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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.
Beverage manufacturers are faced with a competitive market, tight labor pool, inflation, and trends showing regularly shifting consumer purchase behaviors. It’s more important than ever before to use technology that modernizes beverage businesses to keep brands agile and in sync with consumer demand.
Wholesalers gave highest marks to Anheuser-Busch InBev, Boston Beer Company and Constellation Brands Beer Division in Tamarron Consulting’s annual survey of distributors’ perception of key beer industry suppliers.
Multi-state Pacific Northwest wholesalers Craig Stein Beverage (CSB) and the Odom Corporation have announced an impending merger of their businesses in parts of Washington, Idaho and Oregon. The deal, announced last week, will combine Odom’s territory in eastern Washington and northern Idaho with CSB’s territory in southern Idaho, eastern Oregon and southwestern Washington.
Boonville, California-based Anderson Valley Brewing Company (AVBC) will expand to Louisiana with craft house Pelican Craft Brands, the brewery announced this week. Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Foolproof Brewing signed with Mission Beverage for distribution in its home state last month.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has struck a deal to sell its Oakland, California-based wholly owned distributor to two independent wholesalers, Markstein Sales Company and Matagrano, Inc.
Ready-to-drink canned cocktails (RTDs) were a big winner on Drizly over Independence Day weekend (July 1-4), the alcohol e-commerce platform reported today.
In the wake of Breakthru Beverage’s acquisition of J.J. Taylor’s beer business in Minnesota, Summit Brewing Company’s portfolio has moved to A-B house Capitol Beverage Sales in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, with pieces of territory doled out to College City (A-B) and Dahlheimer Beverage, a Molson Coors house.
After a year-and-a-half of high tension and muted sales, Bang Energy says it has officially ended its distribution partnership with PepsiCo. The Florida-based brand, a subsidiary of VPX Pharmaceuticals, announced in a brief press release today that “all disputes with PepsiCo have been fully settled and resolved” effective immediately and that the brand will return to DSD distribution through a number of new partnerships.
Encompass Technologies, a comprehensive cloud-based ERP, CRM, eCommerce, and data solutions provider for the food and beverage industry, has acquired vintrace, a global leader in cloud-based winery production software.
As middle-tier consolidation marches on, distributors have a new service partner to advise on mergers and acquisitions, as Arlington Capital Advisors (ACA) and the Bump Williams Consulting Company (BWC) announced today the formation of a “strategic alliance” between the two firms.
IRI-defined ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages (RTDs) have recorded nearly $9 billion in sales over the last 52 weeks (ending June 5) in IRI tracked off-premise channels (multi-outlet plus convenience), according to the market research firm.
The buyer of Cincinnati Beverage Co. (CinBev) and its portfolio of craft beer brands has finally come forward.
Everett, Massachusetts-headquartered Night Shift Brewing will begin distributing in Maryland with Legends Ltd., the Baltimore-based subsidiary of Sheehan Family Companies. Manhattan-based Torch & Crown Brewing has entered Massachusetts statewide with Craft Collective.
Since its founding in 2010, Fiddlehead Brewing Company has recorded double-digit growth every year in each of its eight markets, and this year made the Brewers Association’s (BA’s) list of Top 50 Craft Breweries by volume, ranking No. 49.
