Columbus/LaRose Deal Back On in Ohio

Dear Client: The deal to create one of Ohio's largest A-B wholesalers (one of the state's largest wholesalers, period) is back on: Yesterday afternoon, Northeast Ohio's House of LaRose announced it has entered into a revised agreement to be acquired by Central Ohio's Columbus & Delmar Distributing Company, pending supplier approvals. For the near future, the new company will operate under their current names in their respective markets. Terms were not disclosed. The new deal addresses the holdouts that had