A-B Promises Financial Assistance to Wholesalers

Dear Client: Anheuser-Busch has just shared a memo with wholesalers and partners today (and a 6k filing) promising financial assistance in the wake of the early April Dylan Mulvaney fallout, which has since caused Bud Light sales to contract, and led to layoffs at some wholesalerships. It also vows to protect frontline worker jobs.  The filings present a host of assistance items for distributors, including potential sales incentive payments, extended credit, freight/fuel surcharge reimbursements and incremental local market spend.  Today's