HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Rising diesel prices are increasing transportation costs for businesses across North Alabama, including local breweries that rely on trucks to bring in supplies and distribute their products.
Yellowhammer Brewing in Huntsville says trucks arrive at the brewery almost every day, delivering the goods needed to make its beer. The brewery also ships beer to other locations several times a week.
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Ethan Couch, general manager at Yellowhammer Brewing, says higher diesel costs are now affecting both sides of the brewery’s supply chain.
“We get in trucks almost every day, from goods that we have to buy for beers, and then we’re shipping out beers a few times a week as well.”…