More Color Emerges on A-B’s Fight for it’s Branch in Illinois; Could End Up in C

MillerCoors, Wirtz Beverage Group, and Southern Wine & Spirits, along with a coterie of industry lawyers and lobbyists, converged upon Chicago last week to urge the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to deny A-B a distributor license after their pending purchase of Suave's City Beverage (as first reported by BBD 03/02/10 and 03/03/10). Crain's Business Chicago reports that regardless of the Commission's decision, this case will likely end up in court. "This case is huge because it could lead to the