Anheuser-Busch InBev confirms seeking sale of Grolsch and Peroni

Anheuser-Busch InBev yesterday confirmed it is looking to sell SABMiller’s Grolsch and Peroni brands to address potential concerns among European competition regulators over its planned acquisition of the world’s second largest brewer.

The sale of the brands and their related businesses in Italy, the Netherlands and Britain would be conditional on AB InBev acquiring SABMiller in a cash and share offer currently worth some £72bn (€102bn).

AB InBev said it was also looking to sell Meantime Brewing Company, the London-based craft brewer that SABMiller announced it was buying only in May.