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Dear Client: Two legacy North Carolina distributorships – Carolina Premium Beverage and United Beverages of North Carolina – announced late yesterday they are merging as “equals,” forming United Carolina Beverages, which will fall under the K1MS platform (which Carolina Premium was already part of). The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to the waiting period under antitrust law. The resulting NC outfit will be one of the largest beer distributors in the state, “operating
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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