Updated
Updated · Columbia Missourian · Jun 18
Six-Mile Ordinary Adopts Faster-Profit Model to Survive Brutal Spirits Market
Updated
Updated · Columbia Missourian · Jun 18

Six-Mile Ordinary Adopts Faster-Profit Model to Survive Brutal Spirits Market

1 articles · Updated · Columbia Missourian · Jun 18

Summary

  • Columbia-based Six-Mile Ordinary is leaning on an alternative business model designed to generate profits faster and reduce the risks tied to making spirits.
  • That approach targets the industry's toughest economics: high startup costs, fierce competition for shelf space and customers, and a shrinking alcohol market.
  • The strategy offers a way to stay viable without relying solely on the long, capital-intensive path of traditional distilling.
  • Its shift underscores how smaller spirits producers are being pushed to rethink operations as declining alcohol consumption squeezes the broader market.

Insights

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