A-B Buys Branch in Portland

January 8, 2014Dear Client: Anheuser-Busch has agreed to buy 2 million case Morgan Distributing in Portland, Ore., in a deal which has been mulled over for quite some time. Morgan is adjacent to Western Beverage, A-B's branch in Eugene. Rumor had it that Morgan was set to sell to adjacent A-B/craft house Maletis, but A-B chose to match. Maletis is heavy into craft in the state, while Morgan's only craft brands are CBA which is only about 2% of their