Comments on Jeroen Stienstra's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/jeroen-stienstra/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/98865-hansen-natural-building-an-empire-prefab-style?source=feed#comment-275919 275919 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:03:35 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/97184-hansen-natural-mid-quarter-update?source=feed#comment-265169 265169 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:14:14 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/94629-energy-drinks-are-a-business-not-an-empire?source=feed#comment-249353 249353 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:16:44 -0400
What Inbev's intentions are going forward is hard to say, and I don't have any special knwoledge about it. All I can say that the business case for selling these high margin and popular products seems compelling. The challenging part probably will be the entrenched position of Red Bull, especially in the on-premise channel.

The fact that Anheuser-Busch, as it is still in the process of being taken over by Inbev, already set up a non-alcoholic beverage unit (9th Street) seems interesting. Through this venture, and obviously with Inbev's backing, they're going to capitalize on the market for waters and energy drinks (including Monster). So this would imply that these products, and Monster, do have their attention. I wrote a post about this, which you can read here:

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Hope this helps, feel free to ask,

All the best,

Jeroen]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/94629-energy-drinks-are-a-business-not-an-empire?source=feed#comment-249331 249331 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:58:31 -0400 Is Inbev even interested in these products?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93186-hansen-natural-buy-and-holzer?source=feed#comment-245294 245294 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:22:09 -0400
regardless, outside of the united states, most countries have very strict laws regarding frivolous lawsuits and if you are found to bring one you are responsible for the defendants legal fees as well as running the risk of losing your credentials.

regarding making this a political issue speaking about the whitehouse, not really sure how that is relevant. do you think the drop in the market over the last year has anything to do with the confidence the country has in the current administration? or the fact that politically our country has lacked any clear direction or leadership over the last few years?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93186-hansen-natural-buy-and-holzer?source=feed#comment-242194 242194 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:25:48 -0400
If you don't like the company, sell the shares but never sue yourself!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93186-hansen-natural-buy-and-holzer?source=feed#comment-241790 241790 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:08:30 -0400 Lawyers, lawyers - the same ones who invented the copper wire fighting for a penny. Just wait and see how they will choke us after getting White House and overpopulating the Congress.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93186-hansen-natural-buy-and-holzer?source=feed#comment-241381 241381 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:14:29 -0400