Coors and Miller Brewing Companies Join Forces Against Busch

Coors and Miller brewing companies plan to combine their operations to compete against Anheuser-Busch. The new name will be MillerCoors. Right now their biggest competitor is Anheuser-Busch.

The change will save the two companies about $500 million dollars and will come from reducing the shipping distances, finding economies of scale in brewing operations, optimizing production, and getting rid of duplicate corporate and marketing services. They expect the company to have annual beer sales of about $6.6 billion dollars. With the money that they save they plan to invest more to market their products and be able to compete better and more efficiently.

Man Found Dead in Zoo Bear Cage

It is reported in Belgrade, Serbia that a man was found dead in the Belgrade Zoo on Sunday. Zoo employees found the body during a routine check of the cage, which has no roof. A restaurant is located above the zoo and thousands of people were visiting for a beer festival. It is suspected that the man fell over the wall into the bear cage during the night. Doctors found that the man had an injured head, abdomen, and legs, but they were not sure if they were due to the fall or from the bear.