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Five major multinational conglomerates own nearly all major American whiskey brands
“The Diageos, the Sazeracs, LVMH. Absolutely. They, you have essentially five that own Everything.”
Hantas: 21 Seeds went from retail launch to Diageo acquisition in under three years
“Like, we got on shelf in April of 2019 and we closed the deal with Diageo March of 2022.”
Creelman: Stirrings accelerated Diageo buyout in 2008 amid economic downturn
“What ended up happening is in 2008, the business and the partnership really kind of hadn't fulfilled the potential that we had all imagined, and there were a variety of factors for that. One was the economy changing, the other was sort of the fit between their…”