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Subject: Re: rookie bar manager needs help with liqour cost!!!!
From: Chris Milligan
Posted: Tue Feb 10. 2009, 14:36 UTC
Followup to: "rookie bar manager needs help with liqour cost!!!!"  by rookiemanager  (Mon Feb 9. 2009, 23:09 UTC)
> heres a little background i was just recently appointed the bar 
> managing position because of certain circumstances.  I work for a 
> small bar/club that generates over 300 customers thurs-sat.  This 
> establishment has been open for a year and 8 months (ive only been 
> there for four)  My problem is that the owners have complained of 
> losing money in liqour. but i have never seen them or the previous 
> manager calculating their profit or loss. they only count the numbers 
> that come out of the registers.  So my question is how to do i 
> effictively and hopefully easily track my inventory and figure out 
> our liqour costs and loss. i know some use excel or spreadsheets but 
> i am clueless. i do know they kept empty bottles but they never count 
> them they just throw them away.  So if anybody has any insight i 
> would appreciate it. also if there any other issues that i should be 
> addressing.  

Congratulations on the promotion!!

Couple of things for you....

1-Are you fairly computer savvy?  If so, you can (thought time consuming) 
write a simple inventory tracking program.

The basic formula is

Starting inventory  +  Purchases  -  Usage  +  Cost

Otherwise, you can purchase an inventory program, which may take some 
convincing on your part in that these programs ain't cheap.


2-  I have some information that will help you with liquor control and a 
spreadsheet for costs/profit calculation if you would like me in email that to 
you.  (My emial is on my profile)  I developed these while working for a 
national chain, and they are now standard to their proactice.

Good luck!!!

-- 
Chris
www.sfbarman.net

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