Merger would give one brewer control of 70% of US beer production

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After a month of negotiations, beer goliath AB InBev, which controls brands such as Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois, and SABMiller, whose portfolio contains Miller, Coors, Molson and Peroni, are merging into one super-giant conglomerate that will brew nearly one third of the world’s beer. But don't expect to see “Anheuser Busch’s Miller Lite” on store shelves anytime soon. Things won’t change much for American consumers, as the deal is more about the developing global markets.

AB InBev, a Brazilian corporation, will pay more than $100 billion for control of the South Africa-based SABMiller. If the merger is approved, AB InBev will control over 70% of beer production in the United States.

Continuing decades of beer industry consolidation, the merger of the two largest players in the industry would mean that the top three beer companies on the planet (AB InBev, Heineken, and Carlsberg) would produce nearly 70% of all the beer brewed worldwide.

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