About

Spriggs Distributing Company was founded in Ironton, Ohio, in 1933, in a lean-to garage. It was one of the first distributorships to acquire a license to distribute beer in Ohio after the end of Prohibition. Guy Spriggs started the operation as a Falls City and Gambrinus distributor and acquired the rights for Anheuser-Busch products in 1934 to serve retailers in Southeast Ohio. That same year, the Spriggs family entered the Kentucky market through Ashland, Kentucky, covering 10 counties. 

The consistent model for this family of wholesalers remains true to this day. It is the model of a complete wholesaler, one not only focused on the execution of business plans, but on providing a banner of leadership for the various communities we service. This means being involved, serving on many local boards and giving back. As Guy Spriggs, our current Chairman likes to say, “We have been and will remain not only a family business, but a business of families.”