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Wary Of Overnight Crews Binging on Beverages? Stop The Party With Bottle Locks
Have you ever heard the old saying, “when the cat’s away the mice come out to play?” Sometimes for retailers those mice can take human form when no supervisors are in the building. During my years as a Loss Prevention Manager I caught a number of overnight employees and contracted cleaning crew staff stealing in our store. The reason I bring this up is because of a story I came across about a Cleveland, Ohio area store security officer who caught a contracted overnight cleaning crew employee stealing over $1,800 worth of wine from a period of December 2015 until February 2016. That is a lot of wine to rip off! Many times stores will staff with overnight cleaning personnel or early morning stocking staff in order to get the store ready for the next day. If you run a store that sells alcohol, how confident are you that overnight staff are not stealing from you? One way to be more confident is to use Alpha security bottle locks on your wine and spirits.
Using a bottle lock prevents someone from opening a bottle without a special detachment key. Bottle Locks come in several designs but most are made to fit over the cap of a bottle and part of the neck. They lock in place and prevent someone from being able to pry a bottle open and attempts to do so lead to broken bottles. The locks activate electronic article surveillance door antennas if someone attempts to walk out the door with a bottle protected with a lock. In the case of the Versa Guard bottle lock, it is designed for quick removal at the point of sale, adding efficiency when handling multiple bottles at once. Efficiency does not mean easy to defeat and shoplifters are still thwarted in efforts to force a lock off.
Perhaps you don’t have an overnight cleaning staff or employees stocking the sales floor overnight and you are questioning the need for bottle locks. Alpha Security locks don’t prevent just employee theft they also prevent shoplifting. It is easy to walk into many liquor stores and grocery stores and find merchandise without a bottle lock. Shoplifters take bottles and conceal them under clothing, or in bags or purses. With no protection in place, the thief walks out and no one realizes anything is wrong until they notice empty shelves. Worse, no one pays attention until inventory time and shortage results show how many dollars of merchandise are missing.
The question arises, “Why don’t I just use lock up cases and then neither overnight employees nor shoplifters can steal the alcohol?” I have found in my experiences that lock-up cases are a poor solution for theft prevention. They do keep people out, shoplifters and legitimate customers alike. On the other hand, during store operating hours, they require constant customer service. An employee has to be available at all times to open any locked case. Failure to do so in a timely manner can mean lost sales and with enough lost sales a store is bound to go out of business. The fact is customers don’t want to wait and often won’t wait for service. Alpha security products provide retailers the ability to stock merchandise on open displays while still providing security. Sales increase when customers have access to product and can walk around with it and continue shopping. Shoplifters are more likely to go to other stores where there is no wine or liquor bottle security in use.
Whether you have overnight staff or not, there is always a concern that employees may be stealing from your store. Add to that the theft that takes place from shoplifters and stock shortage becomes a real financial problem. Wine and liquor bottle security is significantly enhanced and profits climb when bottle locks are used.
Get more information on bottle locks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
Have you ever heard the old saying, “when the cat’s away the mice come out to play?” Sometimes for retailers those mice can take human form when no supervisors are in the building. During my years as a Loss Prevention Manager I caught a number of overnight employees and contracted cleaning crew staff stealing in our store. The reason I bring this up is because of a story I came across about a Cleveland, Ohio area store security officer who caught a contracted overnight cleaning crew employee stealing over $1,800 worth of wine from a period of December 2015 until February 2016. That is a lot of wine to rip off! Many times stores will staff with overnight cleaning personnel or early morning stocking staff in order to get the store ready for the next day. If you run a store that sells alcohol, how confident are you that overnight staff are not stealing from you? One way to be more confident is to use Alpha security bottle locks on your wine and spirits.
Using a bottle lock prevents someone from opening a bottle without a special detachment key. Bottle Locks come in several designs but most are made to fit over the cap of a bottle and part of the neck. They lock in place and prevent someone from being able to pry a bottle open and attempts to do so lead to broken bottles. The locks activate electronic article surveillance door antennas if someone attempts to walk out the door with a bottle protected with a lock. In the case of the Versa Guard bottle lock, it is designed for quick removal at the point of sale, adding efficiency when handling multiple bottles at once. Efficiency does not mean easy to defeat and shoplifters are still thwarted in efforts to force a lock off.
Perhaps you don’t have an overnight cleaning staff or employees stocking the sales floor overnight and you are questioning the need for bottle locks. Alpha Security locks don’t prevent just employee theft they also prevent shoplifting. It is easy to walk into many liquor stores and grocery stores and find merchandise without a bottle lock. Shoplifters take bottles and conceal them under clothing, or in bags or purses. With no protection in place, the thief walks out and no one realizes anything is wrong until they notice empty shelves. Worse, no one pays attention until inventory time and shortage results show how many dollars of merchandise are missing.
The question arises, “Why don’t I just use lock up cases and then neither overnight employees nor shoplifters can steal the alcohol?” I have found in my experiences that lock-up cases are a poor solution for theft prevention. They do keep people out, shoplifters and legitimate customers alike. On the other hand, during store operating hours, they require constant customer service. An employee has to be available at all times to open any locked case. Failure to do so in a timely manner can mean lost sales and with enough lost sales a store is bound to go out of business. The fact is customers don’t want to wait and often won’t wait for service. Alpha security products provide retailers the ability to stock merchandise on open displays while still providing security. Sales increase when customers have access to product and can walk around with it and continue shopping. Shoplifters are more likely to go to other stores where there is no wine or liquor bottle security in use.
Whether you have overnight staff or not, there is always a concern that employees may be stealing from your store. Add to that the theft that takes place from shoplifters and stock shortage becomes a real financial problem. Wine and liquor bottle security is significantly enhanced and profits climb when bottle locks are used.
Get more information on bottle locks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 today.
