**ALERT**Anheuser-Busch's agreement to become the U.S. importer of the upscale Grolsch traditional European beer brands will be effective April 1, 2006, nine months sooner than initially agreed. The import deal was announced last week.Royal Grolsch N.V. agreed with its current importer, U.S. Beverage, to end that contract before its December expiration. The stepped-up timing will give the Grolsch brands access to Anheuser-Busch's marketing and sales expertise before the summer selling season.Discussions by Anheuser-Busch wholesalers to gain the Grolsch brands in
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