Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Coors beer<br/>
Date: Mar 20, 2005 @ 04:04<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1788873323">It was not any kind of legal prohibition.  In fact, some federal agency (Federal <br/>
Trade Commission?) finally said that the company&#39;s restriction of distribution <br/>
to eleven states was an illegal restraint of trade.  It was true that there was <br/>
then limited production capacity, but the feds believed that the strict <br/>
geographic limit was designed to increase demand outside the region.  People <br/>
seem to want what they can&#39;t easily get.<br/>
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Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>
From: &quot;Kevin Meynell&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:knm@...">knm@...</a>&gt;<br/>
To: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;<br/>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:16 PM<br/>
Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Coors beer<br/>
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&gt;<br/>
&gt; Kevin<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt;It was a marketing decision by Coors Brewing Co., which at the time was a<br/>
&gt;&gt;regional brewer.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; So it wasn&#39;t actually a legal prohibition?<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; Regards,<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; Kevin Meynell </span></blockquote></div>