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A-B Distributors A’Grumbling

March 5, 2014Dear Client: On the heels of A-B's distributor meeting in Las Vegas last week, there seems to be an increase in the grumbling amongst their distributor network about A-B allegedly stuffing their warehouses with "unordered" product, with the ongoing and extended Teamsters contract as a seemingly viable excuse to build inventories against a possible strike -- although several distributors we spoke with aren't buying it. Literally. "I refused the order and stopped payment," says one indignant distributor. Meanwhile,

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