In the bar industry, the term shrinkage refers to the use of product or inventory without a matching sale. Many bars experience a much higher level of shrinkage than they realize, and this can significantly ...
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Recently, one of our most successful clients has been dealing with an issue regarding their draft beer products. This bar has an overall accountability score of 98%, but their draft beer products consistently fail to ...
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Your bar manager plays a crucial role in the success of your business, possibly even more than you may realize. Take it from us – we’ve seen time and again how a bar manager can impact the success of our clients.
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Draft beer has some unique characteristics that make it fundamentally different from the other product categories served at bars (liquor, wine, bottled beer). It’s the only product category where you’re guaranteed to experience
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At its most basic level, liquor inventory is performed to count how much of each product you have on-hand at your bar so that you can determine what to order. You can take these efforts a step further and use it as a tool to measure the performance your business. By factoring in purchase values ...
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There are many factors involved in maximizing the profitability of your bar. One of the most important is maintaining a high level of accountability with your bar staff. When we talk about accountability, we’re referring ...
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If you own a bar, you most likely recognize the reality that a certain amount of drinks will be given away for free. It’s an inevitable outcome, especially since comping drinks is a powerful way for bartenders to increase their tips. As a result, they have a strong incentive to make a certain ...
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The most important point we can make to you when thinking about upgrading your inventory system is that you need to have a clear understanding of your goals. Do you want to simply save time on the inventory process or do you also want to leverage your inventory data to help your bar make ...
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When used in conjunction with other metrics, liquor cost can be a useful tool that helps you improve the performance of your bar. If you use a sophisticated bar inventory system that can compare what was sold vs. what ...
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