Anchor Brewing

[GilaMinumBeer]

Ford motor company just bought out the craft transportation company Spin.

Boycott NOW! Save craft transportation!

 

[mscroggi]

Ford motor company just bought out the craft transportation company Spin.

Boycott NOW! Save craft transportation!

If Ford controlled the distribution of electric scooters and forced the market to only allow their brand, I would absolutely boycott Ford.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

If Ford controlled the distribution of electric scooters and forced the market to only allow their brand, I would absolutely boycott Ford.

Ford bought the brand specifically because it already has controlled distribution in it's market area.

 

[mscroggi]

Ford bought the brand specifically because it already has controlled distribution in it's market area.

Not so. Anyone is free to start an electric scooter company and sell the product in the open market all across the country. Nobody is being FORCED to sell their scooters only through a Ford distributorship AND not able to sell directly to the consumer.

Check out the documentary 'Beer Wars' . It is on Amazon Prime, and Vudu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-tier_system_(alcohol_distribution)

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Not so. Anyone is free to start an electric scooter company and sell the product in the open market all across the country. Nobody is being FORCED to sell their scooters only through a Ford distributorship AND not able to sell directly to the consumer.

Ford bought Spin because it has a controlled market in San Francisco. Spin and only 1 other brand are allowed to be offered for rental in that market area.

Your beer wars argument is irrelevant. It was a documentary made 9 years ago and based on information collected several years prior. Many states have invalidated your claims to bias.

 

[GoeHaarden]

Some of the hyper-cynical don't see a problem with it.

Man, I wish my only real problem in life was being concerned with big brewery business tactics. You must be sitting pretty.

Not really sure it would qualify one as cynical...

Check out the documentary 'Beer Wars' . It is on Amazon Prime, and Vudu.

Hate to break it to you, but you do know that documentaries are usually biased by interests of the person(s) doing the film!?

 

[mscroggi]

Ford bought Spin because it has a controlled market in San Francisco. Spin and only 1 other brand are allowed to be offered for rental in that market area.

You just made my point!.

Your beer wars argument is irrelevant. It was a documentary made 9 years ago and based on information collected several years prior. Many states have invalidated your claims to bias.

No the monopolistic methods are still waaaaay in play. Just last year ABI was fined in California for illegally stifling competition. Even in states where strides have been made to address this issue.. the laws implemented are very often very limited.. But its something at least.. The usual thought is that its a baby step but at least progress..

You must live in an area where it is more relaxed. I do not.. I feel the pain of Beer Voltron.

https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/three-tier-system-impacts-craft-beer

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Pabst claims MillerCoors trying to put them out of business!

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/12/pabst-says-millercoors-is-trying-to-put-it-out-of-business.html

 

[Zuljin]

I like Pabst. Just because some dirty hipsters have tried to subvert it to their ill ways doesn't mean it's suddenly a bad beer.

But when your brewery depends entirely on another brewery brewing your brew- that's a failure in the making.