Shipments Up, Depletions Down, and Nobody Is Fooled

Podcast: Beverage Business Briefing · Carlos DeOliveira

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

**Distribution reshuffle:** RNDC's Chapter 11 and asset sales are moving territory to beer-led wholesalers (Reyes, Quality Brands, Columbia, Morales, Manhattan Beer). Reyes' 11-market, $5B+ deal makes RBG Spirits and Wine the No. 3 wine and spirits house. - **Southern Glazer's:** dropping "Wine & Spirits" from its name in early 2027, buying beer assets (AB's NYC operation, Clare Rose, Eagle Rock), and facing a $12.5M DOJ non-prosecution agreement, an FTC Robinson-Patman consent decree, and a California price-discrimination probe. - **Other deals:** Martignetti acquiring Girardi; Breakthru exiting the RNDC Kentucky and Indiana deal; Keg 1 River City and Morales stepping in; Sierra...