date:Oct 13, 2012
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Chief among those concerns is shelf space. An A-B/Modelo tie-up, with a growing portfolio of A-B-owned craft beers like Goose Island and a tighter rein on distributors, could crowd smaller independent brews off the shelf, said Dan Kopman, co-founder of Schlafly parent The St. Louis Brewing Co. That, he said, would hurt consumers.
It's really up to the consumer to decide what they want to buy, Kopman said. But if a consumer goes into a bar or grocery store and beers from independent brewers