A-B Back to Basics

BBD has learned that A-B's VP of National Retail Sales for both on and off-premise, Joe Hoff, resigned last week, according to a source who wishes to remain anonymous, and confirmed by a few other sources who don't care about anonymity but I'll spare them anyway. We have been unable to speak with Joe, who has been with A-B for over 25 years, so the nature of his sudden resignation is unknown at presstime. Retailer contacts we spoke with are