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=Summary= Allied Beverage Group, LLC, http://www.alliedbeverage.com/, is a privately-owned company and is New Jersey's leading purveyor of fine wines, spirits and craft beers. Allied, as it is known today, operates in compliance with the state of New Jersey's alcohol laws and has a class B wholesaler license. Allied has emerged as New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive wine and spirit distributor and ranks among the ten largest such distributors in the United States. =History= Allied Beverage Group was created by the mergers of the Baxter Group, Inc., F&A Distributing Company and the Jaydor Corporation. All three predecessor companies were leaders of the wholesale wine and spirits industry in New Jersey dating back to the Repeal of Prohibition in the early 1930s. In 1996 Allied began with the merger of F+A Distributing Company and Baxter Group, Inc. It was not until 2001 when Allied added the Jaydor Corporation that it became what it is today. These 3 companies merging together has created the largest and most comprehensive wine and spirits distributor in New Jersey, and it ranks amongst the ten largest such distributors in the United States. Allied is owned evenly by the 3 original merging companies. 1/3 of the company is owned by the F+A Distributing Company, 1/3 is owned by Baxter Group, and 1/3 is owned by Silverman Holdings (Originally Jaydor Corporation). =Business= Allied operates out of its North Jersey facility located in, Carlstadt, New Jersey which consists of a state-of0the-art office in addition to master warehouse facilities. Furthermore, it has a South Jersey office and hyper-terminal facilities in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. Allied also operates subsidiary Majestic Wine & Spirits, USA, LLC, a Pennsylvania brokerage and direct wholesale enterprise. Majestic, as it is known today, provides merchandising and promotional services as the broker representative of several major suppliers. Majestic is also Pennsylvania’s highest volume distributor of “special liquor orders” by reason of its leading performance in wine list writing and wine education in addition to its promotion. Allied conducts its business through the following general and specialized sales and merchandising divisions: Allied Nations, Allied Beverage Promotions, Allied Beverage Group On Premise, Banner Distributors, Dorchester, F&A Distributing, Flagstaff Distributors, Favin Import Co., International Vintners, J&J Distributing, Joseph H. Reinfeld Distributors, Majestic Wine & Spirits, Merchants Wine and Liquor, Meritage Wine Group, and Pinnacle Sales & Marketing. Allied's main competitors are Fedway and Breakthrough Beverage.

=Exclusives= In the State of New Jersey the Franchise Practices Act protects the wholesaler by creating a business dealing with the supplier in which this “business deal” gives the wholesaler rights to keep the brand. Therefore, this franchise protection law creates an atmosphere for exclusive brands that only one wholesaler can distribute. The liquor wholesalers in New Jersey share brands, but also have specific brands that are exclusive to them only. Allied Beverage Group has numerous exclusive rights: some of the largest brands that Allied has exclusive rights to are as follows; Smirnoff 80 http://www.smirnoff.com/en-us/, Yellow Tail https://www.yellowtailwine.com/us/, Patron https://www.patrontequila.com/global-en, Jose Cuervo Especial http://cuervo.com/, and Cupcake https://www.cupcakevineyards.com/ among other brands. =References=