Carib Brewery
A bloated product line and costly distribution rebuilt around a hub-and-spoke network.
Challenge
Carib Brewery, part of the Ansa McAl group, carried a bloated product line and ran a costly, inefficient self-owned distribution operation built around a single central depot.
The combination tied up capital in low-performing SKUs and slowed delivery across a geographically dispersed Caribbean market.
Approach
Alton Worldwide rationalized the product line using KPI, market-share, and cost analysis — keeping the brands that earned their shelf space and retiring those that did not.
We then replaced the single central depot with a hub-and-spoke depot network, positioning inventory closer to demand and shortening the last mile.
Result
Profitability rose, distribution cost fell, and delivery accelerated across the network.
The hub-and-spoke distribution model proved durable — it is still in use today.
See it in motion
The same thinking, modeled with agentic AI
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