AB ONE Buying Anaheim’s Straub Distributing

Dear Client: Anheuser-Busch owned AB One is buying 9-million case Anaheim-based A-B house Straub Distributing Co., BBD has just learned. It builds on A-B branch action from this past spring, when the company acquired roughly 4-million case Advance Beverage in Bakersfield, CA. Officially, Anheuser-Busch has reached an agreement to purchase Anheuser-Busch brand distribution rights from Straub in addition to distribution rights for certain craft/NA brands in Straub’s current portfolio, subject to supplier approval.   (Besides the A-B portfolio, Straub notably has