John Oudt

"... following 1 Koerner sold. "We don't expect to see that y. but we think we'll continue to capture ets." r, 47, who bought barq's ln December i business colleague John Oudt, quickly expand the little company with only 19 is. Today lt has 440 franchises, ond sold lt ls the No. 2 root beer nationally I I owned, the company does ..."

"... age 72. Company advertising continues to consist mainly of chalkboards and signs saying, “Drink barq's it's Good.” number of franchise bottlers grows to more than 200. 1976 John and John Oudt acquire the company from the family and move the headquarters to New Orleans. increases distribution network back up to 47 markets, serving a population of 10 million. ls distributed in ..."

"... curve through every agc group, ln terms of thc relative amount uf barq's that ls consumed. Business wilh a slight blas towards males." he sald. Koerner and hls partner, John Oudt, bought out the family ln 1976. “It was a family business." Koerner sald. "They had a lot of offers, but they didn't like the Idea of conglomerates, and they wanted ..."

"... one half years ngo. Ho discharged eight months ogo, Out they didn't rush to marry. Thoy wore old fashioned, and they wanted to havo everything ready lor a perteet John Oudt up n thriving business ns u then went lhe construction business wuh hls brother. Rosu quit hur lob as a secretary und picked ont" their furniture, their ruus, their cura ..."