CARE Act no more as suppliers, distributors reach “rapprochement”
Spirits, wine and beer wholesalers initiated CARE in an effort to affirm the states’ primacy over the federal government in crafting alcohol policy. Supplier groups, led by DISCUS, vociferously opposed CARE, contending that the bill would tilt the playing field too far in favor of distributors. While CARE never made it to a congressional vote last year, it remained a divisive issue in the months before and after WSWA’s annual convention in April, which many DISCUS members chose not to attend.
via Shanken News Daily.
