Luxco and Glazer’s Distributors of Missouri are among businesses that have joined a new coalition seeking to block legislation that would change Missouri’s liquor laws.
New legislation introduced in the Missouri Legislature — Senate Bill 365 and House Bill 759 — would make it more difficult for alcohol suppliers to sever their relationships with distributors. The proposed legislation would exempt some wineries. Some brewers also are pushing for exemptions.
St. Louis-based distributor Major Brands, whose wine and spirits business totals $430 million in annual revenue, supports the legislation as a means to strengthen protections for distributors.
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Now, some other Missouri businesses and groups have formed a group called “Missourians for Fair Competition” to block the legislation.
In a statement released Monday, the coalition says the legislation would hurt Missouri’s free market economy by stifling competition.
In addition to St. Louis-based alcohol producer Luxco and Glazer’s, a distributor whose parent company is based in Texas, others that have joined the coalition are Adam Puchta Winery, McCormick Distilling, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and the Missouri Retailers Association.
Lisa Brown is a business reporter at the Post-Dispatch. Follow her on Twitter @LisaBrownSTL and the Business section @postdispatchbiz.
