More (Amicable) Deals

Dear Client: Yet another deal in the West. This time, MillerCoors/Constellation Beer house CenCal Beverage Co. told employees this week that they're selling to two California distributors: DBI Beverage and Valley Wide Beverage. CenCal partner/president Bob Dinsmore called it "a good deal" for all involved. He said they'd been "courted by many distributors much larger than us" and that they had grown "geographically as far as we could go." Bob said they got a very good price, and the "key