Anheuser-Busch Ranks No. 1 in Beverage Industry in FORTUNE Magazine 'America's Most Admired Companies'
February 28 2005 - 12:01PM
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Anheuser-Busch Ranks No. 1 in Beverage Industry in FORTUNE Magazine
'America's Most Admired Companies' American Brewer Leads Industry
in Quality of Products and Services; Among all Industries,
Anheuser-Busch Scores among Top 10 in Six Categories ST. LOUIS,
Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch ranked first among its peers
in the beverage industry in FORTUNE magazine's 2005 "America's Most
Admired Companies" and first in all eight categories measured,
including quality of products and services and employee talent.
"This accomplishment two years in a row is gratifying," said
Patrick Stokes, Anheuser-Busch president and chief executive
officer. "It's a testament to the dedication to quality that our
employees uphold every day. It's the basis of our company's
success." Each year, FORTUNE surveys 10,000 executives, board
members and financial analysts and asks them to evaluate the
largest companies in their industries according to eight criteria:
Quality of products and services, employee talent, quality of
management, innovation, social responsibility, financial soundness,
long-term investment and use of corporate assets. Among the nearly
600 American companies from all industries evaluated by FORTUNE,
Anheuser-Busch scored in the top 10 in six categories, including
quality of products and services and employee talent. The nine
companies evaluated in the beverage sector include many global
players. However, SABMiller was excluded because FORTUNE considers
it a foreign company. Anheuser-Busch is nearly 100 percent
American-owned, which makes it unique among the largest brewers
competing in the U.S. beer market. In the ranking that considered
foreign companies, FORTUNE's 2005 "Global Most Admired Companies"
list, Anheuser-Busch once again ranked in the top 50 companies
world-wide (No. 28); no other brewer, foreign or domestic, made the
list. Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. is the leading
American brewer holding 50 percent of the U.S. beer market. The
company is American- owned and brews the world's largest-selling
beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. also holds
a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer. The
company also is one of the largest theme park operators in the
United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is the
world's largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers. For more
information, visit http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ . DATASOURCE:
Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. CONTACT: Loren Wassell of Anheuser-Busch
Cos. Inc., +1-314-765-6195 Web site: http://www.anheuser-busch.com/
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