Distributor Thoughts on Volume, Pricing

BBD reached out to several distributors and brewers this week to get a quick barometer update on the industry's thoughts on pricing and volume outlooks for the rest of 2005 and early 2006.An optimistic lot by nature, distributors are bullish on volume and somewhat bullish on pricing. In fact, there is usually always a disconnect recently between what distributors report on volume trends, and actual reported volume trends. Distributors we spoke with this week, with the exception of a few,