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MegaBrew Is Left to Ferment After 3G Focuses on Food: Real M&A

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MegaBrew may have to wait a bit.

The possible combination of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and its $86 billion rival SABMiller Plc has been the subject of deal chatter for at least a year. The Brazilian investors behind 3G Capital are some of the top holders of AB InBev. Some analysts have speculated that 3G could help orchestrate a transaction just as it did when InBev NV bought Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch in 2008 to create the No. 1 brewer.