INDUSTRY NEWS
8 Wired Brewing for sale
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Super Liquor opens in Prestons Park NEW TO Christchurch! Super Liquor welcomes Super Liquor Prestons to the Group. Prestons Park is a well-established suburb in Christchurch and it now has the convenience of a brand new Super Liquor store, offering Super range and Super service. The store owners, Reuben and Simran Singh are established franchisees within the Super Liquor Group and have spent a lot of time in planning the detail of their latest opening to ensure that consumers will enjoy the layout, range and service on offer. Paul Webster, Super Liquor Franchise Manager, is proud to have a store in this location. “The owners have invested heavily to ensure that it delivers a great shopping experience,” says Paul. “The store looks fantastic!” Super Liquor now has 189 stores in New Zealand – from Kaitaia in the north to Invercargill in the south. Find out more about becoming a Super Liquor franchisee. Visit online at superliquor.co.nz/contactus/franchise-enquiry
Satnam, Duty Manager at Super Liquor Prestons
10 DRINKSBIZ JUNE / JULY 2024
MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BREWERY and current NZ Champion Brewery 8 Wired is for sale, with owners Soren and Monique Eriksen saying they are ready for a new chapter. The Warkworth-based production brewery and its Matakana taproom are being marketed through Link business brokers. Founded in 2005, 8 Wired was in the vanguard of New Zealand’s craft beer boom and was awarded Champion NZ Brewery in 2011 and again in 2023. Link says that the Eriksens are eager to “pass the reins onto a strategic entrepreneur with a growth mindset so that 8 Wired can reach its full potential as a medium-sized brewery. 8 Wired offers a motivated investor an incredible beer brand platform to build on.” It says that the Eriksens are determined to see 8 Wired flourish under fresh ownership and are prepared to support by working in the business while a new owner adjusts, if required. See the sale listing at linkbusiness.co.nz
Reefton first NZ whisky distillery to achieve B Corp REEFTON DISTILLING Co. has become the first New Zealand whisky distillery to achieve B Corp Certification. Founder Patsy Bass said it is a proud moment for the team and the distillery, which she established in 2017 with the goal of setting up a sustainable business to help revitalise her hometown of Reefton and to create jobs for local people. “We established the business for social good, to create sustainable employment on the West Coast and well-paying careers. To now be a B Corp business is tangible acknowledgement of that early vision and a benchmark we will continue to build from.” Reefton Distilling Co. began its journey with the B Corp movement over 18 months ago. B Corp Certification measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact and is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability,
and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. Reefton Distilling Co. operates a bio-diesel boiler and has made significant investment in a closed loop cooling system to re-use water. Any minimal wastewater created is used to irrigate the company’s own and neighbouring farmland, and the spent grain from whisky production is used to feed the local farmers’ cows.