Bar Management
This section of the website is targeted at those individuals who are actively managing craft cocktail bars or who aspire to. Although the home bartender may find this information interesting, most of the content won’t be applicable to a home bar situation. If you are running a bar and have a question or issue that you would like answered, please drop me a line and I’ll be happy to send you a reply and/or write a post about it if I think it would be useful for others to know as well. Click the links below to get more information on the ins and outs of running a successful bar.
Running a Bar: Day to Day Concerns
Scheduling Your Employees Successfully
How to Set up a Service Well
How to Design A Menu
Requiring Non-Slip Shoes in Your Establishment
Successful Bar Culture
Building Hospitality into Your Bar’s Culture
Building a Sense of Ownership in Your Employees
Review Sites Are Your Friend
Profitability: Increasing Revenue
Fairly and Profitably Pricing Drinks
Advertising Do’s and Don’ts
Loss Leaders: Are They Right for Your Bar?
Increase PPA: Train your Servers and Bartenders to Upsell without sacrificing hospitality
Profitability: Controlling Costs
Costs Associated with Running a Bar
Monitor and Control Inventory
Decrease Your Pour Cost Percentage
Decrease Labor Costs
Controlling Theft
Lower Your Insurance Premiums
Lower Your Rent