Retailers Call Self-Distribution a Hassle; Ask for Parameters on Taprooms

Dear Client:Bump Williams' annual CBC retailer panel focused on a few key themes: taprooms, category management and self-distribution.It was largely grocery dominated. In that channel, craft is still driving the beer category. It was 40-plus share of the category for some panelists, and lots of the growth."Beer in total at Meijer is doing well," said Meijer's Rich O'Keefe, though the last half of last year saw a slowdown; craft was a big part of that. This is the first year