Brewers' Distributor Ltd. (BDL) is a Canadian company that distributes beer throughout the four western provinces and three northern territories. It is a private joint venture company owned by AB InBev (parent company of Labatt Breweries) and Molson-Coors (parent company of Molson Breweries). BDL operates nine distribution centres and four cross dock facilities in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[1] Its head office is located in Calgary, Alberta.
Although BDL distributes the vast majority of beer sold in Western Canada, it has not been granted any de jure monopoly by any provincial government. Other Canadian breweries are free to distribute their own beer if they wish – some non-shareholders (such as Big Rock in Calgary and Sleeman Breweries in Guelph, Ontario (itself a division of Sapporo)) have their own distribution chains, although others voluntarily use BDL. The company has been permitted to distribute some brands of