Over the past few years, these businesses have increasingly brought sign production in-house to more efficiently and cost-effectively brand the brands they carry and ultimately drive sales. If you guessed “beer distributors,” I’ll buy you a beer, paid, of course, by the good folks who publish this magazine.
The more accurate and politically-correct way to identify these businesses is to call them “beverage distributors,” since they have expanded beyond the beer market and into energy drinks, juices, water and other liquid sundries.