SGWS Chief on the “Why” Behind Their Recent Acquisitions and RTD Focus

Dear Client: If you want to know why Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits is buying Anheuser-Busch wholesalers, or how big they wish to get with RTDs, just ask BBD sister publication Wine & Spirits Daily, who published an interview with chief Wayne Chaplin earlier this week.   Among the eye-popping revelations: With their recently announced beer acquisitions, SGWS will handle close to 60 million cases of RTDs (across all bases). When asked how big they’d like the RTD/beer business to get,