Are Excessive A-B Distributor Inventories Reaching a Breaking Point?

Dear Client:Earlier this week we got a tip on "historically high" inventory levels for May and June at A-B distributorships."Have you talked with the AB wholesalers who are having beer shoved down their throats?" prompted a Truth Squadder. "We left May with 24.3 days of AB on the floor with them targeting 21-22 days at the end of June."Those are historically high levels for this decades-old distrib, who said they'd be "lucky" to have 10-12 days in June (even less