UP retailers storm warehouses over beer | India News

Liquor warehouse owners in UP’s Kaushambi have sought police protection while distributing supplies after some retailers uncapped a ruckus demanding more of a particular beer brand and indicated they aren’t ready to grin and bear it, reports Kapil Dixit. “With retail shops of liquor and beer witnessing excessive consumption in summers, licensees (retailers) of liquor are creating undue demand for a particular brand of beer and creating ruckus at warehouses,” a warehouse owner in Manjhanpur area, Jagjeet Singh, told TOI. Rising summer demand for beer has added to the supply chain problems, exposing vulnerabilities and potentially leading to shortage at retail locations. “We already face waiting periods for consignments of a particular brand but a section of licensees is not ready to understand the situation distributors are in,” Singh said. The warehouse owner admitted that the shortage of a particular brand was causing concern for many like him.