Oklahoma Distributor Moves East in Benton County Beer Battle

Some of those dollars generated by Benton County’s conversion to a wet county are headed for Oklahoma.

Perhaps you knew that A&B Distributors Inc., an Anheuser-Busch distributor based in Muskogee, Okla., is poised to cash in on the dry-to-wet conversion.

A related entity, A&B Distributors of Arkansas, has paperwork rolling to do business in Arkansas, notably wholesale beer sales in Benton and Madison counties.

That development is a surprising competitive twist because McBride Distributing Co. is just down the road in Fayetteville. McBride is a logical, geographical choice to serve Benton and Madison counties. Click here to read the full story from our partners at ArkansasBusiness.com.