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Anheuser-Busch Commits $10 Million to Upgrade Jacksonville, Florida, Brewery

Dec. 3, 2024

Brewery that has been in operation since 1969 will get updates to equipment and infrastructure in latest U.S. capital investment by the company.

Andy Hanacek

The calendar may have turned to December, but Anheuser-Busch has yet to stop investing significant capital into its U.S. breweries — the latest being a $10 million commitment to its Jacksonville, Fla., brewery — the sixth multimillion-dollar investment in a U.S. facility since November 2023.

The $10 million will go toward facility upgrades in Jacksonville that will maintain quality standards and maximize efficiency, the company noted in its announcement of the project. Manufacturing equipment and plant infrastructure would be updated in the brewery, which has been in operation (and was called “a cornerstone” of the company’s U.S. operations) since 1969. Anheuser-Busch employs nearly 1,000 workers in four facilities in Florida.

This is now the sixth major capital project the company has undertaken at its various U.S. breweries in just over a year’s time. Anheuser-Busch’s prior projects include: $14 million upgrade of its Houston, Texas, brewery announced last month; $8 million dedicated to its St. Louis brewery and $16 million invested in its Los Angeles facility, each announced in October 2024; $6.5 million spent in Williamsburg, Va., announced in August 2024; and $13 million for Cartersville, Ga., announced in late November 2023. The company says it has spent more than $2 billion in the past five years to improve its facilities across the country.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.