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Dear Client: Our Labor Day ad roundup may not have turned up some of the dirt-cheap deals we found earlier this summer (nope, no $1.96 8-packs or $2.50 12-packs this go-round), but there was still plenty of hot pricing and odd sightings to bring you from our latest spot check. SOME SUPER (CHEAP) PREMIUM. How’s this for starters: Have you ever seen a store slinging Michelob Ultra at a far better price than Bud Light or Budweiser? No? Well, head
Martignetti to Acquire West/Central Mass A-B House Girardi
Dear Client: Large, New England/Massachusetts-based wine, spirits and (more recently) beer wholesaler Martignetti Companies has been acquisitive lately, and just announced another deal – an agreement to buy Anheuser-Busch/Constellation house Girardi Distributors, a fourth-generation-owned wholesaler which services Western and Central Massachusetts. The transaction is expected to close this fall. “This acquisition extends Martignetti’s total beverage alcohol strategy to represent beer, wine, spirits and alternative product categories to its customer base across New England,” per announcement. Martignetti is the sixth largest
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