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The High Cost Of Liquor Theft
It’s hard to hire the right people. Even when you do choose the best and most qualified person for the job, a bad personal situation can turn a great employee into a nightmare you can’t get rid of fast enough. I’ve lost a number of employees over the years, and it never gets easier to fire a part of your team. In the retail pharmacy business, I have dealt with employees stealing cash, merchandise, and even prescription drugs. We just have to look at what is being targeted and choose our best anti theft devices. Bar owners and managers have to face another equally large dilemma: the best choice for liquor bottle security.
There are many ways a bartender can steal from their employer. Some will over-pour drinks and exceed the legal amounts of liquor per drink. Some have been documented for pouring expensive drinks, hitting the “no sale” key, but actually putting the money in the tip jar instead. Then you have the ones that dare to steal whole bottles of liquors. Sometimes they take them directly from behind the bar area, but sometimes they take them from the overstock storage room. There is money to be made with the renewed interest in high priced and handcrafted products that are on the market right now. Stealing bottles of liquor is much more serious than just handing out free drinks. If you don’t have bottle locks on your inventory, you are taking a big chance. These are tools offered by Alpha Security that secure your extra bottles and they cannot be opened without the S3 key provided. Of course, access to that key must be restricted, but bottle locks are a proven solution.
Why would a bartender steal your liquor? They may have been approached by another bar owner that cannot purchase from a reputable dealer. They could sell it and make a serious profit for themselves. The demand for high end liquors, like some brands of rare single malt scotch, exceeds the supply. With the increased consumer knowledge, the illegal resale of these products will just rise. If your bartender is having a rough financial time at home, they are going to be more susceptible to fall for the temptation to make a buck off of your valuable inventory. Let’s say they are approached by a big event planner. They are putting together a big wedding on a budget, and they know they can make more money if they can save on the liquor for the open bar. The easiest way to do that is to make an illegal deal with an impressionable bartender to buy some of your booze instead. If those excess bottles in storage are not being monitored properly, they could soon start disappearing. That’s why it’s so important to make them impenetrable with bottle locks. It’s like adding a tiny Fort Knox to each bottle. They can pry and pull all they want, but the bottle will shatter before those bottle locks will come off. The main thing is not to dangle the opportunity in front of someone that may fall victim to a money making scheme. Liquor bottle security should be near the top of your priority list, and an investment in bottle locks will pay you back.
For more information on Bottle Locks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
It’s hard to hire the right people. Even when you do choose the best and most qualified person for the job, a bad personal situation can turn a great employee into a nightmare you can’t get rid of fast enough. I’ve lost a number of employees over the years, and it never gets easier to fire a part of your team. In the retail pharmacy business, I have dealt with employees stealing cash, merchandise, and even prescription drugs. We just have to look at what is being targeted and choose our best anti theft devices. Bar owners and managers have to face another equally large dilemma: the best choice for liquor bottle security.
There are many ways a bartender can steal from their employer. Some will over-pour drinks and exceed the legal amounts of liquor per drink. Some have been documented for pouring expensive drinks, hitting the “no sale” key, but actually putting the money in the tip jar instead. Then you have the ones that dare to steal whole bottles of liquors. Sometimes they take them directly from behind the bar area, but sometimes they take them from the overstock storage room. There is money to be made with the renewed interest in high priced and handcrafted products that are on the market right now. Stealing bottles of liquor is much more serious than just handing out free drinks. If you don’t have bottle locks on your inventory, you are taking a big chance. These are tools offered by Alpha Security that secure your extra bottles and they cannot be opened without the S3 key provided. Of course, access to that key must be restricted, but bottle locks are a proven solution.
Why would a bartender steal your liquor? They may have been approached by another bar owner that cannot purchase from a reputable dealer. They could sell it and make a serious profit for themselves. The demand for high end liquors, like some brands of rare single malt scotch, exceeds the supply. With the increased consumer knowledge, the illegal resale of these products will just rise. If your bartender is having a rough financial time at home, they are going to be more susceptible to fall for the temptation to make a buck off of your valuable inventory. Let’s say they are approached by a big event planner. They are putting together a big wedding on a budget, and they know they can make more money if they can save on the liquor for the open bar. The easiest way to do that is to make an illegal deal with an impressionable bartender to buy some of your booze instead. If those excess bottles in storage are not being monitored properly, they could soon start disappearing. That’s why it’s so important to make them impenetrable with bottle locks. It’s like adding a tiny Fort Knox to each bottle. They can pry and pull all they want, but the bottle will shatter before those bottle locks will come off. The main thing is not to dangle the opportunity in front of someone that may fall victim to a money making scheme. Liquor bottle security should be near the top of your priority list, and an investment in bottle locks will pay you back.
For more information on Bottle Locks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
