For brands & suppliers
Getting into California is hard.
Staying on the shelf is harder.
ACS is a California distributor built for independent producers — the ones who get lost at the bottom of a national book. We take on fewer brands so the ones we take on actually move.
- Producers on the book
- 36
- Categories represented
- 11
- California markets covered
- 6
- Channels: on & off premise
- 2
How it works
Five steps from first email
to bottles on a truck.
- 01
Submit
Send us the brand: liquid, pricing, current markets and what you are trying to build in California.
- 02
Taste & fit
We taste it and check it against the book. If it overlaps something we already push hard, we tell you straight.
- 03
Pricing & compliance
Federal and ABC paperwork, label registration, price posting and COLA review handled with you.
- 04
Launch plan
Target accounts by channel, opening order, samples, staff education and the first ninety days written down.
- 05
Field execution
Reps in market, placements tracked, depletions reported back. You always know where your bottles went.
What we look for
We would rather say no early
than sit on your inventory.
A short, honest filter. If a brand does not clear it, we will tell you in the first conversation instead of six months into a dead placement.
- Liquid that can win a blind tasting, not just a shelf.
- A price that leaves room for the retailer and the bar.
- Federal and California compliance already in motion, or ready to start.
- A founder willing to work the market with us for the first ninety days.
- Something the book does not already have three of.
Coverage
Statewide, with people
actually in the market.
California is not one market, it is six. We cover them with reps who live there and know which accounts open the door for a new brand.
- 01
San Francisco & the Bay Area
- 02
Los Angeles & Orange County
- 03
San Diego
- 04
Sacramento & the Central Valley
- 05
Central Coast
- 06
Palm Springs & the Desert
On-premise
Cocktail bars, restaurant groups, hotels and resorts.
Off-premise
Independent bottle shops, specialty grocery and regional chains.
Events & accounts
Festivals, brand activations and national account support.
You would be in good company
The producers already on the truck.
ACS represents 36 producers including Tequila Primo 1861, Zumbador Tequila, Don Vicente Tequila, Alma del Jaguar, El Gran Legado de Vida, Yéyo Tequila and more.
Submit your brand
Tell us what you made
and where it is going.
The more of this we have up front, the faster we can give you a real answer.
Not sure you are a fit?
Ask anyway.
A five minute conversation beats guessing. If we are not the right distributor for you, we will usually know who is.