• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • About Craft Brewing Business

Craft Brewing Business

Professional Insight, Unfiltered

Craft Brewing Business Craft Brewing Business
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment & Systems
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • COVID-19

Behind the scenes of a large beer distributor’s improved warehouse performance

June 10, 2013Chris Crowell

LDF Distribution Center from Tulsa World on Vimeo.

As craft beer grows, so, obviously, does beer distribution. There is so much craft brewing distribution news these days, that it’s a running joke in the Craft Brewing Business offices (Hey guys, breaking news, a craft brewer expanded distribution – someone get on this story!) Being immersed in craft beer news all day, every day can lead to such hilarious banter, but, kidding aside, the importance of each of those distribution stories is not lost on any of us, and neither is the importance of the beer distributor.

We wanted to point you to this interesting video from Tulsa World, which took a behind-the-scenes tour of an LDF Sales & Distributing distribution center. The video is that of an imposing inventory — what seems like miles of pallets of beer, wine and spirits in all directions — but the audio is of Warehouse Manager Chris Sefcik, telling the story of new efficiency within the warehouse. Employees are now able to pull orders hands free, which has increased their accuracy and speed. Before, they averaged 100 cases an hour, now that’s more than 200 cases an hour. The system also includes much better tracking. There seems to be much more Big Beer inventory on hand than craft, but still a cool video/story. Take a few minutes to watch the video, and/or head to Tulsa World for the story.

Enter a lottery for the privilege to buy Dogfish Head’s $395 UBER growler (its Steampunk Treehouse design is admittedly badass)
How do you pour the perfect pint of beer from a tap?
Oskar Blues Deviant Dales IPA
Watch: Oskar Blues/Ball in-depth video on the eco-benefits of cans (a superior vessel for craft beer)
Watch 13 years’ worth of cool designs from Bell’s Oberon mini kegs in this video

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

  • Caius Farm Brewery opens in Branford, Conn.
  • Colorado’s Resolute Brewing shares its 2022 year in review (rebrands and invests in local malt)
  • 4 steps to understanding the filtration process in craft beer
  • Beyond beer: Examples of craft breweries exploring canned cocktails

Sign up for our newsletter

unsubscribe from list

Most Popular Today

Recent Features

  • 4 steps to understanding the filtration process in craft beer
    March 20, 2023
  • newbelgium_2023_wildnectar-shopping-basket_family_IMG_2Beyond beer: Examples of craft breweries exploring canned cocktails
    March 16, 2023
  • brooklyn 35 featureBrooklyn Lager turns 35 and more beers to know this week
    March 14, 2023
  • Backwoods Brewing to open a 19-acre resort called Party Acres in the Columbia River gorge this May
    March 13, 2023
  • Distribution update: NYC’s Alewife Brewing now sells in eastern Pennsylvania + news from Maui, Urban South and more
    March 13, 2023
  • Years in planning: Flix Brewhouse will open a nine-screen luxury theater and brewery in Mansfield, Texas, this fall
    March 9, 2023

Footer

  • Email Newsletter Sign Up
  • About Craft Brewing Business
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise on Craft Brewing Business
  • Media Kit Download
  • Privacy and Terms

© 2023 · CBB Media LLC