Pittsburgh Business Times – by Tim Schooley

In a move that could stir up plenty of fizz with local bars and brewers, South Side-based Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co. Inc., the region’s largest beer wholesaler, has reached an agreement to buy the region’s third largest, West Mifflin-based Alfred M. Lutheran Distributors Inc.

Fuhrer, already dominant in the region as the master distributor of such leading brands as Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Yuengling and Molson, reached an agreement to buy Lutheran on Oct. 19.

Frank Fuhrer Jr., chairman of the board of Fuhrer, confirmed that his company has bought Lutheran but couldn’t comment further as part of the terms of the sales agreement.

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