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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.
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.
Firestone Walker and Duvel USA have inked a “definitive agreement” to acquire the Stone Brewing brand from Sapporo USA.
Another craft platform is taking shape in Minnesota. Minneapolis-headquartered Fulton Brewing has struck a deal to acquire the brands and distribution rights to Bemidji Brewing, a 14-year-old craft brewery based in the downtown district of the city that bears its name.
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.
Cannabis beverage maker Uncle Arnie’s has raised a fresh $2 million on top of a round led by previous investors Mindset Capital and the investment office of Harry Rubin, the founding partner of Boston Beer Company.
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has closed on its acquisition of independent red network distributor Eagle Rock Distributing Co.’s Colorado operations. With the deal now in the books, SGWS announced a pair of key leadership appointments.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter, including headlines from Stateside Brands, BERO and more.
There’s been a plot twist in the closure of Bauhaus Brew Labs (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – it’s off. ABV Technology has acquired the brewery, a longtime partner of the business, and will reopen it later this summer.
Five months after an unsuccessful bid to buy back BrewDog, co-founder James Watt is at it again. The Scottish entrepreneur announced today that he has made an offer to Tilray Brands to reacquire BrewDog via his Second Best brand, which he founded in May. Details of the offer were not made public.
Reyes announced Tuesday that Sazerac had selected the multistate distributor’s recently acquired RBG Spirits & Wine of Colorado branch as its new distribution partner.
Kroger has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire regional grocery chain Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion, marking the company’s first major acquisition since its proposed megamerger with Albertsons collapsed in 2024.
The time is right for founders of scaled ready-to-drink (RTD) brands to consider exits with the emergence of a “classic seller’s market,” Arlington Capital Advisors managing director Townsend Ziebold declared earlier this month at the Beer Marketer’s Insights business conference.
Keg 1 Management is wheeling and dealing. The multi-state distribution platform/consolidator’s Keg 1 Missouri subsidiary announced a deal to acquire more than 1 million cases from Fechtel Beverage & Sales in Central Missouri.
Phusion Projects is licensing “brand assets” to another firm that has launched Nine Loko, described as a “flavor first, perception-bending jazzy cannabinoid juice.”
Lost Coast Brewing founder Barbara Groom is looking for a buyer for her nearly 40-year-old craft brewery. Groom plans to retire after 37 years of running the Eureka, California-based craft brewery, she told ProBrewer.
Firestone Walker’s can line at its Paso Robles, California production brewery will be running “24 hours a day, seven days a week” in the next couple of months, CEO Nick Firestone shared during Beer Marketer’s Insights conference earlier this month.
