Description
As a beverage alcohol distributor, Southern has provided distillers, winemakers, and vintners the opportunity to get their products into the hands of customers for nearly 50 years. Those customers include restaurants, hotels, chains, or independent retail establishments—all of which serve the end consumer.
Harvey Chaplin began his career in the mid-1940s working in the mailroom of the second-largest supplier of beverage alcohol at the time. Over the course of the next 70 years, Chaplin has had the opportunity to work alongside his visionary partners and talented industry leaders—all of whom contributed to Southern’s success.
Today, along with his son Wayne, president and CEO, Harvey leads as chairman of the board of the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States. Southern grew by developing long-standing relationships, both within the company as well as with suppliers and customers. Southern’s dedication to high-quality sales and service enabled the joint success of Southern and its trading partners. Southern partners with suppliers to build leading brands, delivers to and serves retailers efficiently and reliably, and provides value-added business intelligence to help all of its trading partners run their businesses more effectively.
