Tag Archive: Breakthru Beverage Group

Exclusive: Top U.S. Wine And Spirits Distributors Expect Solid Gains After Slow Start To 2017

While 2017 started off more slowly than anticipated across the wine and spirits business, the U.S. market’s major wholesalers expect conditions to improve over the course of the year, with premiumization and the expansion of craft spirits driving solid increases in value. Continue reading →

Empire’s Lawsuit Against Breakthru Dismissed

U.S. District Judge Allyne Ross has dismissed Empire Merchants’ lawsuit against fellow wholesaler Breakthru Beverage. Continue reading →

Breakthru Beverage Links With Online Trade Platform SevenFifty Nationwide

Breakthru Beverage, the third-largest spirits and wine wholesaler in the United States has signed a new national deal with online beverage alcohol trade platform SevenFifty. Continue reading →

Breakthru Steps Up Effort To Dismiss Empire Lawsuit With New Court Filing

Late Friday night, Reliable Churchill and Breakthru Beverage Group aimed to bolster their attempt to dismiss the federal lawsuit filed against them by Empire Merchants by filing a memorandum of law that says Empire’s claims are without merit—and that Empire lacks the standing to make them. Continue reading →

Breakthru Makes Offer For Empire Amid Controversy

Breakthru Names Lloyd Sobel, Former Empire CEO, As Executive Vice President

Breakthru Beverage Group has appointed Lloyd Sobel to an executive VP post, less than two months after Sobel was fired as CEO of Empire Merchants following accusations that he received as much as $5 million in under-the-table payments from Empire co-owner Charlie Merinoff. Continue reading →