[Beetle01]

That's all a cute little story Beetle, but one in which you obviously dont have a clue as to what you are talking about. If you have a Budweiser distributorship you have what is called a "CONTRACT" with Anheiser Bush. In that contract, it will state that you cannot carry a competetive brand while they have given you exclusive distribution rights to carry the products they either manufacture or have a vested interest in, or you have another prearraged agreement allowing you to distribute another approved product. There is no dark area. No ifs, ands, or butts. They have given you what is called a "franchise" for a specific geographical territory.


I always find it amusing that there are so many EXPERTS on business on here that realisticly would probably have difficulty in managing a newspaper route. But according to them they know everything about it. You might have bluffed a few on here into believing you know what you're talking about, but you'll not get me on that one..

You missed the whole point. The point is, that due to the money AB puts in the pockets of politicians. And yes the Beer lobby is a huge lobby in DC believe it or not. These politicians make sure laws and regulations are in place to ensure AB maintain a monopoly on the market. If AB wants to pick a distributor, that is fine, and that would be no big deal, but there are very few distributors per region. AB has ensured this.

Choices are robbed from the population. It spits right in the face of free markets. There is no way for a new beer company to distribute their beer due to govt. regulations put in place by politicians who were paid off.

If you don't see the problem with that, then Im not sure there is much more to discuss with you.