In today's podcast we review the Top 12 Financial Challenges facing Craft Breweries. 

This list was assembled by our network of brewery owners and managers in the Beer Business Finance Association.

In the podcast, I review each challenge and provide one thing you can do right now to help overcome the difficulty in your beer business. 

The Top 12 Challenges:

1. Cost management. How to implement cost controls and identify areas for cost reduction
2. Benchmarking and KPIs. How do we measure up against our peers?
3. Budgeting. How do we help managers own their budget?
4. Employee retention. What can we do to provide more competitive wages and benefits?
5. Succession Planning. How do we thoughtfully implement a succession plan?
6. Gross profit management. What are best practices to actively manage margins?
7. Mergers and acquisitions. How do we evaluate a potential acquisition? 
8. Sales compensation. How do we "re-imagine" sales comp to create a system that rewards the right behaviors?
9. Operational efficiencies. How do we achieve improvements in this area and what are best practices?
10. Financial planning. What are the best tools to automate the process?
11. Building a better culture. How do we break down silos across locations and departments so we can operate as one company with a common vision?
12. Financial training. How do we increase financial literacy and understanding of the business?

Resources

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