Anheuser-Busch announced a $30 million investment in its Jacksonville, Fla., Brewery and Can Plant. The investment will go toward upgrading brewing and packaging equipment to fuel increased production of Michelob ULTRA.
This latest $30 million investment in its Jacksonville facilities is part of Anheuser-Busch's ongoing "Brewing Futures" initiative, through which the company invested more than $300 million in its U.S. facilities in the last year. Anheuser-Busch says its "Brewing Futures" initiative supports American manufacturing through three key pillars:
1) creating and sustaining manufacturing jobs
2) advancing technical skills training
3) strengthening manufacturing career opportunities for veterans
Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch says: "Investing in our Jacksonville facilities enables us to brew more of the highest-quality American beers that consumers love, including Michelob ULTRA, the #1 top-selling and fastest-growing beer in America. Investments like these are incredibly important because they help us to enhance our operations while also sustaining jobs and driving local economic growth in the communities where we operate."
The investment will expand the Jacksonville Brewery's capacity to produce beers like Michelob ULTRA, including upgrades to bottling lines and brewing tanks.
Anheuser-Busch opened its Jacksonville Brewery in 1969 and its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in 2016. The company has reportedly invested more than $100 million in its Jacksonville facilities since 2021, part of the nearly $2 billion it says it has invested in its 100 U.S. facilities over the past five years.
