Earlier this week, US spirits group Sazerac Co announced a major break with partner Republic National Distributing Co in the country. Here’s the full list of changes confirmed by the Buffalo Trace brand owner.
- Alaska – Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits
- Alabama, Mississippi & West Virginia – Control State brokerages through Johnson Brothers
- California & Hawaii – Reyes Beverage Group
- Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Maryland & Washington DC – Breakthru Beverage
- Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota & Nebraska – Johnson Brothers
- Kentucky – Kentucky Eagle
- Louisiana – Crescent Crown, Choice Brands/Venture Marketing Corp, Eagle Beverage
- Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire – Martignetti Co’s
- Oklahoma – LDF, Capital Distributing, Fisher 59
- Texas – Reyes Beverage Group, Andrews Distributing, Houston Distributing Co, Faust Distributing, Favorite Brands, Keg 1, L&F Distributors, Reed Beverage, GG Distributing, Giglio Distributing, Fisher 59
Sazerac will run its own brokerage operations in the following Control States: North Carolina, Virginia, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming & Montgomery County in Maryland.
The transitions are expected to complete by the start of next month.
In August, the company selected two beer distributors to replace RNDC in Colorado and Washington.
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