{"id":9694,"date":"2013-02-01T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=9694"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:21:14","slug":"oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s MillerCoors Cluster Of Distributors Lands Another Big Craft Brand; Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><h3  class=\"h-custom-headline h4\" ><span>OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard: MillerCoors&#8217; cluster of distributors just got a little more KC. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard.jpg\" alt=\"OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard\" width=\"630\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard-600x327.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy end of 2012, beginning of 2013\u00a0 for the MillerCoors family of distributors in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>First, the nine wholesalers closed out 2012 by adding <a title=\"Chicago Area MillerCoors Wholesalers Acquire Dogfish Head, New Holland Distribution Rights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/chicago-area-millercoors-wholesalers-acquire-dogfish-head-new-holland-distribution-rights\/\">craft powerhouse Dogfish Head and West Michigan staple New Holland<\/a>. At that time, we noted that:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dogfish Head and Glunz have been duking it out in federal court the last few months trying to determine how much money DFH will be required to pay Glunz to switch distributors. According to the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act, when a brewer terminates a contract with a distributor they are required to pay the distributor \u201creasonable compensation.\u201d The two have been at odds over what compensation amount would be considered reasonable.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Chicago cluster is officially adding another Midwest craft brewer; Kansas City, MO based Boulevard Brewing.<\/p>\n<p>The brand was most recently repped in the Chicago area by boutique distributor Fox Deluxe.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago area MillerCoors distributors, known as OneIllinois, will take over distribution of Boulevard&#8217;s full portfolio of beers including year-round offerings, seasonals, and the popular smokestack series.<\/p>\n<p>OneIllinois wholesalers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burkebev.com\/\">Burke Beverage<\/a>, McCook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reyesholdings.com\/chicago.html\">Chicago Beverage Systems<\/a>, Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Euclid Beverage, North Aurora<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayesbeer.com\/index_a.cfm\">Hayes Beer Distributing Company<\/a>, Alsip<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chasherdrich.com\/\">Chas. Herdrich and Son<\/a>, McHenry<\/li>\n<li>Kloss Distributing, Gurnee<\/li>\n<li>Kozol Bros, Joliet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mullarkeydist.com\/home\/\">Joseph Mullarkey Distributing<\/a>, Glenview<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tcbeer.com\/\">Town and Country Distributors<\/a>, Itasca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard: It&#8217;s been a busy end of 2012, beginning of 2013 for the MillerCoors\/OneIllinois family of distributors in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[957,654,657,471,655,656,453,658,659,687,546],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago&#039;s MillerCoors Distributors OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard | GDB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard: It&#039;s been a busy end of 2012, beginning of 2013 for the MillerCoors\/OneIllinois family of distributors in Chicago.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago&#039;s MillerCoors Distributors OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard | GDB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OneIllinois to Distribute Boulevard: It&#039;s been a busy end of 2012, beginning of 2013 for the MillerCoors\/OneIllinois family of distributors in Chicago.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guys Drinking Beer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guysdrinkingbeer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-01T20:53:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T20:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"381\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanahermes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@guysdrinkinbeer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ryan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d2c9427cea9c06e6f49b8c6f11432a3\"},\"headline\":\"Chicago&#8217;s MillerCoors Cluster Of Distributors Lands Another Big Craft Brand; Boulevard\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-01T20:53:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-06T20:21:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/oneillinois-to-distribute-boulevard\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boulevard.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boulevard\",\"Burke Beverage\",\"Chas. 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