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Minor Shareholder: Red Imp Brewery

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Introduction
Official description
Buy a minor share of the Red Imp Brewery. Their courier's wholesale discount grows by 15%, and every Thursday morning a dividend of 1 case of beer is waiting on the counter.
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How it works

Every week, Red Imp Beer Case with Red Imp Beer ×8 (145 at base value) and 15% off this supplier's wholesale prices. Dividends alone take about 10 weeks to pay it back, so it won't by the day-49 buyout. For runs that continue after it.

What it does

Their courier's wholesale discount grows, and you get a dividend once a week when you open the shutter.

Rating

CLow priority

Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.

A narrow use, a high price or a nightly fee usually makes fixing your current business the better spend. Buy it only for a specific plan.

When stock is piling upDividends worsen a stock backlog if customers cannot absorb the goods; defer the investment.

When production falls shortCompare the discount on actual repeat orders with the capital cost. This supplies goods or inputs, not faster production.

Ratings by specialization

  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.
  • Rating
    Provides weekly beer stock and improves this supplier's wholesale discount by 15 percentage points. A large capital commitment is weak for a short buyout plan unless frequent orders also use the discount; dividends are goods to sell, not cash.

Recommended time to buy

Late game

Undiscounted unlock price on Mark Up: 1450. Only commit after repeated orders and several remaining weekly deliveries justify tying up cash. Do not count the base value of dividends as realized profit.

Upgrades and perks that work well with it

  • Red Imp Brewery

    The introduction is required; use the ordering route consistently before paying for its shareholder extension.

Related customers

Goods or prices change after you unlock it

Price

  • No perk

    Price Gouge
    1,450
    Mark Up
    1,450
    Thin Margins
    2,175
    Red Ink
    2,900
  • Wild's Favorite

    Price Gouge
    1,305
    Mark Up
    1,305
    Thin Margins
    1,957
    Red Ink
    2,610
  • On Wild's Bad Side

    Price Gouge
    1,595
    Mark Up
    1,595
    Thin Margins
    2,393
    Red Ink
    3,190
  • Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    1,233
    Mark Up
    1,233
    Thin Margins
    1,849
    Red Ink
    2,465
  • Wild's Favorite + Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    1,109
    Mark Up
    1,109
    Thin Margins
    1,664
    Red Ink
    2,218
  • On Wild's Bad Side + Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    1,356
    Mark Up
    1,356
    Thin Margins
    2,034
    Red Ink
    2,712

Favor pays first; the rest is cash.

Requirements and unlocks

Items you receive after unlocking

Every week

Dividends and payback

Dividends
  • Minor Shareholder: Red Imp Brewery

    Price
    1,450
    Every week
    Red Imp Beer Case (Red Imp Beer ×8) ×1 = 145
    Weeks to pay back
    10.0
    By day 49 (bought on day 7, 6 dividends)
    870
  • Minor Shareholder: GP Mining Coop

    Price
    900
    Every week
    Metal Ore ×6 = 90
    Weeks to pay back
    10.0
    By day 49 (bought on day 7, 6 dividends)
    540
  • Minor Shareholder: Lower Levels Chemist

    Price
    1,440
    Every week
    Vial of "Dream Dust" ×8 = 144
    Weeks to pay back
    10.0
    By day 49 (bought on day 7, 6 dividends)
    864
  • Minor Shareholder: Upper Level Pharmacist

    Price
    2,500
    Every week
    Oxymore Injector ×5 = 250
    Weeks to pay back
    10.0
    By day 49 (bought on day 7, 6 dividends)
    1,500

Base values. Each also cuts that supplier's wholesale prices by 15%.