A-B: “Pricing Outlook More Favorable”

That's the opinion of A-B cfo Randy Baker as he held the barbarians at the gate during this quarter's conference call. Lots of tough questions about A-B's diminished earnings-per-share, which missed analysts' consensus by two pennies, and a 1.2% decline in revs per barrel (cheap pricing and negative mix).But if there is a silver lining on the dark clouds hovering over the US domestic beer business, it is this: Randy reiterated that A-B set out to narrow the price gap