Area distributor purchases Ohio company for $31 million

The acquisition will increase Ohio Eagle's territory to include several more counties.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:00 p.m. November 1, 2018
John Saputo, president and owner of Lakewood Ranch-based Anheuser-Busch distributor Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.
John Saputo, president and owner of Lakewood Ranch-based Anheuser-Busch distributor Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, an Anheuser-Busch distributor based in east Manatee County, has purchased an alcoholic beverage distribution company, Ohio-based Clermont Distributing, for $31 million. 

 

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