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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits’ ambitions for Anheuser-Busch InBev’s portfolio aren’t limited to New York. The wine and spirits juggernaut has struck another deal for a red network distributor, this time for the assets of Eagle Rock Distributing Co. in Colorado.
The multi-market deal between Reyes Beverage Group and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is moving forward as the companies announced they’ve entered into purchase agreements for Reyes to acquire RNDC’s operations in 11 markets.
A pair of big red network distribution deals were announced in the last 24 hours. Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to purchase the distribution rights of its brands, as well as “certain craft/NA brands,” from Advance Beverage Company in Bakersfield, California. Meanwhile, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits inked a deal for independent A-B distributor Clare Rose on Long Island.
The legal battle between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More continued this week when the chain filed a motion to oppose the agency’s petition to force it to comply with a civil investigative demand (CID). The FTC last month claimed Total Wine’s parent company, Retail Services & Systems,… Read more »
Whole Foods principal buyer for beer Mary Guiver highlighted the growth of non-alcoholic (NA) beer, but cautioned suppliers that the natural grocery chain is near its limit during a panel discussion at the Beer Institute’s annual meeting in Denver earlier this month.
Massachusetts-based Quality Beverage has filed a lawsuit against Constellation Brands, alleging the bev-alc giant has interfered with its pending sale to wine and spirits wholesaler Martignetti Companies.
Featuring: Dave Williams, VP of analytics and insights, Bump Williams Consulting Sam Calagione, co-founder, Dogfish Head Kristen Burke, Chief Corporate Growth Officer, Burke Distributing Andrea Starr, Director of Beer Merchandising, Total Wine & More
Sinead Carey (Wine Warehouse), Terry Cekola (Elite Brands of Colorado) and Laura Markstein (Markstein Sales Co.) will share the things they wish suppliers knew about working with distributors and offer their middle-tier perspectives.
Jessica Muskey and Jeff Hansson shared how to work better with your wholesaler partners, gain more share of mind and understand the products wholesalers are looking to carry. Muskey dived into Reyes’ ability to test-and-learn with new products in various markets as a multistate operator. Hansson shared how Scout, as a small and independent Southern California wholesaler, approaches the market, as well as opens new territories, such as Arizona and Idaho. Featuring: Jessica Muskey, VP of Craft and Innovation, Reyes Beer Division Jeff Hansson, Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Distribution
Featuring: Sam Calagione – Co-Founder, Dogfish Head Lori Scheiffler – Co-Founder and President, Tamarron Consulting Jason Murphy – Director of Beverage Strategy & Innovation, Buffalo Wild Wings
Mary Guiver, Whole Foods global senior category merchant for beer and spirits, and Jason Murphy, Buffalo Wild Wings beverage product and program innovation manager, joined together on stage for the first time at Brewbound Live in Santa Monica, California, earlier this month to discuss what they’re looking for from suppliers in 2022.
Nationwide, sales of distributed draft beer have stalled at the same levels reached in 2021, as the on-premise reopened following COVID-19 pandemic-driven closures.
As a BevAlc business expands, how does an entrepreneur determine if a distributor relationship will be beneficial? That was the question poised during the Sovos Beverage Alcohol Summit last week, hosted by the beverage alcohol compliance shipment software company.
Cape May Brewing, New Jersey’s largest regional craft brewer by volume, will sell its brand rights and wind down operations of Cape Beverage, its distribution arm, the company announced today.
Volume improved slightly on a sequential basis across wine, spirits and flavored malt beverage categories, while decelerating across hard seltzer in the two-week period ending September 9, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Barry Andrews, founder of Texas-based Andrews Distributing, died at 77 yesterday, the Molson Coors-aligned distributor announced.
