NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world’s largest brewer, is exploring options for its packaging activities as it streamlines its portfolio and focuses on its core beverage business, sources close to the matter said. The company is working with Deutsche Bank on a deal for its U.S.-based canning activities which AB InBev inherited when it bought Anheuser Busch in 2008, the people said. Deutsche Bank has been hired to explore a sale of a minority stake or a joint venture for AB InBev’s North American bottling and canning activities which could be worth $5-6 billion, one of the people said, adding that it was not aiming for an outright sale.
