Price Increases Slipping

September 23, 2013Dear Client: Getting several reports from around the country where A-B is rescinding or postponing its planned October price increase in some markets. In most cases MillerCoors either wasn't matching or was slow to it, citing the narrowing price gaps between premiums and craft/imports. The price increases have been rescinded in markets in Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Massachusetts, among others. Word on the street is that A-B will revisit at the end of the year or in the