Bacardi Aligns with Southern, Files Preemptive Suits against Former Distribs

WSD first broke the news in December that Bacardi had initiated a a Request for Proposal (RFP) to distributors in the summer of 2015 [see WSD 12-2-2015], and now your editors can confirm Bacardi USA will put all of its eggs in the Southern Wine and Spirits (and Glazer's) basket where possible, according to a memo we intercepted from Empire Merchant's chief E. Lloyd Sobel. You'll recall, Southern and Glazer's, the first and fourth largest distributors in the US, began