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AB InBev is expanding its zero-alcohol beer portfolio as consumer preferences shift toward healthier drinking options. The company's no-alcohol beer revenues grew 27% in the second quarter of 2026, leading its Balanced Choices portfolio, which posted 13% revenue growth. In the US, AB InBev maintained its leadership in no-alcohol beer, with revenue growing in the mid-thirties, led by Michelob Ultra Zero. The company also saw strong performance internationally, with high-thirties volume growth in Mexico supported by Modelo Cero and Michelob Ultra Zero, whilst Brazil recorded low-thirties growth. AB InBev shares have risen 24.8% over the past year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company's 2026 and 2027 earnings per share indicates year-over-year growth of 17.7% and 12.3%, respectively.

Siddharth Sawant joins Tata Consumer Products to lead HR for Ready-to-Drink business. After more than seven years at AB InBev, Sawant moves to Tata Consumer Products with experience spanning commercial teams, breweries and corporate functions By HRK News Bureau September 28, 2026 2 Mins Read 261 Views Siddharth Sawant has joined Tata Consumer Products as director-human resources and head of HR for its Ready-to-Drink business, following more than seven years with AB InBev. Based in Gurugram, Sawant leads the people function for the Ready-to-Drink business. The move keeps him within the beverages industry, while taking him from a career largely built around beer into Tata Consumer Products' wider consumer beverages portfolio. Sawant has been in the role since June 2026, according to his LinkedIn profile. He joined AB InBev in January 2019 as senior manager-people partner for its commercial operations in eastern India. He subsequently expanded his remit to cover commercial teams across the eastern and western regions before moving into a broader role as people lead for corporate functions across India and Southeast Asia. In that assignment, he supported functions including finance, corporate affairs, legal, procurement, technology and analytics, with responsibility for talent development, engagement and organisational transformation. His next move took him closer to manufacturing. As associate director-people, Sawant led the people function across four breweries in the North-West region, including two in Aurangabad and one each in Sonipat and Meerut. His remit covered employee relations across white- and blue-collar workforces, compliance, productivity and capability building for senior supply-chain leaders. He later returned to the corporate side of the business as associate director-people, corporate, leading the people agenda for AB InBev's corporate functions until his move to Tata Consumer Products. Before joining AB InBev, Sawant spent nearly four years with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, progressing from management trainee to HR business partnering roles supporting field forces across India. His responsibilities there included talent management, retention, performance management, recruitment and HR analytics. Sawant's career in HR followed an earlier stint in business development and HR with REC and Associates. During his postgraduate studies, he also gained exposure to industrial and people practices through assignments with Tata Motors, Schneider Electric, Tata Mills and Voltas. His latest role brings together two strands of his career: experience in a consumer beverages company and exposure to both frontline operations and corporate HR. At Tata Consumer Products, that experience will now be applied specifically to the people agenda of its Ready-to-Drink business.

AB InBev heads west for next US production investment spend. Last updated: 18/09/2026 at 3:57 PM 18 September 2026 'Investments in facilities like Los Angeles and Mira Loma help us strengthen our operations while creating and sustaining jobs and continuing to drive economic growth throughout California.' The US division of AB InBev has earmarked a small portion of its pledged US$600m investment in production capabilities for two facilities in California. Anheuser-Busch, which is in the process of doling out the funding across the US, confirmed yesterday (17 September) that $21m will be spent on its sites in the south of the state; one in Los Angeles and the other in nearby Mira Loma. Among the group's brands to benefit from the move are Michelob Ultra, spirits-based RTD Cutwater and the Phorm Energy energy drinks mark. Among the assets at the two sites set to benefit from the cash injection are the existing bottling and canning operations, while rail capacity will also be improved to support a "strengthening [of] transport capabilities and route to market". The Los Angeles Brewery will also become the home for one of the 15 new technical skills training centres promised by AB InBev for the US. According to Anheuser-Busch, a total of $184m has been invested in the two locations since 2021. Also this week, AB InBev raised the profile of the Flying Fish flavoured beer brand beyond its South Africa homeland with a Halloween-themed marketing activation across six markets.