Our average weekly beer wastage is now around 10 litres per week. It has enabled us to react immediately to over pouring issues, unregistered sales or beer system issues and our managers have embraced the system and adjusted the way they manage the bar and their staff as a result.
The live reporting software enables our managers to monitor performance live from our on-site office and the per shift summary reports that are emailed to me automatically provide an easy to read snapshot of what the performance was for that shift. The ICS team installed the hardware and software in under six hours and it immediately told us that we were losing an average of 50 litres of beer each week. The system tied up the one loose end of our business, we just weren't able to correctly track draft beer, and now we are finally making money.'' The Daily Report is simple and fool proof, there are no issues, or breakdowns, the system runs very very smooth. The other bartenders are then able to try and retrain that person. This QB rating tracks sloppy and neglect bartenders.
We have increased our draft revenue $1000 per week and use less product.We give each bartender a rating, so we know who is not pouring correctly. Our Draft beer cost was between 24-26 percent, it is now down to 16-18 percent. In August we were pouring 98-102 pints per keg, we are now pouring 134-140 pints per keg. '' As owners we debated back and forth as to the effectiveness of installing the draft metering system.wish we didn't drag our feet as long as we did.