date:Feb 06, 2013
l-placed source, is that it feels it has a real chance to win in court and get the deal completed by the end of the year.
The DOJ does not do a good enough job defining the beer market in its complaint, the source said.
What the DOJ’s case mainly rests on is that Modelo, maker of Corona beer, has since 2008 been narrowing the price gap between its more expensive beer and lower-priced American competitors, A-B and MillerCoors, by not raising prices.
“These narrowed price gaps frustrate A-B a