Good morning, all!
We've been selling our draft beer through a couple of wholesalers, one here in Wisconsin and one in the Twin Cities. "Selling" is something of an overstatement...I'm sitting on a cooler full of beer right now. Accounts are placing orders that aren't being filled. The wholesalers aren't returning phone calls. I've still got most of my Oktoberfest beer because the wholesalers decided that "two brands was enough". They're not taking delivery of our new case beer, even though there are accounts that are asking for it.
I say the heck with them; let's start distributing the beer ourselves, like we should have done from the start. There may, of course, be contractual issues with this approach, but the wholesalers simply aren't doing their jobs.
I haven't seen our actual contracts myself, and I'm guessing you haven't either, but do you have some ideas on how we can either do an end-run around the wholesalers or terminate them altogether? I know we're supposed to talk these things out, but when they won't even return your calls...
Thanks!
have fun
RDS
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Richard Stueven, Brewer
William Kuether Brewing Company
Clear Lake, Wisconsin
richard@sconnieales.com
We've been selling our draft beer through a couple of wholesalers, one here in Wisconsin and one in the Twin Cities. "Selling" is something of an overstatement...I'm sitting on a cooler full of beer right now. Accounts are placing orders that aren't being filled. The wholesalers aren't returning phone calls. I've still got most of my Oktoberfest beer because the wholesalers decided that "two brands was enough". They're not taking delivery of our new case beer, even though there are accounts that are asking for it.
I say the heck with them; let's start distributing the beer ourselves, like we should have done from the start. There may, of course, be contractual issues with this approach, but the wholesalers simply aren't doing their jobs.
I haven't seen our actual contracts myself, and I'm guessing you haven't either, but do you have some ideas on how we can either do an end-run around the wholesalers or terminate them altogether? I know we're supposed to talk these things out, but when they won't even return your calls...
Thanks!
have fun
RDS
--
Richard Stueven, Brewer
William Kuether Brewing Company
Clear Lake, Wisconsin
richard@sconnieales.com
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