jdlev Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Hi guys, Trying to put together a business plan that can give me an idea on cash flow for our prospective microdistillery. I called the North Carolina ABC pricing & auditing division, but have yet to hear back. We are looking at producing some high quality rum, flavored vodkas, and whiskys. I was hoping people would share their experiences with having to use distributors what type of profit margins they're seeing per bottle (750ml)? Any tips or advice would help give me a mile high view of what to expect. Thanks!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revival Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I am NC also working on a distillery. If you just go to the NCABC website you can find the pricing worksheets a distiller must submit to the state, it tells you just about everything you need to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brothers Vilgalys Spirits Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Two things that might help-- Here's the ABC pricebook. Under various brands you can see the retail price as well as the case price (what ABC pays for it). http://abc.nc.gov/pricing/pricebook.aspx Also on this page (which has basically everything you'll need at the state level) there's a price filing quotation form. Somewhere this is also a spreadsheet you can download. http://abc.nc.gov/pricing/new_companies.aspx Out of curiosity, where in NC are y'all located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Walking around the local NC ABC stores looking at priceing I really don't know how justify my plan. Shelves full of 750ml flavored vodka for $7.80 and store manager said always restocking. I understand get what u pay for but in a poor times the price does matter. It did get me down but not out. I just have a hard time running the numbers to make any since. It seems like I need an $50.000 still to run the amount I need to sell, but I can't see selling that much for 2-3 yrs. when I run the numbers I can't seem to get my cost per bottle under what they are selling it for. I really do love makeing it from grain to jar but DAM where is all the help for the SB start ups. Ok I will stop crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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