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Earlier this week, our California EVP, Tandy Harvey sat down with Wine & Spirits Daily to discuss Breakthru's first year in the market and the growth the company has already seen. Tandy shared insights on the company's year one investments to support our focus on the consumer end such as enhancing operational capabilities to adding over 150 new team members to drive growth. As Tandy noted, "...we are always open for business, looking for new suppliers, new customers, and we continue to look for those growth opportunities.” Read more of Tandy's comments:
We're thrilled to announce that Breakthru Beverage Group has been named a U.S. Best Managed Company for the third year in a row! We’re proud to be an organization that focuses on operational excellence, fostering a people-first culture, and being a distributor that is easy to do business with for our customers, partners, and suppliers. Cheers to another great year ahead!
We’re excited to share Breakthru Beverage Group’s 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report: Crafting the Future, Together. The CSR Report represents our collective Breakthru story—strong leadership, force for good, focus on growth, leading beverage company, values-based & people-centric culture, legacy of philanthropy, DE&I advocacy, and differentiated associate experience. You can enjoy reading our report here:
We’re excited to share Breakthru Beverage Group’s 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report: Crafting the Future, Together. The CSR Report represents our collective Breakthru story—strong leadership, force for good, focus on growth, leading beverage company, values-based & people-centric culture, legacy of philanthropy, DE&I advocacy, and differentiated associate experience. You can enjoy reading our report with the following link - check it out!
If your you're in the Washington DC area and looking for a local CDL Delivery job, then mark your calendar for our Virtual Washington DC Driver Hiring Event on April 3rd, from 11am-2pm EST! This is a great opportunity to service a fun and unique industry, and make it home every night - all local deliveries! More information is provided in this link - check it out!
The Culture Committee of Breakthru Arizona celebrated Women's History Month with their first Women In Wine Conference. Hillary Wirtz spoke on the panel along with Jennifer Walls, Wine Maker for Barefoot Cellars, Violet Grgich from Grgich Hill Estate Winery, and Margaux Lemma from Purple Hands. Cheers to these trailblazing leaders whose significant contributions to both their respective businesses and the broader industry have carved out pathways for others to thrive!
We are excited to announce an expansion of our partnership with Brown-Forman into Canada! Breakthru Canada will represent all Brown-Forman brands—including Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve and Old Forester Bourbon—across the Provinces and Territories beginning July 1, and the Jack & Coke RTD beginning earlier on March 1. We pride ourselves on building lasting relationships with all our partners and thank Brown-Forman for their continued confidence in Breakthru.
Congratulations to Amanda Hale, SVP, Supplier Business Development, who was just named to Beverage Information Group’s inaugural 40 Under 40 class! She received this honor in recognition of her many contributions to the beverage alcohol industry, particularly her advocacy for increasing representation and opportunities for women. In addition to her membership in Women of the Vine and Spirits and the WSWA Women in Leadership program, Amanda has been a key leader in our own Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts and is active in our Women Who Breakthru associate resource group. More information on this accolade is in the following link.
Hillary Wirtz, Director of DE&I and a NextGen leader, recently appeared on the Beverage Dynamics “On & Off” podcast to discuss her work advancing diversity at Breakthru and as Chair of WSWA's Women’s Leadership Council. She shared the importance of female mentorship, executive training programs and what we are doing at Breakthru to increase and celebrate diversity in our workforce. Listen here with this link, or wherever you get podcasts!
We are honored to be featured as Wholesaler of the Year by Beverage Industry Magazine. We're proud of our accomplishments and are even more excited on what's to come!
