A-B has Challenging Quarter

"A-B and industry volumes were weak," said cfo Randy Baker. But all challenges are actually opportunities in disguise. So A-B has lots of opportunities ahead, right? Uh, yeah, that's right. Anheuser-Busch reported that third quarter domestic shipments were barely up 0.1%, while sales-to-retailers were down -1.3%. So distributor inventories are beefier by about a day and a half. For the first nine months, shipments are up 0.9%. A-B now says full-year shipments will be up 0.5%. Profits for the quarter