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IT'S A JUNE night in Kinshasa, and rapper JB Mpiana's weekly VIP bash is just starting to heat up. Toned groupies splash like mermaids in a sunken pool. Middle-aged businessmen [...]

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. [...]

True story: A beer salesperson became very busy and stopped calling on a small c-store chain. The operator called him; the rep said he'd been swamped, but would get to [...]

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 [...]

DALLAS -- The 7-Eleven convenience store chain here will begin to sell its own label of imported beer in June and will introduce wine in the fall. The beer, called [...]

The overall sales volume of beer dropped 1% to 5,655 million liters in 2000 and 2.1% to UKPd18.4 billion in 2001. The beer industry is discussed, incluidng market size by volume and value, packaging format, type; new product developments; market shares by company and brand; company profiles; pricing; distribution; and market forecasts

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 [...]

Williams Co. has completed a $19.6 million design/build project for the Schenck Co. The project consists of a 300,000-square-foot distribution center and a 30,000-square-foot corporate office building. Schenck Co. distributes [...]

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 [...]

Miller dealers gain top-selling malt liquor Miller Brewing Co. distributors are adding the nation's top-selling malt liquor -- Olde English Ale -- to their portfolio but some longtime distributors of [...]

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. [...]

Mooresville-based Carolina Beer Co. has signed an agreement for the distribution of three of its brews in Atlanta. Carolina Blonde, Carolina Light and Cottonwood Endo IPA will be distributed by [...]

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 [...]

* Consumer behaviour unpredictable * Logistics nightmare looms * No room for tertiary products * January sales slump feared If anyone could guarantee a prediction of who will buy how [...]

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 [...]

Baltimore-based RavenBeer signed an agreement with Wheeling, III.-based Intertrade USA to distribute its Edgar Allan Poe beers in Chicago and surrounding counties. Raven Special Lager, Tell Tale Heart 1PA and [...]

Albany, New York's largest beer distributor, DeCrescente Distributing Co. Inc., has earmarked $4 million to start construction of two new buildings with combined area of 45,000 square feet. These buildings will be used for office-related, warehousing, and training purposes. As DeCrescente plans to embark on acquisitions, how distributors have benefited from acquisitions is also explored.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Coors Distributing Co. of Fort Worth relies on its excellent reputation and business acumen to keep business strong. Thanks to this, the 44-year-old company typically does not get [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It takes a special kind of tenacity to be a beer distributor in South Dakota when you have a territory that covers 133,000 square miles, along with winters [...]

In the 10 years since Pete Betka, along with a few other business partners, bought RMC Distributing Co., the beer wholesale operation has grown exponentially, both through organic growth and [...]

The Malt Beverages Distributors Association of Pennsylvania has filed a case against the Liquor Control Board (LCB) at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in order to further restrict store sales. The dispute stems from the supermarket chains circumventing the liquor law with the blessings of LCB. How supermarkets were able to sell beer in six-packs are also discussed.

There is a consensus among beer distributors across the country: it's a fun time to be in the business. With this new generation of brews, there is a thirst 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 [...]