Ben E. Keith Makes Craft – Import Acquisition

BBD has confirmed that big Dallas-based A-B distributor Ben E. Keith Company has signed a deal to acquire the CR Goodman Company, a statewide import and crafts specialty distributor in Texas owned by Ken Goodman and Chuck Robertson. You may recall that Ben E. Keith was one of the first and the largest A-B distributor to break exclusivity last February, a decision that was not taken lightly.CR Goodman sells about 700k case equivs of specialty brands like Spaten, Real Ale,