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When it comes to liquor inventory, the value of “less is more” has never been truer. Where I come from in South West England, pubs tend to be pretty simple affairs. The average pub probably carries around 50 different products with a ...
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This is my second post on the subject of average liquor cost for bars. The first post made some attempt to nail down what the average liquor cost is for various bars depending on the type of establishment. Overall I argued that the whole ...
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If I mention signature drinks you’ll probably think about a table tent with a list of non-descript, overpriced cocktails. That’s often what a signature drink menu is in bars. I think signature drinks are about when a bar becomes so ...
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Having recently returned from a visit to Britain, a title reference to the British “pub”, and a blog post about 5 factors which affects a bar's profits and liquor cost...all beginning with the letter P. Confused? Good. Regardless of ...
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Cloud based POS systems for bars and restaurants One of the new technological advances to affect the hospitality industry is the emergence of cloud based POS systems. In many ways it’s a natural progression following the ...
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Liquor cost: Timed events on your bar’s POS. These days the solid majority of bars and restaurants have electronic POS systems. The exceptions are a few bars which are still holding off and these aren’t typically places that are ...
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If you remain in any doubt about whether theft may be diminishing your hard earned profits at you bar check consider this: Bartenders write books that show you how to scam from your employer! Clearly the level of dishonestly that ...
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The fact that I own a liquor inventory service for bars and restaurants means I spend a lot of time thinking about liquor inventory and liquor cost. Here are some of my thoughts on liquor cost in the US hospitality industry: ...
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