Chicago A-B Distribs in Play

October 31, 2013Dear Client: North Chicago's A-B distributor, River North, owned by Jesse Jackson's son Yusef Jackson is reportedly being sold to giant Tennessee A-B family the Hand family, sources tell BBD, with partner BDT Capital. (An alternate version has BDT buying River North with Hand buying into the business). An announcement is due out today. That will be another leapfrog acquisition in the red network, and another indication that A-B has handpicked wholesalers to expand regardless of geography. And