Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers make a significant impact on Michigan's economy: employing over 5,100 people; paying $294 million in total wages and benefits (nearly $50,000 per year in average wages and benefits per employee); selling over 100 million cases of beer, wine and other beverages; with sales reaching nearly $1.6 billion.

Wholesalers also contribute more than $200 million in state revenue from sales, excise, SBT and property taxes. They own and operate a fleet of over 3,300 vehicles with an estimated value of over $75 million; operate out of 80 warehouses (many over 100,000 square feet) valued in excess of $260 million. Beer and wine wholesalers effectively distribute over 15,000 brands of beer and wine available to Michigan consumers from all parts of the world!

Michigan's beer and wine wholesalers are strong supporters of the local communities in which they work and have their businesses contributing over $4,500,000 each year to various civic and charitable causes.

"The numbers clearly demonstrate that Michigan's three-tiered distribution system for beer and wine is a powerful and effective economic engine", says Michael J. Lashbrook, president of the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association. "Not only does it allow for job creation with very good wages and benefits but it also makes an extraordinary number of brands available to Michigan consumers at very competitive prices", he adds.

"I'm proud to be a member of the beer and wine wholesaling industry in Michigan, for the economic contributions we make to the State's economy and for the contributions we make in our local communities," says Kim Gary, chairman of the MB&WWA.

Please click on the image below to view the our Economic Impact Booklet which includes graphs depicting the economic value of today's Michigan wholesalers.