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dalton99a

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Tue May 2, 2023, 12:24 AM May 2023

The real reason Bud Light sales are plunging [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/28/mexican-beer-rules-america/
https://archive.ph/U49Q4

The real reason Mexico suddenly dominates global beer exports
Analysis by Andrew Van Dam
April 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

After the Great Recession, the Dutch had a solid grip on the global beer market, powered by Holland hop heavyweight Heineken. But within a decade, the Netherlands — indeed all of Europe’s hoppy heartland — would be unceremoniously thrashed by a New World upstart: Mexico.

Today, Mexico ships out more than twice as much beer as any other country and single-handedly accounts for 30 percent of the world’s entire export-beer market, according to Geneva-based trade statistics provider Trade Data Monitor. That puts Mexico far above the Netherlands (14 percent), Belgium (13 percent) and even Oktoberfest progenitor Germany (9 percent).

How in the world did Mexico pull off this brew coup?

A trail of booze clues would eventually lead us to an antitrust success story from the Obama administration. But it started, as these things often do, with market share.

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It sucks? OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #1
That's where I went Kennah May 2023 #24
Because it's nasty? WarGamer May 2023 #2
Hefeweizens get most of their flavor... Buckeye_Democrat May 2023 #6
Almost all these brands are from just one company unc70 May 2023 #3
This pecosbob May 2023 #9
Sorry- James48 May 2023 #4
Me too! Mysterian May 2023 #13
Agreed - the beers made in Germany are so much better FakeNoose May 2023 #33
It's a race to the bottom GenThePerservering May 2023 #5
It's been said that the best wines never leave the area they are made.... A HERETIC I AM May 2023 #8
Pre 1980s modrepub May 2023 #12
I was in Kansas City around 1994 Mysterian May 2023 #15
Pity the poor schmucks who live in Utah Arthur_Frain May 2023 #27
Seems like the gigantic uptick in Micro-brewing and local brewing Bristlecone May 2023 #7
Coors and others say the water makes the difference in their beer. doc03 May 2023 #10
The water problems in Mexico Zeitghost May 2023 #25
Wow, I'm surprised to see Modelo so high. tanyev May 2023 #11
That's all it took? Polybius May 2023 #14
Texture, metallic taste, god only knows what materials are in that foil? tanyev May 2023 #16
I'll take a Corona or Dos Equis over Bud or Coors any day..... Chakaconcarne May 2023 #17
I mean, it's not like Bud tastes nasty as hell. sakabatou May 2023 #18
Personally, I don't know how such shitty beer got so many buyers in the first place. Aristus May 2023 #19
snob!!!! CatWoman May 2023 #20
You'd better believe it. Aristus May 2023 #23
My guess is that college kids and broke grad students were driving it. GoCubsGo May 2023 #22
I've never been in the "Just gimme a case of whatever's cheapest" camp. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2023 #29
Advertising. Availability. Iggo May 2023 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Jack the Greater May 2023 #21
Going to step right up and say draft Negra Modelo Especial is a real treat. Arthur_Frain May 2023 #26
My fave. Great taste. maveric May 2023 #32
Bud Light? Well, I Guess All That Clydesdale Pee MineralMan May 2023 #28
What Does Bud Light Have In Common With Sex In A Canoe? ChoppinBroccoli May 2023 #30
I drank Bud Light for years City67 May 2023 #31
California was pretty early in the microbrewery revival Retrograde May 2023 #34
Curiously, Mexico imports most of their barley from the United states Brother Buzz May 2023 #36
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