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Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG; Somers, NY, USA) announced that it has acquired Quebec, Canada-based bottler Phil Daudreault et Fils Ltee, which had been owned and operated by the Gaudreault family for several decades. It includes two distribution warehouse facilities, one in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec and the other in Ville Marie, Quebec. The terms of the deal, which closed in November, were not disclosed. PBG officials say the facilities will complement the company's existing business in the Canadian province…Revolution Tea (Phoenix, AZ, USA) has announced a distribution agreement with Oakland, CA-based Cost Plus World Market. The deal gives Revolution access to Cost Plus' 237 stores in 30 states nationwide…Brown-Forman (Louisville, KY, USA) has reached an agreement with Altia Corporation of Finland to acquire the remaining 20 percent of capital stock of Finlandia Vodka Worldwide Ltd. The company had acquired 45 percent of Finlandia in 2000 and an additional 35 percent in 2002. The 2002 acquisition gave Altia the option to require Brown-Forman to buy its remaining interest in the company. In other Brown-Forman/Finlandia news, the spirits marketer recently appointed independent communications and brand consulting firm Northlich (Cincinnati, OH, USA) as its agency of record to handle worldwide brand strategy and creative for the vodka brand. The move expands the role for Northlich, which has handled global brand positioning for Finlandia. Northlich's Brandstorm group has been most active with the brand…Bacardi International Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda) granted Monsieur Henri (New Orleans, LA, USA) US importation rights for Estonia's TURI vodka. Monsieur Henri is no stranger to vodka, as it's the importer that helped make a name for Stolichnaya in the US market.