Crown Goes with A-B Distributor in NorCal

The decision by Crown Imports to go with Markstein Beverage and a few other A-B distributor in the Sacramento deal (where MillerCoors preferred distributor Ingram is buying Capitol Beverage) has everybody wondering: Is this a sign? The big question is whether this is an indication that Crown now prefers A-B distributors because of Modelo's increasingly likely future relationship with AB InBev, or because Crown doesn't want to be under the same roof with an increasingly "power-hungry" MillerCoors (Crown chief Bill