Wayfarers Ale Society
Chris Killacky is the former Chairman of the Wayfarers Ale Society, a craft brewer located in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. This company sells its products primarily in cans and has shelf space in provincial liquour commission retail outlets. In this video case, Chris discusses the challenge his company had faced having to ensure continuity of timely supply of cans while being a very small client of a large U.S. can supplier. Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.
Interviewee
Chris Killacky
Company
Industry
Business Activity
Wayfarers Ale Society
Craft Brewing
Retail Trade
Headquarters
Port Williams
Size
Small
Employees
Fewer than 25
$1 million to $25 million
Yearly Revenue
Private Company
Type of Entity
Subject
Operations
Level of Difficulty
Hard
Teaching Objectives
How to ensure certainty of supply.
Keywords
Packaging
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