How can you lower beer cost of goods, improve margins and become more efficient in your brewery?
Here are 9 ideas:
- Benchmark COGS against industry averages (Resource: Agrowgate)
- Use group purchasing organizations, or GPOs (Resource: Independent Brewers Alliance)
- Improve the sourcing and purchasing function
- Focus on inventory control, counts, and safeguards
- Track and measure production yields and throughput (Resource: Grist Analytics)
- Audit the bill of materials for accuracy and completeness
- Review shipping and freight charges (Resource: Brew Movers)
- Perform a contract review of raw materials, packaging materials, and utilities
- Use a COGS key metrics dashboard
Do this next…
- Watch the short video below with more details on how to implement the 9 ideas to reduce beer COGS
- Join the network of brewery owners who meet monthly to share ideas and best practices to lower beer COGS and improve margins
