Does anyone have any first hand knowledge about liquor distributors/wholesalers who sell their products to a off-sale liquor store but the store is unable to sell the products and end up sitting on the inventory for months or years….Will the liquor distributors/salesperson take the products back? Or, what about “bad” products…meaning wines that have been sitting on the stores shelves and have repeated corkrot or spoilage issues. Should the dist./saleperson take those products back? I’m doing some accounting consulting work for a mom & pop off-sale liquor store which has some major inventory issues. When the store opened a liquor distributor loaded the store with only their products and now the owners are just sitting on this one salespersons inventory because they can’t get the consumer to buy it….yet without turning this inventory they aren’t able to buy too many new product lines that might do better in their market. Any info/advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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So it really depends on the state. You can contact your state Liquor board for the official rules.
Most states do not alow for liquor to be returned for any reason. That would be considered a consignment sale. You buy it it’s yours.
The other problem is since they are probably low volumne the wholesalers aren’t in a mood to cut them a break. Look for some smaller distributors, that would be willing to offer a discount to get their products started at the store.
As for the existing wine, he needs to either discount it, or even donate it to local organizations, like schools. They have auctions, and are always looking for items.
What state are you in?