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History
- 1720 – Samuel Whitbread born
- 1742 – Whitbread starts brewing at the Goat Brewhouse, Whitecross, Street, London
- 1750 – Moves Brewery to nearby Chiswell Street
- 1796 – First Brewer to exceed annual production of 200,000 barrels
- 1889 – Becomes a Limited Company
- 1948 – Becomes a Public Company under Colonel Bill Whitbread
- 1976 – Brewing stops at Chiswell Street.
- 1989 – Boddingtons Brewery acquired
- 2000 – Sale of Whitbread Beer Company – The Beer company and its three remaining brewers were sold to Belgium headquartered Interbrew for £450 million. The Beer Company was promptly renamed Interbrew UK
- 2002 – Two Bass breweries and a portfolio of brands headed by Tennent’s Lager and Bass Ale formally become part of Interbrew UK
- 2004 – InBev is formed, Interbrew and Companhia de Bebidas das Américas (AmBev) combined to create what is now the world's premier brewer
- 2005 – Interbrew UK becomes InBev UK Limited
- 2008 – InBev and Anheuser Busch merge to form Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)
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 Fast facts...
- AB InBev is one of the world’s top 5 consumer products companies
- Business spans 30 countries with no. 1 or 2 position in over 20 key markets
- Combined annual revenue exceeds 26 billion euros or 36 billion USD
- Approx. 300 brands including global names such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s
- Four of the top ten selling beers in the world are from AB InBev
- We have approx. 120,000 direct employees
- Committed to responsible beer consumption with programs operating around the globe
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