USean Kingston uyinhlokoI-WilCraft Can, inkampani ekhiqiza amaselula ehamba e-Wisconsin nasezifundeni ezizungezile ukuze isize abaphisi botshwala bapakishe ubhiya wabo.

Uthe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ludale ukwanda kwesidingo samathini esiphuzo se-aluminium, njengoba ama-breweries abo bonke osayizi asuka kuma-kegs aya emikhiqizweni epakishiwe engadliwa ekhaya.

Esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka kamuva, ukunikezwa kwamathini kusalinganiselwe. UKingston uthe wonke umthengi, kusukela emabhizinisini amancane okupakisha njengawakhe kuya ezinkampanini zikazwelonke, unesabelo esithile samathini ezinkampanini eziwakhayo.

“Sidale isabelo ngomhlinzeki othile wamathini esisebenza naye ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule,” kusho uKingston. “Ngakho bayakwazi ukusihlinzeka ngemali yethu esiwabelwe. Empeleni siphuthelwe okukodwa kuphela esabelweni, lapho abakwazanga ukusinika khona.”

UKingston uthe wagcina esehamba enkampanini yesithathu ethenga amathini ngamanani amaningi kubakhiqizi bese iwadayisela abakhiqizi abancane ngamanani aphezulu.

Uthe noma iyiphi inkampani enethemba lokwengeza esikhundleni sayo noma ukwakha umkhiqizo omusha njengamanje iphelelwe yinhlanhla.

"Ngeke uguqule isidingo sakho kakhulu ngoba nje yonke ivolumu ye-can ekhona iyakhulunywa," kusho uKingston.

UMark Garthwaite, umqondisi omkhulu weWisconsin Brewers Guild, uthe ukunikezwa okuqinile akufani nokunye ukuphazamiseka kwe-supply chain, lapho ukubambezeleka kokuthunyelwa noma ukushoda kwezingxenye kunciphisa ukukhiqizwa.

"Kunalokho kumayelana namandla okukhiqiza," kusho uGarthwaite. “Bambalwa kakhulu abakhiqizi bamathini e-aluminium e-United States. Abakhiqizi bakabhiya ba-ode amanye amathini angaba amaphesenti angu-11 ngonyaka odlule, ngakho-ke lokho kuwukuncishiswa okwengeziwe kokunikezwa kwamathini e-aluminium futhi abakhiqizi abakwazanga ukuqhubeka.”

UGarthwaite uthe abaphisi botshwala abasebenzisa amathini aseshicilelwe babhekane nokubambezeleka okukhulu, kwesinye isikhathi balinde ezinye izinyanga ezintathu kuya kwezine ukuze bathole amathini abo. Uthe abanye abakhiqizi sebeshintshe ukusebenzisa amathini angabhaliwe noma “akhanyayo” bafaka awabo amalebula. Kodwa lokho kuza nemiphumela yako emnandi.

"Akuwona wonke amafektri ahlomele ukwenza lokho," kusho uGarthwaite. "Abakhiqizi abaningi abancane abahlomele (ukusebenzisa amathini akhanyayo) bazobona ubungozi bokuncipha kokukhanya okungabahlinzeka."

Izinkampani ezikhiqiza utshwala akuzona zodwa izinkampani ezifaka isandla ekudingeni amathini eziphuzo.

Njengokusuka kuma-kegs, uGarthwaite uthe izinkampani zesoda zithengise kancane emishinini yomthombo ngesikhathi sokuphakama kwalolu bhubhane futhi zashintsha ukukhiqizwa okwengeziwe emikhiqizweni epakishiwe. Ngaso leso sikhathi, izinkampani ezinkulu zamanzi asemabhodleleni zaqala ukugudluka emabhodleleni epulasitiki zaya ku-aluminiyamu ngoba azinzile.

"Ukuqamba okusha kwezinye izigaba zesiphuzo njengama-cocktails alungele ukuphuza kanye nama-hard seltzers kukhulise ngempela inani lamathini e-aluminium angena nakweminye imikhakha," kusho uGarthwaite. “Kube nokukhula okukhulu kwesidingo salawo mathini okungekuningi esingakwenza kuze kunyuswe umthamo wokukhiqiza.”

U-Kingston uthe imakethe ekhulayo yama-seltzers nama-cocktails asemathinini yenze ukuthola amathini amancane nabanye osayizi abakhethekile "okuseduze kakhulu" nebhizinisi lakhe.

Uthe kunyuswe ukuthengwa kwamathini e-Asia ngonyaka odlule. Kodwa uKingston uthe abakhiqizi baseMelika bahamba ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze bakhulise ukukhiqizwa ngoba isidingo samanje sibonakala sikhona.

“Leso yisiqephu esisodwa sendida okufanele sisize ekwehliseni lo mthwalo. Ukugijima esabelweni akuhlakaniphile ngasohlangothini lomdidiyeli ngoba baphuthelwa yizinto ezingase zithengwe,” kusho uKingston.

Uthe kusazothatha iminyaka ukuthi izitshalo ezintsha zingene ku-inthanethi. Futhi lokho kuyingxenye yokuthi kungani inkampani yakhe itshale imali kubuchwepheshe obusha ukuze iphinde isebenzise amathini abengaphrintwa kahle futhi ebezogcina esegaywe kabusha. Ngokukhumula okuphrintiwe nokubhala kabusha amathini, u-Kingston uthe unethemba lokuthi bangakwazi ukuthola amathini amasha kumakhasimende abo.