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IN 1930, DEL PAPA DISTRIBUTING CO., GALVESTON, TEXAS, ENTERED INTO A relationship with what remains to be its primary supplier, Anheuser-Busch. Through the years, Del Papa Distributing has grown to supply 17 counties in Southeastern Texas with a portfolio that now includes 95 percent Anheuser-Busch InBev products.
The wholesaler operates distribution centers in Beaumont, Galveston and Victoria that companywide supplied 9.5 million cases of beer in 2010. Its three distribution centers are centrally located to serve the company's 1,500 off-premise and 1,300 onpremise accounts. The area Del Papa Distributing covers is vast and the company's distribution team drives approximately 2.5 million miles each year, says Peter Williamson, Del Papa Distributing's vice president of performance systems.
To help the company better serve its customers, Del Papa Distributing announced an $18 million investment in a new Coastal Distribution Center to be built in Texas City. The new facility will include a new distribution center and offices and will replace the company's Galveston facility, which is located on an island about 50 miles southeast of Houston.
"The island used to be where our business was, and it's evolved over 100 years," says Larry Del Papa, the company's president. "Fortunately, we've grown and the outer …
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