A-B Match and Snatch Strikes Again

Is this a change in attitudes regarding latitudes? Dear Client:  Toward the end of last year, northeast Florida A-B wholesaler Burkhardt Sales & Service had a deal to sell to the acquisitive Mitchell Cos. out of Mississippi after fielding bids from three adjacent A-B distributors, Daytona Beverage, North Florida Sales, and Tri-Eagle Sales. Since A-B has approved and even redirected deals to Mitchell in the past, the deal was considered as good as done.  But in an 11th-hour move, it