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Exhibit 23.4
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
800 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
Telephone (314) 206 8500
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-46846 and No. 333-71309) of our report dated
February 1, 2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the
1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., which is
incorporated by reference in Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report dated February 1, 2000 relating to
the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual Report on Form
10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of our report dated July 28, 2000, relating to the financial
statements, which appears in the Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Deferred
Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (For Certain Hourly Employees of
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries) on Form 11-K for the
year ended March 31, 2000.
/s/PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
September 25, 2000
