InBev

InBev was a family owned businesss until 2000 when it become a publicly owned company trading on the Euronext stock exchange (Brussels). In 1987 the two largest breweries in Belgium merged: Artois and Piedboeuf this became the foundation of the company now known as InBev. Many other breweries, in countries from Canada and Russia to Hungary, were then acquired by the brewing giant. In 2000, InBev acquired Bass and Whitbread two large scale UK brewers. It was not until 2004 that the company officially became InBev when the merger between AmBev and Interbrew resulted in the creation of InBev. .