100 MILLION BARRELS!

The numbers are in, and it is surprising to no one, atleast not the informed readers of BBD, thatANHEUSER-BUSCH broke the psychological barrier of 100MILLION BARRELS of beer worldwide in 2001, much morethan any other brewer.US SHIPMENTS UP 1.2% Domestic beer shipments towholesalers grew to 99.5 million barrels in 2001, up1.2 million barrels or 1.2 percent over 2000, A-B CEOPat Stokes said. Stokes said that Bud Light, which became thetop-selling beer in the United States last year,continued its strong sales