USA: Anheuser-Busch Q2 lobbying expenses amounted to $920,

Anheuser-Busch spent $920,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on agriculture, taxes and alcohol abuse, St. Louis Business Journal cited a published report on August 7.

The Budweiser brewer lobbied about taxes on beer, alcohol labelling, the malt beverage industry and family entertainment, according to a report filed last month with the House clerk's office.

St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., through its Anheuser-Busch Inc. subsidiary, is the leading domestic brewer, holding a 48.5 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company, which accepted a $52 billion takeover offer from Belgian InBev, brews the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in China brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer brand is the country's best-selling premium beer.

12 August, 2008