A-B Branch to Merge with Distributor

One of the new directions at Anheuser-Busch is the encouragement of mergers and shared services as viable alternatives to acquisitions. A shared services model is currently being developed, we hear, with the distributor model. So it is not surprising that family-owned Delta Brands, Incorporated and the wholly-owned Stockton, California branch of A-B closed a non-cash merger earlier this week to form Delta Sierra Beverage, LLC. Each merger partner contributed their assets, including distribution rights, in exchange for an ownership interest