What steps and licenses must i get to open a beer distributor in Alaska?
Answer Hello, The steps will likely be the same in Alaska as in Pennsylvania. There’ll be a state agency that regulates and licenses; as far as I could see – from a limited scan, there’s not much regulation. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/stattx05/query=*/doc/%7Bt291%7… I suggest contacting your lawyer in that state for more info. As to the steps to go into business:- – determine your market, pricing, etc. – test that you’ll have outlets to serve – determine cost of goods, warehousing, etc. – determine your costs to serve (e.g. sales rep, vehicles, back office, routing, etc.) – model the costs Another point for general info is www.beertown.org. Given the geography, I’d imagine that cost to serve will be higher than in more densely populated areas; and given the demand and what I would expect to be a small market, you’ll have intense competition from the few local distributors who will have age-old relationships with the few outlets that exist. Hence, it’ll depend u
