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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
NA Beer’s Growth Enters a New Phase
Dear Client: In our latest “Around the World with 3 Tier Beverages” Deep Dive, 3 Tier’s Danelle Kosmal takes stock of the non-alcoholic beer segment, where growth remains healthy, even as it continues to moderate. NA beer dollars are up 9.4% YTD and +10.2% over the latest 13 weeks to August 8 in NIQ off-premise channels. Of course, that’s still a strong showing, particularly against the broader beer category, though it’s a step down from the segment’s pace a year
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