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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.
As Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) sells off nearly all of its territories, what does that mean for the state of distribution?
The Reyes Beverage Group has struck a deal to acquire the business of Western Maryland Distributing, the multi-state distributor announced Wednesday.
Brewers seeking to land their offerings on Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market shelves need to update their contact lists. Senior category manager Mary Guiver has departed Whole Foods’ beverage-alcohol merchant team for the company’s produce team, she announced on LinkedIn.
Pabst Brewing CEO Greig DeBow has offered a $20,000 reward for 1,602 cases of the Pabst Blue Ribbon maker’s beer he alleges was stolen in California last month.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter, including headlines from Diageo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Dad Strength, Boston Beer and others.
Martignetti Companies is expanding its New England footprint again. The beer, wine and spirits distributor has struck a definitive agreement to acquire Girardi Distributors, LLC, a Massachusetts-based, independent Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) distributor.
Morales Beverage Group (MBG) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire Republic National Distributing Company’s (RNDC) Indiana assets and operations, the companies announced today. The deal would add a sixth state to MBG’s distribution footprint.
Two of the beer category’s largest growth vendors reversed trends in the four-week period (L4W) ending August 9, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana. Worsening grocery channel losses pushed No. 1 Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) into decline in the L4W, accelerating a pattern that began in July.
One of the Southeast’s largest beer distributors, Gulf Distributing Holdings, is investing in its spirits division, pairing a newly created leadership role with its latest infrastructure investment.
Craft beer’s summertime blues deepened to start the back half of the season, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.
The latest spirits distribution headlines include RTD gin cocktail The Original Southside landing in major retailers, a wave of Southern Glazer’s (SGWS) additions spanning vodka, rum, and scotch, and distributors scooping up new territory in the wake of Republic National Distributing Company’s (RNDC) collapse, among other moves.
KEG 1 River City (K1RC) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire Republic National Distributing Company’s (RNDC) Kentucky assets, the companies announced today. The deal would add roughly 2 million cases annually to K1RC’s portfolio. The deal follows news late last week that Breakthru Beverage Group was pulling out of its deals for RNDC’s Kentucky and Indiana operations.
Regional and local craft beer may be on the chopping block for many distributors in the next year, according to the latest survey from Tamarron Consulting. Tamarron’s annual Brewer Partnership Compass (BPC) – a comprehensive survey of 170 wholesalers about their relationships with leading suppliers and plans for the coming year – revealed that 57.6% of respondents plan to “de-emphasize and/or reduce SKUs” of regional craft beer.
Two craft-centric distributors will swap territories in a dual acquisition deal in New York and New Jersey. Sarene Craft Beer has acquired the New Jersey business of Remarkable Liquids, which in turn has acquired Sarene’s business north of New York City.
Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July, closing out a slow-motion collapse that has reshaped bev-alc’s distribution tier and emboldened new total beverage power players.
