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- <text id=89TT2598>
- <title>
- Oct. 09, 1989: Business Notes:Beverages
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Oct. 09, 1989 Want A Baby?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 80
- Business Notes
- BEVERAGES
- Unhappy Hour For a Brewer
- </hdr><body>
- <p> When Adolph Coors and Bernhard Stroh started their
- breweries more than a century ago, the beer industry was wide
- open and hundreds of small companies were able to compete. Today
- the top five brewers control 90% of the market and the industry
- is no longer so forgiving. Last week struggling Stroh agreed to
- sell most of its brewery operations to Coors for $425 million.
- </p>
- <p> For Stroh and Coors, the third and fourth largest U.S.
- brewers, the combination is a matter of necessity. Neither has
- the financial clout or national brands needed to compete against
- behemoths Anheuser-Busch (market share: 42%) and Miller (21%).
- By acquiring the Detroit brewer, Coors will have a 19% share and
- gain established Stroh brands, including Schlitz and Old
- Milwaukee.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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