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What the fuck is beer "distribution"?

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/biggest-losers-bud-light-boy...
Buff Stead
  05/25/23
same as any other distributership. theyre the people that sh...
dark exciting mexican police squad
  05/25/23
Why isn't it on the Walmart truck with everything else?
Buff Stead
  05/25/23
often times its on bud light trucks they just dont drive to ...
dark exciting mexican police squad
  05/25/23
Watch 'Beer Wars'
costumed deer antler international law enforcement agency
  05/25/23
There is some weird 3 tier model required by law where brewe...
Stimulating maize resort
  05/25/23
This is 180 btw "Truck drivers delivering Bud Light hav...
Stimulating maize resort
  05/25/23
...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
lol
claret gaping
  05/25/23
lol poor bros tho, hung out to dry
Bat Shit Crazy Abode
  05/25/23
...
hyperventilating big really tough guy
  05/25/23
this makes me think America still has a chance
Twinkling Tanning Salon
  05/26/23
seems like it’s homophobic of the distributors to assu...
twisted sticky locus
  05/26/23
...
pink hairraiser persian black woman
  05/26/23
...
Curious grizzly principal's office juggernaut
  05/26/23
gay beer salesman tp
medicated hell
  05/26/23
...
Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon
  05/26/23
Middle man between producers and retailers.
Odious Magical Crackhouse Dopamine
  05/25/23
A legally mandated and utterly absurd middle man.
histrionic zippy public bath love of her life
  05/25/23
100%. You should see the insane restrictions on brewerie...
Odious Magical Crackhouse Dopamine
  05/25/23
thank you religious conservatives!
Cruel-hearted marvelous depressive
  05/26/23
the law requires a 3-tier system (strict separation between ...
Garnet Center Candlestick Maker
  05/25/23
In popular imagination beer distributors print money. They j...
Buff Stead
  05/25/23
yes and more importantly a personal connection to the manufa...
Garnet Center Candlestick Maker
  05/25/23
holy shit government is diaper
Buff Stead
  05/25/23
the more people that are legally required to be involved the...
Garnet Center Candlestick Maker
  05/25/23
...
racy rose piazza
  05/26/23
if you bought distributorships in the 70s and had an ounce o...
dark exciting mexican police squad
  05/25/23
That's where John McCain's wife's money come from, for insta...
histrionic zippy public bath love of her life
  05/25/23
cr
Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon
  05/26/23
You don't know anyone who owns a beer distribtor or a soda d...
aggressive chapel
  05/25/23
Not the same
Gay corner old irish cottage
  05/25/23
no, it's the same
Vengeful native
  05/25/23
...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
...
Swashbuckling french chef
  05/25/23
(coca cola middleman)
heady purple casino new version
  05/25/23
(jenny)
twisted sticky locus
  05/26/23
...
Swashbuckling french chef
  05/25/23
I know someone like this but they just own McDonald's franch...
heady purple casino new version
  05/25/23
So 3 out of 4 rednecks are still drinking this? Pathetic.
tripping roast beef
  05/25/23
There's got to be a certain amount of libs and fags who are ...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
You think corporate AB is gonna deliver beer to the tens of ...
High-end library
  05/25/23
Why don't they just do gig economy bro like Amazon and have ...
Buff Stead
  05/25/23
"You think corporate AB is gonna deliver beer to the te...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
But most manufacturers that are legally allowed to don&rsquo...
High-end library
  05/25/23
For various large segments of the consumer-facing economy, t...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
Ljl you are clueless. Google “coca cola distributor...
High-end library
  05/25/23
There's more profit in alcohol than soda Plus with alcoho...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
somewhat, the bread you see in the store is distributed by s...
Supple National Place Of Business
  05/26/23
restaurants and bars are not nearly as standardized as super...
Twinkling Tanning Salon
  05/26/23
are you a lawyer?
Ruby galvanic nibblets set
  05/25/23
What do you think?
lake regret university
  05/25/23
Some of you are so ignorant about Business, it’s laugh...
Provocative foreskin weed whacker
  05/25/23
...
High-end library
  05/25/23
...
lake regret university
  05/25/23
...
heady purple casino new version
  05/26/23
The media wants us to feel bad for these guys and stop our b...
Dead Irradiated Whorehouse Sandwich
  05/26/23
Can distributors distribute something else or do they have t...
Dead Irradiated Whorehouse Sandwich
  05/26/23
they have all kinds of shit. they’re more like salesma...
Twinkling Tanning Salon
  05/26/23
Seems like a 1930s mindset. Salesman in 2023? Flame?
Buff Stead
  05/26/23
producers don’t want to house shit or mix up their pro...
Twinkling Tanning Salon
  05/26/23
Bud distributors also distribute Logan Paul's energy drink s...
orchid out-of-control theater stage lettuce
  05/26/23
Sounds like a racket that organized mobsters run in secret m...
Brilliant useless brakes
  05/26/23
...
Garnet Center Candlestick Maker
  05/26/23
i used to represent two beer distributors. family owned busi...
Motley know-it-all base death wish
  05/26/23
the biggest liquor distributors are multi-billion dollar fam...
insanely creepy personal credit line ceo
  05/26/23
...
Gay corner old irish cottage
  05/26/23
didn't Jesse Jackson end a boycott of A-B when he son was gi...
Ungodly Jet-lagged Home Pistol
  05/26/23
It's where the real money is made. Controlling distribution...
Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon
  05/26/23


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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:20 PM
Author: Buff Stead

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/biggest-losers-bud-light-boycott-hammers-hundreds-independent/story?id=99536969

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355703)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:22 PM
Author: dark exciting mexican police squad

same as any other distributership. theyre the people that ship bud light to businesses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355717)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:23 PM
Author: Buff Stead

Why isn't it on the Walmart truck with everything else?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355719)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:23 PM
Author: dark exciting mexican police squad

often times its on bud light trucks they just dont drive to literally everyone that sells it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355722)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:48 PM
Author: costumed deer antler international law enforcement agency

Watch 'Beer Wars'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356317)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:24 PM
Author: Stimulating maize resort

There is some weird 3 tier model required by law where breweries can't distribute their own beer

https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/three-tier-system-impacts-craft-beer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355729)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:25 PM
Author: Stimulating maize resort

This is 180 btw "Truck drivers delivering Bud Light have received the middle finger from passersby, distributors have faced intentional collisions from shopping carts as they drop off beer and vendors have endured homophobic jokes calling them "gay beer salesmen," according to top officials at several beer distribution companies."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355733)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:31 PM
Author: lake regret university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355766)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:43 PM
Author: claret gaping

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355829)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 8:27 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Abode

lol

poor bros tho, hung out to dry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356000)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:38 PM
Author: hyperventilating big really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356272)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:12 PM
Author: Twinkling Tanning Salon

this makes me think America still has a chance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358492)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:17 PM
Author: twisted sticky locus

seems like it’s homophobic of the distributors to assume “gay beer salesmen” was used as a homophobic joke and not a compliment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358521)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:18 PM
Author: pink hairraiser persian black woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358523)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:43 PM
Author: Curious grizzly principal's office juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358625)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:46 PM
Author: medicated hell

gay beer salesman tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358635)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 2:10 PM
Author: Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358789)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:26 PM
Author: Odious Magical Crackhouse Dopamine

Middle man between producers and retailers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355735)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:33 PM
Author: histrionic zippy public bath love of her life

A legally mandated and utterly absurd middle man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355783)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 8:08 PM
Author: Odious Magical Crackhouse Dopamine

100%.

You should see the insane restrictions on breweries in NJ.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355932)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 7:35 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted marvelous depressive

thank you religious conservatives!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46359856)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:28 PM
Author: Garnet Center Candlestick Maker

the law requires a 3-tier system (strict separation between manufacturers, distributors, and retailers) to ensure that big time political donors get an equal slice of the monopoly. uhh sorry, i meant "to ensure the public health and safety."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355755)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:29 PM
Author: Buff Stead

In popular imagination beer distributors print money. They just have a fleet of big rigs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355762)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:31 PM
Author: Garnet Center Candlestick Maker

yes and more importantly a personal connection to the manufacturer. once you land a distribution contract with a manufacturer no other distributor can move their product in your region. so you can imagine how much graft and corruption goes on in obtaining a contract from AB or brown forman or gallo wines. in any other business it'd be a blatant antitrust violation, but it's ok here because "it protects the public health and safety."

manufacturers across the country have had to fight like hell to sell their own product to-go because a manufacturer's license only allows for on-site consumption. the distributors and retailers lobby against it because it cuts them out - i mean uhh it endangers the public health and safety.

it's a total fucking racket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355769)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:43 PM
Author: Buff Stead

holy shit government is diaper

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355826)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:52 PM
Author: Garnet Center Candlestick Maker

the more people that are legally required to be involved the more people there are to ensure the public gets a safe, unadulterated product!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355872)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:43 PM
Author: racy rose piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358627)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:32 PM
Author: dark exciting mexican police squad

if you bought distributorships in the 70s and had an ounce of sense you did mint money same as anything else. but yeah its just wearhouses, contracts, and trucks, so its not like its inherently profitable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355779)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:34 PM
Author: histrionic zippy public bath love of her life

That's where John McCain's wife's money come from, for instance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355786)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 2:10 PM
Author: Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358792)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:44 PM
Author: aggressive chapel

You don't know anyone who owns a beer distribtor or a soda distributor?

It's basically the same thing as a car dealership with the same type of people owning them - they're given a legal monopoly and then for generations act like they're god's gift to business and "job creators"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355832)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 7:50 PM
Author: Gay corner old irish cottage

Not the same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355862)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:48 PM
Author: Vengeful native

no, it's the same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356311)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:46 PM
Author: lake regret university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356480)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:48 PM
Author: Swashbuckling french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356484)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 11:59 PM
Author: heady purple casino new version

(coca cola middleman)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356715)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:57 PM
Author: twisted sticky locus

(jenny)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358712)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:45 PM
Author: Swashbuckling french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356474)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 11:58 PM
Author: heady purple casino new version

I know someone like this but they just own McDonald's franchises ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356714)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 8:09 PM
Author: tripping roast beef

So 3 out of 4 rednecks are still drinking this? Pathetic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46355937)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:48 PM
Author: lake regret university

There's got to be a certain amount of libs and fags who are now drinking more Bud in some sort of fucked up solidarity with GC.

And it wouldn't take all that many to swing the pendulum a bit either, fags are notorious substance abusers & some rather small fraction of the population makes up a huge portion of alcohol sales.

IME it could still get a lot worse for Bud

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356314)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:42 PM
Author: High-end library

You think corporate AB is gonna deliver beer to the tens of thousands of retailers and restaurants in any decent sized city?

Distribution is the hidden industry of the American economy but it’s huge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356287)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:47 PM
Author: Buff Stead

Why don't they just do gig economy bro like Amazon and have mom and pops working for $4.13/hr after car wear deliver.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356306)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:49 PM
Author: lake regret university

"You think corporate AB is gonna deliver beer to the tens of thousands of retailers and restaurants in any decent sized city?"

Uh yeah? They 100% would if they could.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356323)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:52 PM
Author: High-end library

But most manufacturers that are legally allowed to don’t do that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356329)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:40 PM
Author: lake regret university

For various large segments of the consumer-facing economy, they do all that and then some.

Soda, bread, chips, sweets, greeting cards at the grocery store? None of that shit passes through "normal" distribution channels. They all pay stores for shelf space and have their own distribution.

There's a reason why Tesla is fighting the dealership model. It's more profitable for them if they can sell direct to consumer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356462)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:53 PM
Author: High-end library

Ljl you are clueless.

Google “coca cola distributor”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356499)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 11:47 PM
Author: lake regret university

There's more profit in alcohol than soda

Plus with alcohol you're still dealing with a limited set of licensees that can sell your stuff. With soda your customer base is unlimited.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356679)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:18 PM
Author: Supple National Place Of Business

somewhat, the bread you see in the store is distributed by someone who owns the 'route'. it's still a private, 3rd party that gets an exclusive area and is expected to deliver inventory and hustle a bit to push product

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358525)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:19 PM
Author: Twinkling Tanning Salon

restaurants and bars are not nearly as standardized as supermarkets

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358528)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:54 PM
Author: Ruby galvanic nibblets set

are you a lawyer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356335)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:40 PM
Author: lake regret university

What do you think?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356464)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 9:57 PM
Author: Provocative foreskin weed whacker

Some of you are so ignorant about Business, it’s laughable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356349)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 10:53 PM
Author: High-end library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356501)



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Date: May 25th, 2023 11:47 PM
Author: lake regret university



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356680)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 12:34 AM
Author: heady purple casino new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356789)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 12:58 AM
Author: Dead Irradiated Whorehouse Sandwich

The media wants us to feel bad for these guys and stop our boycott. Without xo, I might have had some sympathy for these monopolist shitheads

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46356829)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:11 PM
Author: Dead Irradiated Whorehouse Sandwich

Can distributors distribute something else or do they have to starve to death if one product falls out of favor? I am sending $29 per month to support a starving bud light distributor, but it got me wondering

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358485)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:22 PM
Author: Twinkling Tanning Salon

they have all kinds of shit. they’re more like salesman than delivery guys. like they might say “hey if you buy 20 cases of Popov I’ll throw in two free kegs of PBR.” shit like that. and the owner of a dive bar might switch the well vodka to Popov

people ITT who think restaurants and bars order consistent products and amounts like supermarkets are clueless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358537)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:35 PM
Author: Buff Stead

Seems like a 1930s mindset. Salesman in 2023? Flame?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358591)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 2:26 PM
Author: Twinkling Tanning Salon

producers don’t want to house shit or mix up their production due to seasonality or just the fickleness of young idiots who booze. so they can just do what they do best - produce - and the distributors deal with transport, storage, etc. and if they want to dump something to get it off their books and/or out of their storage then they discount it and get it out to bars to deal with



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358885)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:54 PM
Author: orchid out-of-control theater stage lettuce

Bud distributors also distribute Logan Paul's energy drink so they can make it up there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358684)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:16 PM
Author: Brilliant useless brakes

Sounds like a racket that organized mobsters run in secret meetings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358514)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 2:08 PM
Author: Garnet Center Candlestick Maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358778)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:40 PM
Author: Motley know-it-all base death wish

i used to represent two beer distributors. family owned businesses. basically a printing press. anyone in a distributor's geographical region that buys budweiser, miller, etc. have to buy it from the distributor.

there are laws in place that protect distributors too. they spend lots of money on lobbyists and such.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358617)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 1:55 PM
Author: insanely creepy personal credit line ceo

the biggest liquor distributors are multi-billion dollar family companies its crazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358695)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 7:11 PM
Author: Gay corner old irish cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46359814)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 7:33 PM
Author: Ungodly Jet-lagged Home Pistol

didn't Jesse Jackson end a boycott of A-B when he son was given one of the biggest distributorships in the US?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46359849)



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Date: May 26th, 2023 2:09 PM
Author: Very tactful beady-eyed ratface dragon

It's where the real money is made. Controlling distribution, i.e. the pipeline, ensures winners and losers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5345927&forum_id=2#46358785)