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In this series, I am attempting to better illustrate, understand, and address key issues facing the supplier-distributor relationship in an increasingly AB/non-AB bifurcated distributor environment. The focus of the series [...]

As the economics of the beverage business change, distributors must be willing to look at creative ideas that may not even have been considered five years ago. As the market [...]

For beer wholesalers, the stakes are as high as the worth of the company, and the risks of the race are growing. Not too long ago, the wholesaling race course [...]

WHOLESALER FOCUS Beer distributors from around the country discuss the challenges of doing business in an industry under new pressures. Kevin Forth President Straub Distributing Co., Ltd. Orange, CA Kevin [...]

On Course Sophisticated routing software is putting United Beverage on the map. 'You've got to find a way to deliver customer's beer when they want it, merchandise properly, and keep [...]

The warning shots have been fired across the bow. It is not unthinkable, according to leading brewer executives that the 3-tier system could be in for some potentially radical changes. [...]

Ninkasi Brewing Co. has announced distribution of its 22-ounce line-up, draft beers and limited releases to Southern California. Ninkasi will bring its flagship brands to the greater Los Angeles basin, [...]

Distribution economics in the beverage industry have changed dramatically over the past five years. The wholesaler is faced with a challenging and vital dilemma that revolves around two key issues. [...]

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has proclaimed July 10, 2008, 'Beer Distributor Day,' recognizing the efforts of beer distributors who have worked in cooperation with the state to regulate the sale [...]

Beating The Odds Computerization keeps A.M. Lutheran competitive in a tough market. In the 1950s, A.M. Lutheran Distributors, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA started distributing beer for Dubois Brewing Company, a [...]

Arizona-based Pearce Beverage Co. will introduce Alaskan Brewing Co. beer to Arizonans in 2005. Sales are projected at 2,000 barrels for the first year. 'We hope to ship about 4,000 [...]

In August, the Indiana Alcohol Tobacco Commission held a hearing on whether to continue Rule 28, a law banning exclusive beer territories for distributors. After zero comment from the general [...]

The definition of enterprise in the American Heritage Dictionary is: 'An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication and risk.' This thought-piece is directed to an audience engaged in the [...]

Associated Press-A friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson encouraged a Budweiser executive to choose one of Jackson's sons as majority owner of a lucrative Chicago beer distributorship, a newspaper reported. [...]

The Phillipine brewing giant San Miguel, owner of the James Boag Brewery of Tasmania, plans to broaden distribution for the Boag's brand with a U.S. introduction planned for 2001. The [...]

The Governor of Wisconsin has approved a plan that would make it more difficult for distillers to switch distributors. If a distiller wants to leave a distribution house, it would [...]

The Institute for Brewing Studies, an arm of the Association of Brewers of Boulder, CO, has released a brief statement on the distribution of beer. The group stated: 'The Institute [...]

The Atlantic Coast Brewing Company has announced it will distribute three imported brands--Oberdorfer Weissbeer and Dunkel Weiss and Worthington White Shield of the U.K. The brewery already handles distribution for [...]

AP -- Mexican antitrust regulators said last week that they are investigating claims that beer suppliers are using anticompetitive practices to keep competitors out of the market. The Mexican Federal [...]

Sleeman Breweries Ltd. has announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Bulmers America Inc., the U.S. arm of H.P. Bulmer Ltd. of Hereford, England. Under the agreement, Bulmers will [...]

On May 10, 2002, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (CO) introduced S. 2503, the 'Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 2002.' 'I believe it is no secret to my colleagues here [...]

Still think e-commerce is a fad? Forrester Research says that business-to-business e-commerce totaled $43 billion in 1998. In 2003, they predict that number will jump to $327 billion - but [...]

It looks like the beer and wine distributors have won a major victory with the passage in the House and Senate of a bill that will effectively control Internet sales [...]

The record pace of beer distribution mergers and acquisitions continues, but the value of the brands held by the number three and four distributor in an individual market may in [...]

The Guinness Import Co. has signed a five-year contract renewal with Moctezuma Breweries to continue as the U.S. importer of Dos Equis Amber and Special Lager. The agreement continues a [...]

Golden Eagle Lager beer, produced by Mohan Meakin of India, is imported by the Golden Eagle Tdaing Co. of N.Y., N.Y. The company reports that it is seeking to broaden [...]

Panther Beverage Company of Medfield, MA says its Three Stooges beer, will now be sold throughout California, beginning in August. 'We are very excited to bring The Three Stooges Beer [...]

Anheuser-Busch has inked a deal with Bacardi Dominicana to distribute the Budweiser brand in the Dominican Republic. The company will support the brand with radio, television and print ads, as [...]

[ILLUSTRATED OMITTED] Caption: Edelweiss Imports, Inc., importer of Tucher Weizen and Konig Pilsener, has announced the importation and U.S. launch of a new German brand. Becker's Lager. Becker's Lager, brewed [...]

Diageo PLC has purchased the rights to distribute Warsteiner, the premium German pilsner, on the Irish market. Warsteiner is the flagship brand of the Warsteiner Group, based in Warstein, Germany. [...]

Kona Brewing Co., located on the big island of Hawaii, started exporting its beer to Japan in May, the company entered an agreement with Yuwa Trading Co., a Japanese import/export [...]

A Star to Steer By Efficient delivery fleet specifications keep Star Distributors on course. 'When you consider the size and scope of our operation,' says Sal Emilio, vice president and [...]

Hinano Beer, the first and only beer brewed in Tahiti, is broadening its distribution in the U.S., as importer Campbell Wine Dist. of Los Angeles, CA, looks to open new [...]

The National Licensed Beverage Association reports that it is acting on the 'growing concern that various organizations are selling and shipping alcohol beverage products across state lines directly to consumers, [...]

The Coors Brewing Co. has announced expanded distribution for Coors Arctic Ice. The brand will be available in 54 percent of the U.S. beginning September 29. The company is also [...]

A spokesperson for the Japanese brewer, Suntory Ltd., said the company will continue distributing Anheuser-Busch, Inc.'s Budweiser beer in 1993 despite rumors of a tie between the American brewery and [...]

Blair Importers, Ltd.'s executive vice president Alan Shayne, announced the appointment of his company by Beauvignot International, Inc., as national distributor of Czechoslovakia's Gambrinus beer. 'We are very pleased to [...]

Karl Strauss' Old Columbia Brewery & Grill, San Diego's first brewpub, announced plans to expand operations by opening a second brewery to distribute is kegged beer to the city's restaurants, [...]

Wild Goose Amber flies to New Jersey Having won loyal followers and good reviews throughout the Middle-Atlantic states, the Wild Goose Brewery announced it has begun distribution of its Wild [...]