The State of Affairs at Columbia Distributing

Dear Client:Columbia Distributing is one of the nation's largest beer wholesalers, slated to do around 58 million cases this year of mostly beer and some nonalc. And growing. They're always looking to play in strategic new geographies, with brands that fit in their portfolio like a perfect game of Tetris.That's a good comparison to where the company is now. Personnel pieces are falling into place: Last week, CEO Gregg Christiansen announced his forthcoming retirement (in 2018), after which time he'll