article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources monarch beverage inc. news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message monarch beverage company industry beverage founded 1947 founder edwin t. french sr. headquarters indianapolis indiana u.s. area served indiana key people phil terry ceo & john xenos general manager products beer and wine website http www.monarch beverage.com founded in 1947 monarch beverage company is indiana s largest distributor of beer and wine . the indianapolis based company represents more than 500 brands and employs over 600 hoosiers . 1 history edit in 1947 edwin t. french sr. founded monarch beverage company in indianapolis in . the company originated with six employees and distributed only one brand of beer carling black label from a warehouse the size of a medium home . in 1971 the distribution of wine began with e & j gallo brands followed by the distribution of miller brewing company products in 1989 and the coors brewing company brands in 1991 . since the founding of monarch beverage the company has grown substantially acquiring 26 smaller distributors since 1975 and now servicing the entire state of indiana with a variety of beverage products . citation needed 2 leadership edit phillip a. terry vice president and ceo john xenos general manager fred dufour senior vice president of operations natalie roberts senior vice president of strategy scott shipley senior vice president of sales dave rogers director of beer sales ben francis director of wine sales todd lebo director of human resourcess 3 references edit monarch beverage co. aboutus http www.monarch beverage.com pages company companyhome.aspx pageid 26 monarch beverage company on inside indiana business . inside indiana business . youtube . 19 october 2008 . retrieved 2013 03 23 . monarch beverage co. our leadership http www.monarch beverage.com pages company companygeneral.aspx pageid 44 wall j.k. 4 december 2012 . monarch beverage converts to cng for trucking . indianapolis business journal . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title monarch beverage inc. & oldid 743483176 categories drink companies of the united statescompanies based in indianapolishidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from july 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view