Competition is alive and well in the state of Kentucky. All we're looking for is to have the same freedoms that other companies have.

I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.

There is tremendous competition. Unless you find a niche it is really going to be an uphill climb.

Our concerns about rising competition became real.

Kentucky lost one of its finest citizens. Fred was the epitome of honesty, decency, basic goodness and plain old common sense.

Competition has just become very, very fierce. PE firms have really had to become more institutionalized. So if an opportunity comes up, these firms can not only assess that opportunity but they can also consider how it plays with other opportunities.