[Beetle01]

No, I am not missing any point. What you are going on about has absolutely nothing to do with the government or lobbiests.

If you distribute this product you are given a certain geographical area when you are granted a franchise and that is considered your territory to service. There will in turn be another distributor that will service another geographic area that will butt-up to the other distributor's area. The geographic area will be defined by whatever territory the brewer deems necessesary to maintain consistant coverage of their products nationwide and to assure that national chains receive consistant service levels and pricing.

The point is, you are trying to imply that the government intervenes, due to big money contributors that will restrict and pressure the little guy from being able to sell their products to a designated AB distributor, by AB lobbiests lining the pockets of polititians. That is false..... false..... false. There is not one word of truth to that. As I mentioned before, AB requires their distributors to sell their products EXCLUSIVELY, unless their is another approved product that they will grant the distributor to sell. I assure you that another competitors product will not be one of those approved products. Once more, this is a binding CONTRACT aggreed to by both the distributor and the bottler. Violation of the contact will more than likely result in the voidment of the franchise. The government plays exactly ZERO into it. There are absoluely ZERO regulations that the government imposes on any of this.

See how long a McDonald's franchisee will retain his franchise if he is caught selling Wendy's french fries on the side. McDonalds will pull it in a heartbeat. It's no different than the beer story. If an AB distributor violates the terms of the contract they with AB, then they're history, that is as far s being able to distribute AB products.

Your fabrication of this whole scenerio is ridiculous. Does AB have the resources to drive an upstart out of business? Yes indeed they do, and will do it in a heartbeat if their market domination is deemed threatened. You obviously dont have a clue as to what slotting fees and shelf space fees are all about, do you?. That is something that is negotiated between the brewer/distributor and the retailer and has nothing to do with any kind of government regulations.. Sometimes the result of slotting/shelf space agreements will leave someone's product being pushed to the wayside. That is a whole nother story that can be discussed more in detail if you wish, but what you are describing is a fictional made up story, and try as you may to buffalo us, you have no clue of any thing about..

There is not much more to discuss with me on this subject because you dont have the first inkling of what you are talking about to begin with. As I mentioned earlier you are always the square peg trying to fit into the masses of round holes on just about everything you jibber jabber on about.

What are you talking about franchise distributors? Or those that are granted certain regions? How does that even sound like capitalism at all?

IT IS GOVT. REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THERE TO BE DISTRIBUTORS. It is called the three tiered system. WSWA is the lobby that has been fighting in DC to keep that system in place. That lobby represents the current big boys in alcohol sales.

The three tiered LAW, requires alcohol makers sell their product to a wholesale distributor, who then sells it to the retail stores, who then sell it to the customer. This also increases the cost to the customer by 25%.

This is a ridiculous law that was put in when prohibition was done away with. If not for the WSWA lobby this law would have already been revoked. However, they ensure it stays in place by giving money to politicians.

The result is AB has full dominion over the distributors. Not because of some contract. Because no matter what AB has to sell to a distributor. They can do it by threatening to take their business elsewhere. Which is all fine and good, that is AB's right.

However, the point is that the law should not even exist, and only still does because of lobbyists. Alcohol makers should have the right to sell their product to the retail stores. That way the consumer can choose what product he wants from a wide variety. The best product/service for the best price will win the day. That is how our country's economy was intended to work. Not this quasi communist BS we have in place now.

Our choices when it comes to Banking/Insurance/Auto/Fuel/Energy/Food. Those choices are already made for us, we just have this fake idea of freedom in this country.

There are a handful of companies in each sector making all the decisions and policies for those industries. They have the Fed. Govt. in their back pocket, and use them to ensure they maintain their grip.

In the meantime, prices continue to rise, while quality of service continues to decrease.