If the supermarkets are expecting it of their distributors they would likely expect it from whoever delivers the product. I see Lowes employees stocking shelves all the time with other products and many of these products have expiration dates how is beer unique?
Either the supermarkets value these services and will pay an extra price, or they will be provided at no extra cost to keep the business. If not the supermarket should be able to go to the lower cost provider understanding that some of the extra services will not be provided and they may need to do them themselves. If the supermarket cuts too many costs and the level of services suffers customers will vote with their feet which may result in the supermarket asking for the extra services to be added back.
Do beer distributors have any competition? For example can any Budweiser distributor sell to the Lowes in Oak Ridge?
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