Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Case Discount Program

This is something we probably should have implemented years ago, but better late than never. Effective immediately, any pre-paid case orders will receive a 5% discount.

How does it work? It's simple. Call, email or stop in and place an order for one or more cases of beer. Pay for your order using cash, check, or Visa/Mastercard. Come back in three or four days - maybe less - and we'll have your case ready to pick up. If you're going to be traveling with the beer we'll hold it in our backstock area at 65 degrees, or we can keep it in the cooler so it's ready to drink when you pick it up.


Please note that we are the last link in the chain of beer distribution. If the distributor, importer, or brewery is out of beer there's very little we can do about it. We'll do our best to get you the beer you love in a timely manner, but occasionally there are delays in the process, especially with imported beer. Lastly, we reserve the right to exempt certain "limited release" beers from this program so that more people have a chance to try them.

3 Comments:

At 4:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are these mixed case discounts, or just one type of beer?

 
At 5:14 PM, Blogger Chris said...

This discount applies to whole cases only. If we have to split cases it will negate the labor savings and eliminate the purpose of the discount.

The $.50 price break on assorted $1.50 micros still applies since it amounts to a 5.5% discount already; this program is mainly aimed at people who like to drink things like Czechvar or Chimay which we can't afford to stock multiple cases of.

 
At 12:20 PM, Blogger Bridger said...

Chris, perhaps you've noticed that beer distributors get a big chunk of the profit from bottled beer (I'm sure you've noticed). In Portland lots of the best beer is made in the neiborhood, maybe this resrictive relationship could be bypassed. I'm sure you deal with this everyday, and I don't know much about the busines contracts that many brewers probably have with their distributors, but it would be cool if you guys sold bombers from Laurelwood, Lucky Lab, Walking Man, Tugboat etc. that might not have distribution contracts setup. Maybe economies of scale inhibit small, local distribution, but it would be cool to be able to choose among local microbrew bombers at one shop, and the distributor's usual cut could pay for gas on a weekly drive around Portland.

 

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