The Preferred Group Pops Up

July 13, 2011 The Preferred Group Pops Up Dear Client: Last month it was a handful of Massachusetts distributors that banded together: Blue-silver distribs Burke, Atlas, Merrimack Valley, Commercial Distributors and Colonial Beverage created a strategic coalition to provide one point of contact for suppliers and statewide distribution. Now an alliance of independent distributors across Minnesota and the Dakotas are doing something similar. Why? To make things easier for - and help attract - smaller suppliers. The Preferred Group is