By Beer Business Finance
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Today on the podcast we hear from Lester Jones, Chief Economist for the National Beer Wholesalers Association.
Lester takes us through his 2024 U.S. Economic Outlook and Beer Industry Trends report.
His bottom line: "The economy is resilient, people are spending money, just in different ways. We need to react to that in a dynamic way."
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Today on the podcast we talk mergers and acquisitions and wholesaler consolidation with RJ Martucci from accounting firm PKF O'Connor Davies.
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Today on the podcast we talk wholesaler mergers and acquisitions with Orman Anderson, CFO for Glazer's Beer and Beverage.
Orman is a former investment banker with Bear Stearns and JP Morgan, and has done multiple transactions as CFO for Glazers. So, this man knows his stuff.
In our conversation, we dig in on how Glazer's conducts it's acquisition due diligence, establishes valuations, and considers financing options.
If you're thinking of buying (or selling) your beer business, this podcast is for you.
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In today's podcast we talk about the beer distributor health insurance captive with Natalie Witmyer from Bernie Little Distributors and Lee Anne Klas from BevCap.
Natalie shares how Bernie Little has benefitted from the captive with cost savings and improved benefits for employees.
Lee Anne tells us what a captive health insurance is, how it all works, and how distributors can use this approach to save money.
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Today on the podcast we hear from Scheppers Distributing President Joe Priesmeyer and Bud Dunn from VxP.
In Joe's words, "We had a severe finished product loss issue in our business..."
Joe shares Scheppers's challenges managing out of code and close to code product, and how VxP helped to significantly reduce this expense.
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Health insurance is one of the biggest expenses on your income statement. And every year that expense just keeps going up.
In today's podcast we hear from John Kirke, President at BevCap Health. John leads BevCap Management's healthcare captive team, client services and growth strategies empowering clients to create value for their organization through healthcare benefits sponsored in stop loss captives.
In a nutshell, John helps beer distributors save a lot of money on their healthcare expenses.
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In today's podcast you'll hear the audio version of a recent webinar focused on how to grow wholesaler gross profit, reduce finished product loss, and redefine your distribution strategy in 2024.
Bud Dunn from VxP talks through the features and benefits of a new sales tool that will help you increase gross profits, decrease finished product loss and super charge your sales team.
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Today we hear from RJ Martucci from PKF O'Connor Davies, accountants and advisors.
RJ and I talk about a wide range of subjects including the current economic conditions facing beer wholesalers, 2024 budgeting strategy, KPIs, as well as tax credits and deductions you should take advantage of.
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In today's podcast Bump Williams shares an early read on the BWC growth strategy survey.
The results are...surprising.
The survey is sent to hundreds of retailers, wholesalers and breweries, and asks one simple question: What are your strategies for growth in the upcoming year?
The results are tallied, sorted by the most common answers, and analyzed to determine overlap amongst the companies in the 3-tier system.
One of the goals of the survey is to identify where there is alignment or common growth approaches in the 3-tier system. And where there isn't.
One big takeaway: The results show a lot of misalignment.
What does misalignment look like? Past surveys have shown breweries focused on innovation, while distributors focus on core brands, and retailers emphasize high-end products. Hard to grow when everyone is rowing in a different direction.
Listen in as Bump breaks down the survey results and provides guidance and action items for beer industry companies looking to build effective growth strategies for 2024.
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The Oakland A's baseball team used data-driven decision-making to build a competitive team despite a limited budget compared to wealthier teams.
This approach came to be known as "Moneyball" and was popularized by author Michael Lewis in his book of the same name.
"Moneyball" explores themes of innovation, data-driven decision-making, and challenging the status quo in the world of sports.
In today's podcast, Bud Dunn from VxP explains how beer distributors can adopt a moneyball approach to sell more beer.
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The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.
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