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Exclusive: U.S. queries AB InBev on distribution incentives amid merger probe

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust officials are investigating Anheuser-Busch InBev over its new incentives that encourage independent distributors to sell more of its own beer brands at the expense of competing craft brews, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Budweiser owner AB InBev has 45.8 percent of the U.S. beer market but has seen sales dwindle at least partially because of rising craft beer sales. The U.S. Department of …

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Exclusive: U.S. queries AB InBev on distribution incentives amid merger probe

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Exclusive: U.S. queries AB InBev on distribution incentives amid merger probe

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust officials are investigating Anheuser-Busch InBev over its new incentives that encourage independent distributors to sell more of its own beer brands at the expense of competing craft brews, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Budweiser owner AB InBev has 45.8 percent of the U.S. beer market but has seen sales…

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Exclusive: U.S. queries AB InBev on distribution incentives amid merger probe