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Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, putting many suppliers who have gone months without payment in the back of the line to collect.
The first major piece of RNDC’s territory fire sale is now complete. Reyes’ mega deal for 11 RNDC markets closed at the end of business on Friday, adding 38 million cases to its more than 360-million-case business.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has reached agreements to sell wholly owned distributor branches in Massachusetts and Ohio to independent A-B distributors in each state, the company announced today.
Molson Coors received the highest overall rank in Tamarron Consulting’s 26th annual Brewer Partnership Compass survey, which analyzes top brewing companies’ relationships with their distributor partners.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) Michelob Ultra passed sibling brand Bud Light as the second largest brand by dollar sales year-to-date (YTD) in Circana-tracked off-premise channels (total U.S. multi-outlet plus convenience), according to the market research firm’s latest monthly report (ending July 14).
After being stuck in limbo for much of July following the passage of regulations on THC-infused beverages in Iowa, Iowa City-based Climbing Kites is pushing new products into retailers this week.
In-store displays “are more effective at selling beer” compared to “shrinking” shelf space, Kaumil Gajrawala, analyst for financial services firm Jefferies, wrote in a late June analysis.
D.G Yuengling and Son (DGY) has agreed to swap territories with its joint venture with Molson Coors (TYC). In a letter to distributor partners last week, chief administrative officer Wendy Yuengling wrote that the brewery would trade its Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi territories to the JV for the yet-to-be-opened market in Michigan.
A California superior court judge has sided with Anderson Valley Brewing Company’s (AVBC) parent company Mainsheet Capital in a dispute with Reyes Holdings subsidiary Harbor Distributing/Golden Brands.
Memorial Day bev-alc shopping “broadly met or exceeded distributor expectations,” according to Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog in the investment management firm’s latest Beverage Bytes survey of distributors and retailers.
The years-long legal battle between members of the Sheehan family over their eponymous multi-state distributor officially ended today in Massachusetts Superior Court when all parties agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice.
Florida-headquartered Sunkey Beverage Holdings has reached an agreement to acquire Texas-based Silver Eagle Beverages, an independent Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) wholesaler.