Post Shift Podcast #137 - Jon Smolensky, Sovereign Spirits; How Supply Chain Issues Now will Effect Small Brands in the Future

The supply chain issues that we are seeing across most of the industry aren't new but they are posing serious problems for small brands breaking into new markets. With increasing freight costs and long delays in shipping, small brands are being left on the outer for both government run monopolies and the on premise industry. Jon Smolensky breaks down brand building, the challenges that have already been faced and what's next for brands in North America. 

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Jon operates under the simple motto of: “good drink, good food, and good company.” With a lengthy resume working at some of Vancouver, B.C.’s best bars: Brix and Hawksworth, and not to mention such prestigious certifications as Bar 5-Day Graduate with Distinction, CSS Graduate, and WSET Level 3. He is the founding father of Sovereign Canada and boy are we lucky. As an industry mentor for many across Canada, he’s one of a few responsible for bringing cocktail culture into vogue.

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Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.

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