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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.
As Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) sells off nearly all of its territories, what does that mean for the state of distribution?
More dominos continue to fall as RNDC’s territory sell off continues. Leaders with Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors announced an agreement to acquire “distribution rights for a collection of wine and spirits brands” from RNDC’s New York joint venture with Opici Family Distributing.
Breakthru Beverage Group has reached a deal to acquire J.J. Taylor Companies’ beer business in Minnesota, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. However, Breakthru expects the deal to close in the spring, pending customary closing conditions. Once closed, Breakthru will consolidate its beer portfolio into J.J. Taylor’s 600,000 sq…. Read more »
New Belgium Brewing Company began notifying Bell’s Brewery wholesalers on Monday of plans to consolidate the portfolio with the Reyes Beer Division in several markets outside of Michigan.
The Brewers Association (BA) published its 2022 beer style guidelines with revisions that included tweaks to several styles and clarifications to language used to describe juicy and hazy beers.
Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist Brewery is excited to announce its expansion into Michigan, bringing its full line of products to the Great Lakes State for the first time. Starting March 1st, Rhinegeist will be available on draft, and in cans and bottles throughout Michigan.
Founders Brewing Company, new CEO Elton Andres Knight told Brewbound the company will focus on core innovations in 2022 and continue to build upon the company culture initiatives that the Grand Rapids, Michigan-headquartered craft brewery established over the last two years.
SweetWater Brewing has entered Oregon and Washington with Columbia Distributing, the brewery announced today. For the Atlanta-based craft brewery, Oregon and Washington mark its 39th and 40th states, respectively.
Night Shift Brewing Company’s distribution partnership with the Sheehan Family Companies is helping the Everett, Massachusetts-headquartered craft brewery fill out the northeast. Earlier this month, Sheehan subsidiary Craft Vermont began distributing Night Shift’s offerings in the Green Mountain State.
Visalia, California-based Bueno Beverage Company will lay off 43 of its 160 employees next week following the announcement of Constellation Brands’ termination of the Anheuser-Busch InBev-aligned wholesaler.
Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing Company has partnered with Reyes Beer Division to expand distribution across California.
The California Family Beer Distributors (CFBD), a trade group representing independent wholesalers in the Golden State, has pushed back against statements made earlier this week by Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands regarding the Mexican import giant’s proposed termination of two wholesalers.
Sonic Hard Seltzer is cruising into 21 additional states — including many of the namesake fast-food chain’s strongest markets.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based MadTree Brewing has changed distribution partners in its home state from Cavalier Distributing to the Molson Coors distribution network of Stagnaro Distributing, Superior Beverage Group, Bonbright Distributors and NWO Beverage Co.
To kick off the new year, Orange County, California-based The Bruery and Offshoot Beer Co. announced several in-house promotions as part of its 2022 goal to strengthen its distribution footprint and continue growing off-premise sales.
Days after the BBC reported that Scottish beer maker BrewDog allegedly submitted false information to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, keg labels for the two beers in question were surrendered. Meanwhile, the number of convenience stores operating in the U.S. stood at 148,026 in 2021, a 1.5% decline compared to the 150,274 stores in operation in 2020, according to NACS and NielsenIQ.
