Investor C. Dean Metropoulos made a fortune building well-known consumer brands including Bumble Bee Tuna and Vlasic Pickles. Now, he is looking to wash them down with a Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Mr. Metropoulos, a 64-year-old executive known for invigorating brands, has reached an agreement to buy Pabst Brewing Co. from the charitable foundation that owns the company for about $250 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
Although little known outside of food circles, he earned a fortune managing brands such as Chef Boyardee, Duncan Hines and Ghirardelli Chocolates.
A semitrailer got stuck on General Mitchell Boulevard near Miller Park at about 8 a.m. Saturday.
The tractor-trailer was wedged under the Interstate 94 overpass, officers said.The truck was carrying a load of Old Milwaukee beer, 12 News photographers said.An insurance adjuster at the scene told 12 News the truck was too tall to make the clearance.No one was injured and the semitrailer was removed just before 11 a.m.Other tractor-trailers got stuck in the same spot in March and November.
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