Workers at San Francisco's Anchor Brewing are trying to buy the brewery as it faces liquidation under Sapporo ownership

• Workers are reportedly offering to buy San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co. and manage it themselves.
• Anchor, owned by Japanese beer giant Sapporo, announced this month that it would shutter.
• It's the latest small food or beverage brand to have a much larger owner put its future in doubt.

Employees at the storied San Francisco beer brand Anchor Brewing Co. have devised a plan to save their brewery: They want to buy and manage it themselves.