Alert: Breakthru Makes “Substantial” Offer for Empire Merchants

WSD has learned Breakthru Beverage Group has made a "substantial" offer to acquire New York's Empire Merchants and Empire Merchants North."Our investment in New York would provide tremendous value to suppliers as they consolidate among fewer partners and look for multi-state sales and marketing synergies," reads an internal memo from Breakthru brass Rocky Wirtz, Charlie Merinoff, Danny Wirtz and Greg Baird. "It makes sense for us, and our suppliers, as we believe it would for Empire as well. A considerable