Industry Trends on the Horizon

A lot has happened in the past several months that many could not have predicted just last year. Consolidation especially seems to be one of the main recurring themes. Just recently we’ve seen mergers between distributors (Glazer’s and Judge and Dolph in Illinois, for example) and mergers with suppliers (Constellation and Fortune, V&S and Pernod and Diageo and Ketel One, to name a few). There have also been a lot of changes in the legislative arena, particularly as states battle