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As you well know, managing a bar takes more than a love of liquor! Managing a bar can be hard work, but it can be very rewarding work and very profitable if done correctly.

Bar Management requires a knowledge of hiring, firing, vendors, liquor, financials and much much more. Use our expert tips below to help manage your business and turn it into a profitable enterprise!

Understanding the relationship between costs and profits as well as the cost-loss areas of the bar are essential skills. Use our tools to get a better understanding of your business today!

What to Consider When Laying Out your Bar or Restaurant for Maximum Revenue
Douglas Fisher

The dining experience is a function of a variety of things, including decor, atmosphere, service, food quality, price, value and intrinsic factors. The restaurant's physical layout is one of those intrinsic factors. . . . keep reading

How to Take Advantage of the Ultimate Sales Tool - Your Menu
Douglas Fisher

This article will touch on some of the more salient points which should be considered when developing a menu designed to increase sales and profitability. . . . keep reading

How to Know if You Should Franchise or Not
Douglas Fisher

As a retailer, there are three principle ways by which you can grow your business: increasing your volume at your current operation; developing a corporate rollout strategy, and, franchising your business. . . . keep reading

Why Now Could be the Time to Franchise your Bar or Restaurant
Douglas Fisher

The recession has made many restaurateurs take a closer look at what they are doing and how they are doing it. Restaurants and foodservice outlets have become smaller, more affordable to the buying public and more user friendly. . . . keep reading

Service Timetable - a guide to efficient guest service
Douglas Fisher

Restaurants are no longer patronized by individuals who are in need of nourishment alone. People dine out for a variety of reasons and choose locations based on quality of food, atmosphere and service. . . . keep reading

How to Determine a Fair Valuation for your Bar or Restaurant
Douglas Fisher

The most effective and commonly used approach to determine a restaurant's value is the weighted average capitalization of maintainable cash flow. This article outlines that capitalization methodology and the formula to value their operations .. . . . keep reading

How to Guarantee the Vital Guest Connection
Douglas Fisher

Great service covers any and every operational mistake, while at the same time making the guest feel like they are a cherished commodity. . . . keep reading

Co-Worker Scams to Watch Out For
Douglas Fisher

Bartenders not only steal from their employers and customers, but have also been known to steal from their coworkers as well. . . . keep reading

Patron Scams to Watch Out For
Douglas Fisher

Patrons are easy to take money from usually because they do not know your policies, shot size or price list, they are considered an undetectable free-for-all. . . . keep reading

Bar Scams to Watch Out For
Douglas Fisher

Honest Bartenders -- those who pour full shots for customers, charge the correct amount and place the receipts in the till -- are becoming a rarer, albeit, distinct breed. . . . keep reading

5 Pricing Models to make your Bar Competitive
Douglas Fisher

Over the last few years, I have worked with clients to perfect the Optimum Pricing Model which has allowed my clients to sell profitable products at competitive prices and has enabled them to become more financially successful. . . . keep reading

59 Free Cocktail Menu Templates For Your Bar
If you run a bar and you don't have a cocktail menu, you are leaving A LOT of money on the . . . keep reading

How to turn a complaint into a satisfied customer and repeat business

If you deal with a customer complaint successfully then you will gain loyalty and most probably a return visit from that customer. If you mishandle or disregard the customer complaints then you will lose valuable business and in turn will lose further potential revenue from this customer and also from the people who he will tell of his poor experience. . . . keep reading

Business Start Up: The Fundamentals of Beginning your Own Business

Have you always dreamt of doing something on your own, maybe start a restaurant or a bar? As you are cooking some exotic dish in the kitchen for your family, do you pretend you are standing in the kitchen of your restaurant, entertaining the many people who have been flocking it? . . . keep reading

Goal Setting for Profit? Worth your time? YES!
Tracey D'Aviero

Do you use goal setting to help manage your profits in your bar or restaurant? Did you know that using an effective goal strategy can help you refine those goals so that they are SMART goals? Using the SMART goal setting strategy is an effective way to help you perfect the details of your goal, so that it is focused and achievable. . . . keep reading

How you can use the "Average Cover" to manage the finer points of your business.

Average cover tells you how much money each customer is spending, on average, when they come to your place. This data can also help you with budgeting, forecasting, and cost control, by doing a few easy calculations. . . . keep reading

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