Beer Trucks on the DFW Tarmac
Feb 14, 2012, 4:21 pm
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OK, now I just have no idea what you're talking about. I own a business that sells 90-100 different beers, running the gamut from PBR cans to $40 bottles of Trappist Belgian ales. Lots of craft and import stuff in between. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is distributed by one of the big three distributors. Off the top of my head, the only local brewery I can think of that self-distributes is Franconia, based in McKinney, Texas. (That's assuming they still do, they may have been picked up by someone by now. I don't carry any of their products.) I'm sure there might be one or two others, but not many.
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True dat.
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True dat.
Maybe we should resume a conversation via PM?
Feb 14, 2012, 4:26 pm
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Feb 16, 2012, 9:32 am
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But aren't all the DFW airport restaurants/bars/shops operated by HMS Host under licensing/franchisee agreements? I didn't think any actual brand-name restaurants operated their own facilities at DFW. (maybe Cantina Laredo is the exception because it's local?)
Catering would all be Sysco or similar industrial foodservice corporations, right?
Catering would all be Sysco or similar industrial foodservice corporations, right?
Feb 18, 2012, 9:14 pm
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It's not at all uncommon for restaurants, no matter who owns them, what sort of arrangement they operate under, or where they are physically located, to receive their inventory of food, beverages, supplies, etc. from multiple purveyors. Even if one of those is someone like Sysco. You see the same sort of thing in grocery stores. Coca-Cola trucks bring soda. Not just Coca-Cola, but anything the local Coca-Cola bottling plant bottles. Their drives even stock the shelves. Same sort of thing happens with other products.
As has been well detailed above, just because it says "Budwiser" on the side of the truck, it doesn't mean that only Budwiser brands are on the truck. The "Budwiser" distributor may have lots of trucks that advertise different brands they carry.
As has been well detailed above, just because it says "Budwiser" on the side of the truck, it doesn't mean that only Budwiser brands are on the truck. The "Budwiser" distributor may have lots of trucks that advertise different brands they carry.