Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks to buy beer giant rival SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a brewing colossus which makes around a third of the beer consumed globally.

Belgium’s AB InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, makes Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona.

British-based SABMiller, the No 2 player, owns Peroni, Grolsch and Pilsner Urquell beers.