Leuven, Belgium—Anheuser-Busch InBev announced that, as part of its previously announced plans to effectively integrate Anheuser-Busch Inc., the U.S. business unit plans to cut approximately 1,400 U.S. salaried positions in its beer-related divisions, affecting about 6 percent of the company’s total U.S. workforce.
About 75 percent of the affected positions are based at the brewer’s corporate headquarters in St. Louis, at downtown offices or at its Sunset Hills campus, while other reductions will occur in field and brewery locations. In addition, more than 250 U.S. positions that are currently open will not be filled. An additional 415 contractor positions will be eliminated.
Most of the reductions will occur by the end of this year, with the remainder taking effect next year.
