Dear Client: Despite logging another quarter of double-digit drops in depletions and shipments in the U.S. (the fourth straight quarter of such tallies), Anheuser-Busch InBev sounded upbeat with where the business is heading on yesterday’s Q1 earnings call. Of course, A-B now has easy comps to cycle over the next four quarters, but the laps … Continue reading “A Rebalanced and Reinvigorated A-B?”
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