Another partnership with Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) has come to an end. This week, news broke that Anheuser-Busch InBev has terminated its partnership with RNDC in California and “several other markets,” effective immediately. Rumored for weeks to be the case, the news was officially confirmed in an email sent to the RNDC California team from RNDC West Region president Bryan Boeck, which was later posted to the r/RNDC subreddit.| VinePair
Editor’s note: On Monday, June 2nd, RNDC confirmed that it is withdrawing from California. Read the full story here. On Thursday, Brown-Forman — the spirits giant behind brands like Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve — announced major changes in its U.S. distribution, following the completion of a Request for Proposal (RFP) in 13 markets. Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC), Brown-Forman’s longtime and current largest distribution partner, will see the biggest losses, dropping...| VinePair
Not even halfway into 2025, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has hemorrhaged key supplier accounts in markets across the country, and especially in California. Now, VinePair has learned, the country’s second-largest wine-and-spirits distributor will be departing the Golden State entirely at the beginning of September. Over the weekend, social media was abuzz with versions of this rumor.| VinePair
