About Us...


Our Focus
The firm's personnel have prepared over 400 valuations of closely-held beer, wine, and spirits distributors and other beverage companies. We are focused on brokering beverage company transactions and valuing closely-held family businesses and beverage distribution rights.

Our firm has worked as exclusive broker or financial advisor with clients in over 100 transactions. Our clients have included all major brands of beverage franchisee in sizes ranging from 200,000 annual case volume to 15 million cases. Some of the largest beer distributors in the U.S. have been clients of Ippolito/Christon.

How We Value A Business
Ippolito/Christon uses the "Free Cash Flow" method of valuing companies and brands. Beverage industry franchisors, large distributors, sophisticated investors, and lenders use the same or a similar method to equate the present value of an enterprise to its projected cash flows. We look at your future prospects, not just your historical income, assets, and liabilities. Staying up to date on industry trends, we use this information to enhance the creditability of our valuation.



Purchase and Sale of Businesses and Brand Rights
The most important objective of any transaction is to obtain a fair value for the business. Circumstances may lead you to divest or acquire brands representing a small part of your business. Here it is vital that you obtain a reasonable calculation of the value of incremental brand rights, which may be substantial.

Our Policy
We do not provide our specialized services to the large corporate franchise companies or national beverage suppliers, as such engagements are a potential conflict of interest.




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