When Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) decided to cut jobs last week, the outcry was clearly going to be heard loud and clear around Europe. And now, the announcement that up to 800 jobs would be lost is starting to not only have a real impact the workers, but also regular overseas beer drinkers

Supermarkets in Belgium are running out of beer produced by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world’s largest brewer, national media reported on Tuesday.

AB InBev employees are striking against job cuts and are picketing two brewing plants in Louvain and Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium.

The breweries have not been operating at full capacity for six days and can no longer supply beer to supermarkets.

I have to hand it to the workers for making an impact that is being felt not just by the suits up in corporate, but by the everyday drinker. It will be interesting to see what comes of all this. We’ll continue tracking the story as it unfolds.

RIA Novosti — Belgian stores run low on beer as brewery strike hits