New Beer Group to Buy Buck Distributing

Dear Client: Buck Distributing of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a 3 million case MillerCoors (Miller only), Yuengling, Boston Beer, and many crafts, has a deal to be purchased by The Hammond Beverage Group, a new industry group created to purchase beer distributorships. Recall that Buck Distributing is owned by former NBWA chair Betty Buck and her family. Her daughter Erin Murcia is going to stay on after the deal closes.   Who is The Hammond Beverage Group?  We had heard vague rumblings