{"id":598,"date":"2018-02-10T01:27:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T01:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/?p=598"},"modified":"2018-11-13T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:35:45","slug":"how-to-price-your-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/how-to-price-your-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pricing Template: How to Price Your Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-602 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBF-Beer-pour-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBF-Beer-pour-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBF-Beer-pour-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u201cEven money has a price.\u201d \u2013Rodrigo Duterte<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I recently bought a book called Priceless, The Myth of Fair Value. The book is 300+ pages long, and provides great information about pricing and the role of human psychology in how purchasing decisions are made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">While the book contains a lot of interesting stories, studies and research, it doesn\u2019t do much to help with the fundamental question: How should you price your products?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ideally, to price your beer, you would determine the costs, add a healthy markup, and sell it to your distributor (or retailer) at a fat profit. Unfortunately, the market forces and your competitors have some influence here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">So, how\u00a0<em data-redactor-tag=\"em\">do\u00a0<\/em><em data-redactor-tag=\"em\">you\u00a0<\/em>price your products?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Maybe you just looked at what everyone else was charging and followed suit. Maybe you took a wild guess and hoped it would all work out in the end. Maybe you just went along with what your beer distributor suggested that you charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Regardless of how you did it, today we\u2019re going to talk about how you should do it. We\u2019ll put real numbers out there and provide a template you can use to make pricing easy. Best of all, you don\u2019t have to read a 300 page book to find the answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">How to Price Your Products:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pricing Terms: PTC, PTR, PTD\u2026without the PTSD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">How Pricing Works in the Real World &#8211; Gross Profit needed at each level<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Use the Pricing Model \u2013 Plug n\u2019 play Pricing for your Beer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Pricing Terms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The typical beer sales cycle looks like this: the brewery sells to the distributor, who then sells to the retailer, who then sells to the end consumer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">At each stage in the sales cycle, there are different prices and markups that are charged. The Price to Distributor, or PTD, is the amount the brewery charges to the distributor. The Price to Retailer, or PTR, is the price the distributor charges to the retailer. Lastly, the Price to Consumer, or PTC, is the amount charged to the consumer. This is the amount listed on the store shelf for your beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You won\u2019t be surprised to hear that the price the consumer pays for your beer is significantly higher than what you sold it for. The reason, of course, is that everyone in the sales cycle needs to make money. The brewery, the distributor and the retailer all have profit margins that they need on the sale of the beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Those terms again&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">PTD = Price to distributor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">PTR = Price to retailer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">PTC = Price to consumer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">How Prices Work in the Real World<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In order to properly price your products, you\u2019ll need to work backwards from the Price to Consumer. This is the price of the beer on the shelf at the retail account. If your competitor\u2019s brand is selling for $9.99 a six-pack, you\u2019ll want to price your beer accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The challenge is to figure out how much to charge your distributor, who then will charge the retailer, who then will price the six-pack at $12.99.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We\u2019ll take this in small steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Let\u2019s say you charge the distributor $25 for a case of beer. The distributor typically needs to make 25% to 30% gross profit when they sell it to the retailer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Gross profit is the difference between the cost and the price of the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In order to get a 30% gross profit, the distributor then charges the retailer $36 for the beer. The retailer also needs to make 30% on the beer. Since they will sell it in six-packs, they markup the beer and charge the customer $12.99.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Everyone needs to make their margins at each point in the sales cycle. This is what keeps the world going round, and the beer being sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The numbers can get confusing fast. Thank goodness we have a Pricing Model that will do the math for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Use the Pricing Model: Plug n\u2019 play Pricing for your Beer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">There are many variables to consider when pricing your beer. You can break out the calculator, pen and pencil, or you can use this sweet Pricing Model spreadsheet.\u00a0<\/span><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Below is a snapshot:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/convertkit.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/pictures\/7100\/1065912\/content_CBF_Pricing_template.JPG\" width=\"800\" data-verified=\"redactor\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/convertkit.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/documents\/7100\/1068528\/CBF_-_Pricing_Template.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0pricing model<\/a>\u00a0takes all the variables involved in setting the price and combines them into an easy to use spreadsheet. Simply enter a few numbers and viola, you&#8217;ll have the information to get your beer on the shelf at a competitive price.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The FOB refers to the package price of your beer. This is what you will charge the distributor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In addition to the FOB, the distributor needs to pay freight and taxes on the beer. This information is important to understand because it impacts the distributor&#8217;s gross profit. As noted above, they need to be around 30%, so these added costs need to be accounted for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The PTR, Price to Retailer, is the amount the distributor charges to the retailer. You may think this doesn&#8217;t impact you, but it does. Every price in the sales cycle will ultimately influence the price of the beer on the shelf for the customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Wrap Up + Action Items<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read and understand the pricing terms &#8211; Price to Distributor (PTD), Price to Retailer (PTR) and Price to Consumer (PTC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Know that everyone needs to make money at each step in the sales cycle. The distributor needs to make their gross profit, and so does the retailer. Most importantly, so do you, the brewery owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Don&#8217;t guess or follow the herd when it comes to pricing. Use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/convertkit.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/documents\/7100\/1068508\/CBF_-_Pricing_Template.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pricing Model<\/a>\u00a0to properly price your beer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEven money has a price.\u201d \u2013Rodrigo Duterte I recently bought a book called Priceless, The Myth of Fair Value. The book is 300+ pages long, and provides great information about pricing and the role of human psychology in how purchasing decisions are made. While the book contains a lot of interesting stories, studies and research, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,70,65,88,89,91,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial","category-financial-newsletters","category-financial-resources","category-sales-and-marketing","category-sales-and-marketing-newsletters","category-sales-and-marketing-resources","category-tools-templates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}