS analysrMelissa Earlam. That’s up from 7 percent today. “ABkI had thought that 20 percent direct distributioj was possible inthe U.S. market,” Earlam “ABI now believes in theory 50 percenf of volumes could ultimately be sold througydirect distribution.
” Even if A-B InBev doesn’t go through with the the very idea coulr prompt distributors to she said. Belgium-based A-B InBev is selling off assetsx and looking to trim costs to reducd the debt it took on when itboughtg St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year.