Grokking Industry Strife, Consolidation, and Distributor Values

Dear Client:Adam Vitale, president of G&M Distributors Inc., led a panel earlier this week at NBWA's general session with Mike Mazzoni, senior partner of Seema International; Benj Steinman, president of Beer Marketer's Insights; Trevor Stirling, European beverages analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein Limited; and John Williams, executive director of the Beer Industry League of Louisiana. They tackled issues including three-tier threats, Anheuser-Busch distributor branches, potential mergers involving ABI, SABMiller, Coca-Cola and Heineken, craft brewer consolidation and more. It was a