Connoisseurs of the beer-can chicken recipe owe a toast of gratitude to the Metal Container Corporation (MCC). Part of the Anheuser-Busch (A-B) Packaging Group, the subsidiary makes aluminum cans and lids for A-B's domestic beer operations in addition to supplying the US soft drink container market. Hansen Natural's Monster Energy beverages are a major soft drink customer, as well as PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. MCC makes more than 25 billion cans and 27 billion lids annually, and supplies more than 45% of A-B's domestic cans and 55% of its lids. About 25% of the US aluminum can market is produced by MCC, which operates five can and two lid manufacturing plants in the US.

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