A Talk with Young’s Chris Underwood

Dear Client: There's no doubt that Young's Market has been busy. In April the company announced it had acquired the remaining 50% stake from Columbia Distributing in Young's-Columbia of Oregon and Young's-Columbia of Washington. Young's-Columbia is the largest distributor of wine in both states, with annual sales in excess of $500 million. Then in May Young's Market and Republic National Distributing Company announced they had entered into an agreement to merge their operations in Arizona. The name of the new