Nearly 400 San Antonio workers’ jobs hang in the balance as one of the nation’s top liquor distributors nears a deal to sell its Texas operations to an Illinois-based rival, according to the San Antonio Report.
Republic National Distributing Co., based in Grand Prairie, on the verge of a deal to unload operations in its home state and 10 others to Reyes Beverage Group, a unit of Illinois food-and-beverage giant Reyes Holdings. That transaction will affect the livelihoods of 1,900 Lone Star State workers, including 372 in Bexar County, the online news outlet reports.
Republic informed Texas regulators that it would end employment at six facilities after closing the transaction. It’s unclear how many of those workers will stay on the job after takes over, Republic officials said in a statement…