In the United States, the AB InBev/SABMiller merger was approved with largely meaningless conduct restrictions,<br />and the two big brewers were given a free pass to continue buying craft brewers and extending the duopoly into craft beer.<br />Get some craft brewers really talking, and they’ll tell you we are headed for a time when independent breweries can’t afford to<br />compete, can’t afford the best ingredients, can’t get wholesalers to support them, and can’t get shelf space and draft lines.<br />The Department of Justice is allowing the damage to continue by greenlighting these<br />two big brewers to extend their duopoly into craft beer by acquiring craft brewers.
