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UK: Family-run Bartons Group buys Coventry drinks wholesaler Baby Bottles
Drinks wholesale / on-trade distribution
Family-run North West drinks wholesaler Bartons Group has completed its first acquisition, buying Coventry on-trade wholesaler Baby Bottles in a sale run by Headpoint Advisors.
News: A family-to-family bolt-on: a 1986 Midlands wholesaler joins a North West peer to form a group spanning the North and the Midlands.
Why it matters: Baby Bottles keeps its identity and MD Sam Wright. Its brand-owner relationships include Molson Coors, Heineken, AB InBev, Carlsberg Britvic and Asahi.
Radar: Watch whether Bartons follows its first deal with more regional drinks wholesalers. Terms were not disclosed.
People involved
- Sam Wright – Management.
- Craig Barton – Buyer.
A name here does not mean that person signed the purchase agreement.
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