Mark Anthony Buying The Finnish Long Drink

 Dear Client: Well that didn't take long. In February, Mark Anthony Brands U.S. president David Barnett told Beernet Radio bluntly that spirits-based RTDs represent Mark Anthony’s biggest gap, with any M&A likely to be canned-cocktail-centric [see BBD o2-09-2026].  And now the company has announced that it is buying fast-growing The Finnish Long Drink, which (as of late last year) does roughly 4 million cases annually. (We recently had co-founder Evan Burns on our BeerNet Radio podcast, here.) Recall that the