Tariffs on Tap: Craft Breweries Facing Increased Steel, Aluminum Costs
When it comes to the US–China trade war tariff talks, what’s on tap for craft breweries is dealing with the ripple effects of this impacting their bottom line.
“The cost of these tariffs are only one or two cents a can of beer, so that doesn’t seem like a lot but…there’s sort of a bullwhip effect that a small cost upstream ends up being amplified as it moves downstream,” Dale Rogers, Arizona State University logistics and supply chain management professor, said.