Reyes Buys Out Big Florida Distributor Thies

As reported yesterday, Reyes Holdings, the largest distributor in the country, is set to buy South Florida's 8.2 million case Thies Distributing. Dennis Sr and Jr, and Charlie Trepcos and Bruce Mills and the rest of the Thies senior management are expected to stay on board with Reyes. A couple of things strike me about this deal. One, BBD has heard behind the scenes that this deal was enthusiastically embraced by suppliers. That's news. In my speech at Harpoon last