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Beer shipments down in 2011
Beer sales fell last year, dropping to the lowest level since 2003, according to Beer Marketer's Insights. Worldwide, shipments fell 2.9 million barrels, or 1.4 percent from the previous year, the publication said. The Los Angeles Times noted that Anheuser-Busch InBev saw shipments drop 2.9 million barrels, or 2.9 percent, to 98.8 million barrels. That's the first time the company has shipped less than 100 million barrels in a decade, the newspaper said. MillerCoors saw shipments drop 3 percent to less than 60 million barrels. Both companies also lost market share in 2011, with Anheuser-Busch down 0.7 of a percentage point to 47 percent and MillerCoors down 0.4 of a percentage point to 28.4 percent. Both companies have breweries in Ohio. To read the full newspaper story, click here.
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