Bigfoot Beverages Settles with Hop Valley, Terms Undisclosed

Dear Client: Earlier this month, BBD reported on a suit between Eugene-based specialty distributor Bigfoot Beverages and local brewer Hop Valley. The Register Guard had reported that Bigfoot filed suit against supplier Hop Valley Brewing Co. for $5.5 million, as the fast-growing, 12,000 barrel brewer was attempting to move to Portland-based Columbia Distributing. You may remember Bigfoot, formerly Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., started distributing craft beer in 2012. Bigfoot reportedly claimed it was suffering that suit amount in economic damages as