USA: AB InBev to spend US$30m to upgrade Jacksonville, Florida brewery

The US arm of AB InBev is set to spend US$30m to upgrade production and packaging operations at its Jacksonville, Florida brewery and can plant, Global Drinks Intel reported on January 6.

The investment, announced today (6 January), will focus on an increase in production of the group’s Michelob Ultra brand. It will fund equipment upgrades across brewing tanks and bottling lines at the Anheuser-Busch site, expanding capacity to support rising demand for the light lager, which has become the company’s top-selling beer in the US.

The spend forms part of Anheuser-Busch’s broader ‘Brewing Futures’ programme, under which the company has invested around $300m across its US manufacturing footprint over the past year. Since 2021, according to the unit, around $100m has been spent on the Jacksonville site, and close to $2bn across its US operations over the past five years.

In September, Anheuser-Busch announced plans to spend US$9.2m on its facility in Cartersville, Georgia.