Major Brands Hurls Major Accusations

Dear Client: It's not just a fight between distributors and suppliers in Missouri. There is also some intra-tier squabbling, WSD has learned. Yesterday we briefly reported that Major Brands (referred to as MB) is accusing Glazer's of working with Bacardi, Diageo and Luxco to terminate their respective distribution contracts with MB. The thinking is this: MB loses Bacardi and Diageo to Glazer's, who in turn relinquishes Pernod to MB. Today, we have more details on this allegation from a new