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In case you were wondering, yes, we could have done a top 10 bar inventory app list. Seems like a nice round number, but we stopped at 7, because for owners and managers who really care about their bar, who wants the 8th best bar inventory app? That’s like choosing the 8th best babysitter in …
Many people don’t know this, but I started Bar Patrol as a liquor inventory auditor business, which meant I was providing full bar inventory service for dozens of bars around the San Francisco Bay Area. Bar & restaurant owners paid me well for this service because: 1. They hated counting the bar inventory (let’s call …
Share With Others Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Let’s start this article with a blatant, condescending understatement: The coronavirus has presented all of us with a challenging situation. That’s how a politician might describe it: a bland whitewashing statement in order to minimize the severity of the situation, …
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Let me ask you an important question: How intimate are you with your restaurant cost percentages? Or is there no intimacy at all? Do you just ignore them? Neglect them? Do you keep putting off getting to know them, like pulling weeds from your garden? Ok, that was five questions, but when you neglect things that …
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I don’t know about you, but just hearing—or even thinking—about the word “leadership” is exhausting. Why is that? I’ll tell you why: because it’s hard enough to try and hire the perfect employee, but when you think about all the energy it takes just for you to crawl out of bed and have a productive …
About two years ago I came up with a brilliant idea (or at least brilliant in my own mind) on how to find amazing restaurant employees for hire at my bar. I’m not sure why I’ve taken so long to share it, but that’s what happens sometimes with a secret fishing hole: you want to …
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Employees! Blech! Whoever decided it was a good idea to take a job as a supervisor/manager/owner in which you agreed to babysit a group of eclectic, sniveling brats who want to be paid but don’t want to self-motivate or be responsible enough to perform their job duties without constantly bitching about their job or binge-texting …
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About a year after bartending at a bar and nightclub in San Francisco (15 years ago now), a terrible mistake was made and I was offered the position of bar manager. The position opened up when our recently fired bar manager, Kevin, felt that guiding cocaine into his nostrils was more important than guiding the …
THE RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT MYTH Let me ask you this, and be honest: do you love telling people how busy and chaotic your life is? Really think about it. Do you tell them how you only sleep five hours per night and can barely find time to comb your hair and choke down a Pop Tart, let alone run …
The answer to this question is “Yes”. Bam! Article finished. Hope you enjoyed. See you next time. Ok, just kidding. About the article being done, not about happy hour. I’m not fence-riding this topic, and I’m not going to string you along and wait until the end to give you the answer. Yes, you should …
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5 TURN-KEY STRATEGIES TO INCREASE RESTAURANT SALES IMMEDIATELY I’ve noticed something odd about myself: whenever an owner or manager asks me how to increase restaurant sales, I find myself cringing and tightening up, but I couldn’t figure out why for the longest time. After all, it’s a perfectly reasonable request, to want to increase your …
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THE MAGIC OF SYSTEMIZING In this article, not only am I going to show you how you can learn to read a restaurant profit/loss statement like a boss, but I have created a restaurant profit/loss template that you will absolutely LOVE and can use for your own bar/restaurant to manage your finances. It has everything …
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BAR INVENTORY SIMPLIFIED If you’ve come here in order to learn how to count stuff properly, you’re in the right place. In this article I’m going to give you the simple 6-step process you need in order to count and master your weekly and monthly bar inventory like a pro, including how to easily figure …
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THE COST PERCENTAGE MYTH If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me how to lower their bar and food cost percentage, I could have purchased my bourbon Slushee machine by now, but since nobody gives me nickels for such questions, I’ll have to be content with making my own Basil Hayden Slurpees …
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