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Title: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: twyacht on August 30, 2009, 06:25:25 PM
Everything else is going up, except salary, So why not, since InBev bought the staple of American Beer.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/market-dispatches.aspx?post=1236196&_blg=1,1236196

Beer prices are going up
Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors say they will raise prices.

Posted by Elizabeth Strott on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:37 AM

Budweiser © Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBeer drinkers, get ready to shell out more for a Bud: Anheuser-Busch InBev (AHBIY) is boosting the price of its brews.

The increases will occur later this year and will cover "different price tiers," the company told The Wall Street Journal late Tuesday.
"We do plan on taking prices up in the fall on the majority of our volume in the majority of the U.S.," Dave Peacock, president of Anheuser-Busch InBev's U.S. division, told the paper. "The environment is very favorable, we think."

 

Rival MillerCoors also plans price increases. "We have seen very strong pricing to date this year, and we are projecting a favorable pricing environment moving forward," Brad Schwartz, the vice president of revenue management and sales development at  MillerCoors, told the Journal. MillerCoors is a joint venture of Molson Coors (TAP) and SABMiller (SBM)

Neither company said how big the price increases would be.


 

Beer prices in the U.S. have been rising despite the recession. In July, the price of beer, ale and other malt beverages sold for consumption at home had risen 4.6% from July 2008, according to the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index. The year before, prices rose 5.3%.


Meanwhile, distilled spirits rose 2%, and wine was up 1.6% in July. Consumer prices overall were down 2.1% in July, the biggest year-over-year drop since 1950.

Belgian InBev bought Anheuser-Busch last year.


*****

Just like the Oil Companies,...greedy bastards......
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Jackel on August 30, 2009, 06:31:17 PM
guess ill have to start drinking coke  :-X
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: twyacht on August 30, 2009, 06:36:13 PM
guess ill have to start drinking coke  Lips Sealed

Puerto Rico loves the U.S. so it will be Coke with Bacardi....Or those Tennessee or Kentucky folks that still churn out fine AMERICAN Whiskey...and/or Bourbon.... I know some are picky....

If the rate of inflation for beer is higher than wine or liquors, well,....

Hazeritas are cheap also,.....
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: philw on August 30, 2009, 06:46:04 PM
could be worse 


they are trying to Tax it  more over here  to "make us healthier"    and to " stop the binge Drinking"   ::)

they have all ready done it with the PreMix Drinks  now they are after the bulk wine


they are also hitting the smokes as well in this

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25986837-5006301,00.html
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: 1911 Junkie on August 30, 2009, 07:43:20 PM
I went to Colorado to visit a friend awhile back. Just had to tour Coors brewery. During the tour, the guide said,"these are the pots that have Coors Light and Keystone Light." I asked which they were making this day. The reply was that the only difference was in packaging and marketing. Some people like expensive beer and some people like cheap beer, but it all came from the same tanks. It surprised me that they openly admitted this.

I also heard that Budweiser and Busch do the same thing.
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Jackel on August 30, 2009, 08:24:50 PM
im am surprised that they would say that too.

they effectively killed off that beer
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: twyacht on August 30, 2009, 08:46:54 PM
Adolphus Busch IV, was against selling out to Europe, before he actually went ahead and did it.

It was discussed here on DRTV, and now here in the archives, when it happened.

Take Sam Adams to my BBQ now...

Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: fightingquaker13 on August 30, 2009, 11:54:00 PM
Had a friend that worked for Cruzan Rum. They got sold to INBEV, a Swedish company. He did well one sales quarter and was "rewarded" with a trip to the ice hotel, made out of ice (beds and toilets included) on a frozen lake in Sweden (we both thought the inmates at Gitmo got a better deal). Personally, I think that's where you send the screw ups in your company as a warning, but I'm just a Florida boy. The point is that INBEV is not to be trusted. They come from a country where .02 is over the limit,consider a Saab a sports car and think Aqua Vit is fit for human consumption. It's a sad day when they buy Bud. >:(
FQ13 
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 31, 2009, 12:15:17 AM
You Idjit, that's a heck of a prize,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hotel

An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up entirely of snow and sculpted blocks of ice. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances.

All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.

Existing each year between December and April, the Icehotel in the village of Jukkasjärvi, about 17 km from Kiruna, Sweden was the world's first ice hotel. In 1989, Japanese ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring 1990, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin - the first guests of the "hotel".
When completed, the hotel features a bar, church, main hall, reception area and rooms and suites for over 100 guests to sit and sleep on blocks of sculpted ice in the form of chairs and beds. There is also warm accommodation available next to the hotel. The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is known to be the biggest hotel of ice and snow in the world, spanning over some 6 000 m2. Each suite is unique and the architecture of the hotel is changed each year, as it is rebuilt from scratch. Each year artists submit their ideas for suites and a jury selects about 50 artists to create the church, Absolut Icebar, reception, main hall and suites. When spring comes, everything melts away and returns to the Torne River. The Icehotel only exists between December and April, and has been listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Sweden. [1]

Documentaries that focus on this hotel can be seen from time to time on Discovery Channel [2][3] and National Geographic[4].

Much more at link

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080827232631AAFDsaT

Prices range from 690 SEK to 6900 SEK ($108 to $1080) for a night

Price list: http://www.icehotel.com/Winter/Book/Acco…
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: fightingquaker13 on August 31, 2009, 12:29:17 AM
You Idjit, that's a heck of a prize,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hotel
has been listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Sweden. [1]
Seven wonders of Sweden? Personally, I thought the only "Wonder" was attractive women who weren't afraid to take their clothes off (unless they were stuck in the ice hotel, but even then they'd be "perky")
FQ13 who is drinking a Bud on his way to the corner and hoping to find the Swedish Bikini Team waiting there ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Jackel on August 31, 2009, 12:51:38 AM
Seven wonders of Sweden? Personally, I thought the only "Wonder" was attractive women who weren't afraid to take their clothes off (unless they were stuck in the ice hotel, but even then they'd be "perky")
FQ13 who is drinking a Bud on his way to the corner and hoping to find the Swedish Bikini Team waiting there ;D

i had a friend in high school who was from Denmark. apparently on their school trips there were 3 diffrent types of lodging: girls, boys and mixed  8). the teachers even gave out rubbers. to a 16 year old me i was dying to become that hot british exchange student in denmark.  ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: fightingquaker13 on August 31, 2009, 01:04:01 AM
i had a friend in high school who was from Denmark. apparently on their school trips there were 3 diffrent types of lodging: girls, boys and mixed  8). the teachers even gave out rubbers. to a 16 year old me i was dying to become that hot british exchange student in denmark.  ;D
Jakel, it sounds like luke warm would have done it. Yeah, she might have been overweight and had braces, but at 16 who gives a damn? ;D ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: blackwolfe on August 31, 2009, 11:06:31 AM
Had a friend that worked for Cruzan Rum. They got sold to INBEV, a Swedish company. He did well one sales quarter and was "rewarded" with a trip to the ice hotel, made out of ice (beds and toilets included) on a frozen lake in Sweden (we both thought the inmates at Gitmo got a better deal). Personally, I think that's where you send the screw ups in your company as a warning, but I'm just a Florida boy. The point is that INBEV is not to be trusted. They come from a country where .02 is over the limit,consider a Saab a sports car and think Aqua Vit is fit for human consumption. It's a sad day when they buy Bud. >:(
FQ13 

Seven wonders of Sweden? Personally, I thought the only "Wonder" was attractive women who weren't afraid to take their clothes off (unless they were stuck in the ice hotel, but even then they'd be "perky")
FQ13 who is drinking a Bud on his way to the corner and hoping to find the Swedish Bikini Team waiting there ;D

FQ, These ladies might just put some serious hurt on you, if you keep knocking their country.
http://www.uspsa2.org/sbt.htm


In this economic crisis time there is much talk about raising taxes on beer and other adult beverages.  I believe our Canadian governor in Michigan wants to do that.

It's time to start brewing our own in the corner.  It's not hard and is much better.
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 31, 2009, 11:10:22 AM
FQ, These ladies might just put some serious hurt on you, if you keep knocking their country.
http://www.uspsa2.org/sbt.htm


In this economic crisis time there is much talk about raising taxes on beer and other adult beverages.  I believe our Canadian governor in Michigan wants to do that.

It's time to start brewing our own in the corner.  It's not hard and is much better.

They might hurt me, in fact, they might kill me, but I'm willing to take that chance  ;D
It's apple picking time up here, any one know what "Apple Jack" is  ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: tt11758 on August 31, 2009, 11:11:31 AM
Not to worry, the corner goes through enough beer that we have a 2-year contract at the current price.  We have clout!!  See what happens when you're a company's MAJOR customer?   ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: shooter32 on August 31, 2009, 11:12:08 AM
They might hurt me, in fact, they might kill me, but I'm willing to take that chance  ;D
It's apple picking time up here, any one know what "Apple Jack" is  ;D

Oh Yeah!!   Great in egg nog ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 31, 2009, 11:13:41 AM
Oh Yeah!!   Great in egg nog ;D

Every one in the "Frozen North " probably knows, but them southern boys are missing out  ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: blackwolfe on August 31, 2009, 11:22:10 AM
Tom,
What is Apple Jack?  I've heard of it, but don't actually know what it is.

In my part of the frozen north  Schnapps was big in cold weather and ice shanties.  Some guys liked to disolve those red hot candies in it.
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: shooter32 on August 31, 2009, 11:30:26 AM
Tom,
What is Apple Jack?  I've heard of it, but don't actually know what it is.

In my part of the frozen north  Schnapps was big in cold weather and ice shanties.  Some guys liked to disolve those red hot candies in it.

Applejack® brandy
Applejack is a brandy distilled from hard cider or fermented apple pomace.
 ;)
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: TAB on August 31, 2009, 11:39:10 AM
I use apple jack  in my apple pies...   ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Johnny Bravo on August 31, 2009, 11:43:27 AM
How about some Yukon Jack.......(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/johnnybravo7/smileys/thpompette.gif)
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 31, 2009, 12:09:41 PM
Tom,
What is Apple Jack?  I've heard of it, but don't actually know what it is.

In my part of the frozen north  Schnapps was big in cold weather and ice shanties.  Some guys liked to disolve those red hot candies in it.
Applejack® brandy
Applejack is a brandy distilled from hard cider or fermented apple pomace.
 ;)

To make REAL old fashioned "Apple Jack", not to be confused with "Apple Brandy".
Take a gallon of Hard Cider, (Cider that has been allowed to ferment until it has a high alcohol content)
Freeze it, pour off the remaining liquid, it's just about pure apple alcohol  ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Pathfinder on August 31, 2009, 04:09:45 PM
To make REAL old fashioned "Apple Jack", not to be confused with "Apple Brandy".
Take a gallon of Hard Cider, (Cider that has been allowed to ferment until it has a high alcohol content)
Freeze it, pour off the remaining liquid, it's just about pure apple alcohol  ;D


Man, do I love this site or what? ? ? From the rising price of beer (BTW, we go through so much I think we can get a volume discount in the corner) to making pure apple alcohol. Where else can you find such a wealth of information? I ask you, where? ? ?
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Kid Shelleen on August 31, 2009, 04:28:56 PM
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/KidShelleen/swedish-bt-2-1.jpg)
Ja, ja, ja. ;D
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: blackwolfe on August 31, 2009, 05:05:53 PM
The Swedish Bikini shooting team.  Scroll down on the link.  I have invited them to the corner.
http://www.uspsa2.org/sbt.htm
Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: PegLeg45 on August 31, 2009, 11:42:30 PM
Every one in the "Frozen North " probably knows, but them southern boys are missing out  ;D


Yeah.....but we have Peach shine.............. don't ask me how I know (I just know)................ whistling happily........  ;D


Title: Re: Beer Prices Going Up. This Will Effect The Corner....
Post by: Texas_Bryan on September 01, 2009, 12:21:42 AM
I can still find a case of Shiner on sale for $9.99 in central Texas during holidays.  It seems like over the past few months the bourbon and other goods have gotten more expensive.  Maybe I've just gotten poorer. :-\  Do they sell Shiner Bock in foreign states?