______________________________________________________________________ Columbus Distributing Company
Championing core values
As CDC embarks further on its 93rd year in business, it’ s clear that the company is well-positioned for another era of prosperity, market leadership, and strategic growth. While continuing to expand and integrate new businesses into its operations, CDC’ s legacy will remain driven by its core values.
“ We’ re going to invest a lot of time and money in our emerging markets. Anheuser- Busch is our largest supplier, representing around 80 percent of our business, and their portfolio is performing very well, so the main cost of our efforts will be in continuing to grow that business,” Erik affirms as he concludes our conversation.“ Alongside that, we’ re going to work to integrate the businesses that we’ ve acquired into our culture. We want to ensure that all of our 500-plus employees are aligned on our core values and what is important to us as a company – and how we’ re going to manifest that in a successful way. It’ s always
a tricky task as every business has its own culture, but we hope to take the best parts of each and really build on that in 2026.” ■
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