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A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:38 pm
by LarsMac
I rather like this idea.
Though, if they were to succeed, what would they do with it?
"For years, Anheuser Busch InBev has been snapping up beloved craft breweries: Chicago's Goose Island in 2011, Seattle's Elysian and Redhook in 2015, and Colorado's own Breckenridge Brewery the same year.
Never before have things gone the other way. Until now. The Boulder-based Brewers Association launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy the world's largest beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev for $213 billion dollars.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 hours after launch, $1.9 million had been pledged by more than 5,900 craft fanatics...."
Craft brewers launch largest-ever crowdfunding campaign to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev - Colorado Daily
A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:38 pm
by Bryn Mawr
LarsMac;1513384 wrote: I rather like this idea.
Though, if they were to succeed, what would they do with it?
"For years, Anheuser Busch InBev has been snapping up beloved craft breweries: Chicago's Goose Island in 2011, Seattle's Elysian and Redhook in 2015, and Colorado's own Breckenridge Brewery the same year.
Never before have things gone the other way. Until now. The Boulder-based Brewers Association launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy the world's largest beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev for $213 billion dollars.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 hours after launch, $1.9 million had been pledged by more than 5,900 craft fanatics...."
Craft brewers launch largest-ever crowdfunding campaign to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev - Colorado Daily
One hell of a long way to go yet though.
On the other hand, we might get some decent beer if they succeed
A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:39 am
by spot
We could work out how feasible it is, I expect others have done the same sum.
It's an American thing, nobody but an American is going to join in.
There's 200 million adult Americans who are not teetotal - bear with my made up facts, they're close-enough estimates to get the sum done.
20 million of them care what their drink tastes like and have a bank account. That's the maximum number who might contribute if the ball starts rolling.
A 50% share in Anheuser-Busch InBev would cost them 213bn /2 /20m = 5320 dollars each. That's more than each of them spends on Christmas presents annually.
So no, it can't be done. They'd need to each pledge $500 a year for ten years and that's not practical.
A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:06 am
by Bruv
Doesn't it defeat the very idea of "Craft beers" ?
It's not going to happen, could it be a publicity stunt of some kind, though can't think how it could be.
They have a lot of brands, covering the world....HERE
A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:44 am
by spot
Another consideration is that, if they continue attracting funds at their present rate of $1.9m every 32 hours, they'll have enough to buy half the shares in 205 years. That doesn't offer ground for optimism.