Stone Distributing Co.’s New GM on What’s Driving Recent Trends

Dear Client: Stone Distributing Company has made a lot of news this year. Readers will recall that it was of course cut out of the deal for Sapporo to buy Stone Brewing for $165 million, announced this summer. As a standalone entity, it still appears to be thriving. As we reported earlier this month, when it picked up Coronado Brewing Co. (from Classic [which sold its bev alc portfolio in LA to Scout], Straub and Beauchamp), recent 13-week Nielsen data