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World’s Largest Brewer, ABInBev sets world record

November 14, 2024

Leuven, Belgium--Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly known as AB InBev, (Euronext Brussels: ABI; NYSE: BUD), a US-Belgian-Brazilian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium, has approximately 630 beer brands in 150 countries; a truly global company with local brewing operations across 150 countries, 170,000 staff worldwide and a market cap of $123.15 billion, it sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Brewer, both by volume and revenue, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"Budweiser (including Bud Light) is the biggest brand for Anheuser-Busch InBev. The global beer giant was created in 2008 when Belgium-based InBev purchased Anheuser-Busch. U.S. volume for Bud shrank for the 30th straight year, but the brand has made strides internationally under AB InBev's watch," the Forbes says.

"Global brand sales rose 5.3% in 2018 and 10% outside the U.S., led by China, Brazil and the U.K. Sales rose by more than 25% in Brazil. Budweiser was the most talked about brand on digital and social media during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, with an estimated five billion social media impressions.

"Anheuser-Busch unveiled an innovative marketing program in 2018 where all new sponsorship agreements in sports and music will include incentive-based pricing."

"Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly known as AB InBev, is a US-Belgian-Brazilian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium and is the largest brewer in the world. (Wikipedia)

"In 2023, the company was ranked 72nd in the Forbes Global 2000. Additionally, AB InBev has a global functional management office in New York City, and regional headquarters in São Paulo, London, St. Louis, Mexico City, Bremen, Johannesburg, and others. It has approximately 630 beer brands in 150 countries."

"AB InBev was formed through InBev acquiring the American company Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is a publicly listed company, with its primary listing on the Euronext Brussels. It has secondary listings on Mexico City Stock Exchange, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and New York Stock Exchange.

"In 2008, InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch, creating Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), expanding on InBev's previous status as the world's largest brewer, creating one of the top five consumer products companies in the world. Under the terms of the merger agreement, all shares of Anheuser-Busch were acquired for US$70 per share in cash, for an aggregate of US$52 billion." (Wikipedia)

"Budweiser is an American-style pale lager, a brand of Belgian company AB InBev. Introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become a large selling beer company in the United States.

"Budweiser is a filtered beer, available on draft and in bottles and cans, made with up to 30% rice in addition to hops and barley malt."

"The name Budweiser is a German derivative adjective, meaning "of Budweis". Beer has been brewed in Budweis, Bohemia (now České Budějovice, Czechia) since it was founded in 1265. In 1876, Adolphus Busch and his friend Carl Conrad developed a "Bohemian-style" lager in the United States, inspired after a trip to Bohemia, and produced it in their brewery in St. Louis, Missouri." (Wikipedia)

"When Anheuser-Busch was founded in the 1850s, it started as a small neighborhood brewery. Through the combined efforts of Eberhard Anheuser, Adolphus Busch, and thousands of employees, our brewery quickly transformed from a local fixture into a national presence," the Anheuser-Busch Companies says.

"The introduction of lager beer to the United States by German immigrants during the mid-19th century forever changed the landscape of the brewing industry.

"As lager became the most popular style of beer, we pioneered the use of new technologies allowing consumers across America to enjoy beers like Michelob, Faust, and Budweiser. Our time-honored traditions of brewing the highest quality beer while constantly innovating has pushed the future of our industry forward."

"Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) is the world’s largest brewer, both by volume and revenue. A truly global company with local brewing operations across 150 countries and 170,000 staff worldwide. Businesses don’t get much bigger, and neither do sustainability undertakings," the Sustainability Magazine reports.

"AB InBev’s global headline targets on sustainability were set as far back as 2017, and it aims to achieve these by 2025. Its goals in this area comprise four pillars: Packaging, CO2 Emissions, Water, and Agriculture.

"In 2021, following the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, it set out a new goal: to become net-zero by 2040."

"The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the largest beer tasting consisted of 1,243 participants and was achieved by Cerveses Moritz (Spain) in Barcelona, Spain, on 14 July 2022, the Guinness World Records says.

"Three different kind of beers were tasted during the record attempt. Moritz brewery was founded in 1856 by Louis Moritz."

"The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the most people grilling/barbecuing simultaneously is 2,220 and was achieved by Ishigaki City (Japan) in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan on 18 November 2023, the Guinness World Records says.

"For the attempt, Ishigaki beef skeweres were prepared for the participants. Ishigaki beef is the signature brand of meat of the city."

"Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world’s largest brewing company with a diverse portfolio of well over 500 beer brands, including Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois," the Latin Lawyer says.

"Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.

"Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of 175,000 employees based in nearly 50 countries worldwide."

"The top 10 largest beer companies have market caps exceeding a mind-blowing $10 billion. And in spite of beer sales slowing for some of these companies in the US, it’s likely that these brewing giants will only continue to grow in 2024.

"In spite of the fallout from the Bud Light Dylan Mulvaney fiasco which did impact Anheuser Busch’s US sale, the world’s largest brewer con dominated beer sales on the world stage and with a market cap of $123.15 billion. No of the other brewers in the B2C ranking even came close," the American Craft Beer reports.

"AB InBev is the biggest brewery in the world. The roots of its brewing operations date back to the thirteenth century with the Belgian ‘abbey beers’, the Discovery says.

"Today, it’s thought that AB InBev has approximately 25% share of the global beer market. Their most popular beer brands include Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois and Beck’s. In breweries across the world, they produce over 58 billion litres of beer every year."

Photos: World’s Largest Brewer, ABInBev sets world record

(1) Ptacek's IGA store owner Michael Ptacek sits atop the World-Renowned Budweiser Clydesdale hitch alongside the store's record-setting 152' 9" Budweiser Beer Brat. Photo: Paul Most/WRA

(2) It took a team of 75 "Brat Rollers" to help turn and cook the record-setting Longest Budweiser Beer Brat. The record-setting Longest Budweiser Beer Brat weighed in at about 90 lbs, and was accompanied by a 151' bun baked by Michael Ptacek. Photo by Samantha Hofer/WRA

(3-10, 12, 13) Facebook/Budweiser

(11) American Craft Beer