losing 25% or more of those sales will absolutely wreck everybody in the beer distribution system.
There absolutely would be people affected, however the delivery drivers and bar owners are not impacted the slightest bit.
When a bar says "I don't want to carry bud light" the InBev distributor just says "alright pick another product and we'll replace it". The delivery driver doesn't give a shit what products he's carrying, just that his reefer is full. The bar doesn't give a shit what products he's carrying, just that his bar is full.
The only people who get hurt are the distributors who now have tons of inventory they can't move from one line, but InBev probably replaced 50 - 70% of bud light lines with another product they carry so it isn't a big deal for them.
There absolutely would be people affected, however the delivery drivers and bar owners are not impacted the slightest bit.
When a bar says "I don't want to carry bud light" the InBev distributor just says "alright pick another product and we'll replace it". The delivery driver doesn't give a shit what products he's carrying, just that his reefer is full. The bar doesn't give a shit what products he's carrying, just that his bar is full.
The only people who get hurt are the distributors who now have tons of inventory they can't move from one line, but InBev probably replaced 50 - 70% of bud light lines with another product they carry so it isn't a big deal for them.