Area Beer Distributor Expands Reach

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Longtime Greenwood beer distributor Delta Distributing has been sold Meridian based Mitchell Distributing.

The Greenwood Commonwealth reports (http://bit.ly/1D0ITlX) that the acquisition makes Mitchell Distributing the second largest Anheuser-Busch distributorship in Mississippi, serving 32 counties.

Delta Distributing handled Anheuser-Busch, Red Bull and other beverages in Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery and Yalobusha counties.

Terms of the sale were not announced.

Combined employment at the company now stands at more than 400.

The acquisition is the latest in a string of moves by Mitchell Distributing. It operates warehouse facilities in Meridian, Leland and Shannon.

Mitchell Distributing also operates in Maryland after purchasing a distributorship in Baltimore last year. The company purchased Cash Distributing in Columbus and Tupelo in 2008 and began operating in the Leland area in 2002.