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Dear Client: It was bound to happen sooner or later as more beer distributors bring intoxicating hemp beverage brands onto their trucks: over the weekend, Chicago-based distributor Louis Glunz Beer sued a leading hemp bev brand, WYNK, for claims it wrongfully terminated the parties’ distribution agreement and shared Glunz’s trade secrets with its new distributor. The distributor is asking for compensatory damages, including a requirement WYNK pay the full fair market value of Glunz’s distribution rights (of at least 3x
Dan White is Leaving The Coca-Cola Company Alc Biz He Helped Create
Dear Client: BBD has learned that Dan White, The Coca-Cola Company’s Chief of New Revenue Streams, is leaving the alc business at the company. It’s notable, as Dan helped stand up The Coca-Cola Company’s bev alc strategy (he had “end to end P&L responsibility” for Red Tree Beverages, per his LinkedIn), and to many in the bev alc industry, he was its face. The past half decade has seen the soda giant partner with multiple bev alc producers to make
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