
From Wikipedia - Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BUD) is the world's third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller. In the USA, Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewing company in volume with a 48.8 percent share of beer sales. Worldwide, Anheuser-Busch's beer sales volume was 121.9 million barrels in 2005. The company is based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. "A-B", as the company is often called, operates 12 breweries in the United States and several others overseas.