Wholesale supply
International Beer Wholesale from the Netherlands
Supply levels
How much you buy changes how you buy
Different volumes need different commercial structures. The right one depends on what you can absorb in your market, not on what looks impressive on an order.
1–5 pallets
Pallet quantities
The smallest sensible unit for export. Enough to test a brand in a market, list it with one customer, or fill a gap in an existing range without committing capital to a container.
Several brands, shared pallets
Mixed pallets
Where a buyer needs range rather than depth — a few cases each of eight brands rather than a pallet of one. Common for hospitality groups and specialist retail.
Multi-brand FCL
Mixed containers
The core of what we do. Multiple brands from multiple source markets consolidated into one container, under one invoice, with one documentation set.
20' / 40' / 40' HC
Full containers
Single-brand or multi-brand FCL for established volume. The cheapest route per case where you have the demand to absorb it.
Contract programmes
Recurring supply
Agreed brands, agreed volumes, scheduled sailings. Stock is positioned ahead of your requirement instead of being bought at the moment of order, which normally improves both price and lead time.
Multi-source sourcing
Consolidated procurement
Where you know the assortment but not the source. We procure across European markets and importer stock, then consolidate — you deal with one counterparty rather than six.
Who we supply
Buyer types
Trade customers only. We do not sell to consumers and we do not operate an online alcohol shop.
Importers
Consolidating recognised brands into one purchasing relationship and one shipment.
Distributors
Sourcing international labels for local market distribution and on-trade listings.
Wholesalers
Buying multi-brand volume for onward trade sale within their own market.
Retail groups
Procuring multi-brand inventory for retail networks on an agreed assortment.
Hospitality groups
Sourcing internationally recognised labels across multiple sites.
Duty-free operators
Travel retail and border-shop assortments where brand recognition drives sell-through.
Ship chandlers
Vessel supply requiring broad brand range at short notice.
Institutional buyers
Structured tenders and scheduled supply against agreed specifications.
Documentation
Export paperwork, prepared as standard
Beer moving internationally carries a documentation set that has to match the goods exactly. A mismatch between the packing list and what is actually in the container creates a clearance problem at the destination, not a correction at origin.
- Commercial invoice and packing list
- Bill of lading or air waybill
- Certificate of origin
- Product specification and analysis sheets where available
- Excise documentation for duty-suspended movements
- Insurance certificate on CIF terms
Procurement
One relationship instead of six
Alpes ZH Groothandel combines multi-source procurement with Netherlands-based consolidation to help international beverage buyers reduce supplier fragmentation.
The practical value is not the price of any single case. It is that an assortment spanning Mexico, Belgium, Japan and Thailand arrives as one shipment, on one invoice, with one set of documents — instead of four suppliers, four payment terms, four schedules and four sets of paperwork to reconcile at the destination.
Pricing is quotation-based. We quote competitive trade prices based on current procurement conditions — quantity, SKU, destination, incoterm, stock position, excise status and freight all move the number, which is why no useful price can be published in advance.