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‘Our brands have very long-term relationships with consumers’ – Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO Michel Doukeris speaks to Global Drinks Intel – WORLD EXCLUSIVE

Olly Wehring
Last updated: 10/05/2024 at 6:06 PM
By Olly Wehring
9 May 2024
8 Min Read

In part two of Global Drinks Intel’s exclusive interview with Michel Doukeris, we hear how Anheuser-Busch InBev weathered last year’s Budweiser boycott in the US. The CEO also discusses the marketing plans for the brewer’s Corona brand around the Olympic Games.


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In part two of Global Drinks Intel’s exclusive interview with Michel Doukeris, we hear how Anheuser-Busch InBev weathered last year’s Budweiser boycott in the US. The CEO also discusses the marketing plans for the brewer’s Corona brand around the Olympic Games.

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Global Drinks Intel: What excites you in beer, given your level of familiarity with the category?Michel Doukeris, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev: The first thing is that we’ve corrected a narrative, which for whatever reason, had built over the last seven-to-ten years, that the beer industry was not growing or that beer was losing share of throat to other beverages. We did that by collecting all the data from all countries and the data shows that beer is growing globally and is gaining share. The first thing that excites me a lot is that the growth of the category is already there. We know that

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ByOlly Wehring
Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.
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