{"id":12255,"date":"2013-09-18T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:17:25","slug":"crash-course-3-tier-system-tap-todays-illinois-liquor-control-commission-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/crash-course-3-tier-system-tap-todays-illinois-liquor-control-commission-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"A Crash Course on the 3-Tier System is on Tap at Today&#8217;s Illinois Liquor Control Commission Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from the three-tiers (manufacturer, distributor and retailer) will be on hand at this morning&#8217;s Illinois Liquor Control Commission hearing for what one insider is calling &#8220;HB 2606 101.&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Members from each tier will be asked to give a brief presentation and to answer questions pertaining to the brewer\/distributor relationship. The hearing, open to the public, stems from a new law prohibiting a brewer from holding an ownership interest in a distributor. While the legislation, passed during the spring legislative session and signed into law this summer, specifically targeted Anheuser-Busch&#8217;s stake &#8212; through a wholly owned subsidiary &#8211; in Illinois distributor City Beverage it does impact who can own what moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Among the questions the Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.il.us\/lcc\/PublicMeeting09-18-13.pdf\">will be asking<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. What is the extent of the authority that a brewer has over distributor managers\/employees?<br \/>\n2. Does a brewer directly or indirectly control retail prices?<br \/>\n3. Does a brewer directly or indirectly control wholesale prices?<br \/>\n4. Specifically, how do brewers influence retail or wholesale prices?<br \/>\n5. Does the brewer directly or indirectly prohibit a distributor from selling competing brands?<br \/>\n6. Does a brewer require a distributor to gain product supremacy at a retail establishment?<br \/>\n7. Does a brewer finance the marketing operations of the distributor? How often? How much?<br \/>\n8. Does a brewer write the distributor business plan or approve the business plan?<br \/>\n9. Does the brewer audit distributor operations? How regular?<br \/>\n10. Does the brewer have first right to purchase the distributor?<br \/>\n11. Does the brewer have right of approval of a new owner?<br \/>\n12. Can a brewer prevent a distributor from forming a publicly traded company?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Representing craft brewers at today&#8217;s meeting are Illinois Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Justin Maynard and President Pete Crowley, Kevin Cary from Begyle Brewing and the Guild&#8217;s lobbying firm Stricklin and Associates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A discussion about the relationship between brewer and distributor is on tap at today&#8217;s Illinois Liquor Control Commission meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[363,512,473,405,391,393],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Crash Course on the 3-Tier System is on Tap at Today&#039;s Illinois Liquor Control Commission Meeting - 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