Pabst Up For Sale

American Voices • business • ISSUE 45•46 • Nov 11, 2009

The Pabst Brewing Co., owners of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Schlitz, is on the market for around $300 million. What do you think?

“A whole brewery? That makes more sense than my original plan to buy 300 million individual cans."”
Charlene Burnside –
Paramedic
“That's sad. You know whoever buys the brewery is just going to cut costs and make shitty beer."”
Ronald Birkin –
Wood Carving Machine Operator
“Aw, man, I can't afford that! I'll have a Bud Light instead."”
Alan Wong –
Systems Analyst

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