

Sole Ownership by Molson Coorsĭuring the merger discussions between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller in 2015, the U.S. In May 2016, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Pabst Brewing Company and Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit because Pabst wanted to continue making its beers in Eden. The company has newer plants in Virginia and Georgia that will serve the Eden plant’s distribution area. On September 14, 2015, Miller Coors announced that it would shut down its Eden, North Carolina brewery in September 2016 due to declining corporate sales. The venture was completed on Jand MillerCoors began operation on July 1, 2008. MillerCoors was announced as a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors in October 2007 and was approved by regulators on June 5, 2008. Miller Lite, Coors Light, Miller High Life and Leinenkugel’s - and frankly all the rest of our brands will continue to be brewed by us.” History “The good news is that none of this impacts Milwaukee or Wisconsin. For the consumer, and for employees, the change to 100 percent ownership (from the previous 42 percent) by Molson Coors will not be apparent, according to Jon Stern, MillerCoors’ director of media relations. Molson Coors plans to keep the MillerCoors name and the Chicago headquarters and plans to operate it in much the same way as before October 11, 2016. business unit of Molson Coors.” In Canada, Molson Coors regained the right (from SABMiller) to make and market Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Lite. On October 11, 2016, SABMiller sold its stake in MillerCoors for around US $12 billion after the company was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev, making Molson Coors the 100 percent owner of MillerCoors. Coors Brewing Company was started by Adolph Coors, who emigrated from Prussia, in Colorado in 1873 and went through several name changes over the years until it was merged with Molson’s in 2005, becoming Molson Coors Brewing Company. The original Molson Brewery was started by John Molson in Montreal, Canada in 1786. Miller Brewing was started in 1855 by settler Frederick Miller who had been studying the making of beer for years he first owned Plank Road Brewery before opening the first Miller Company in Milwaukee. These component companies had very different backgrounds. The company is the second-largest brewer in the U.S., after Anheuser-Busch. Then, in 2008, SABMiller and Molson Coors created MillerCoors as a joint venture for their operations in the U.S.

In 2005, Molson Brewery of Canada and Coors Brewing Company merged to form the Molson Coors Brewing Company. In 2002 South African Breweries purchased Miller Brewing Company to create SABMiller. MillerCoors is a beer brewing company in the United States.
