‘Bama Slamma Jamma: Gulf Distributing Buying Most of Supreme Beverage

Dear Client:The first move has been made in the chess game that is the consolidation of the very fractured Alabama beer distributor market. The Maisel family's Gulf Distributing Co. is buying a southern piece of Supreme Beverage Co's territory, including the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Talladega markets from the Schilleci family, which has owned the company since 1946. It amounts to about four million cases.CONSOLIDATION WITH A TWIST. In an interesting twist, the Schilleci family will continue to own and run the northern third