00:00:00,000 do you actually know how much money your bar is losing every week
00:00:03,400 most bar owners have a feeling something's off
00:00:05,800 but they can't put a number on it
00:00:07,500 that number is called variance
00:00:09,200 the difference between what you poured and what you actually sold
00:00:12,600 in the sixth video of our fabulous 4 bars video series
00:00:16,100 we're looking at accountability scores
00:00:18,300 and what variance is really costing your bar
00:00:20,800 the industry average sits around 80% accountability
00:00:23,900 meaning 20% of your product disappears every week
00:00:26,800 through overpouring spillage and yes sometimes theft
00:00:29,900 our high end seafood restaurant from last week
00:00:32,500 came in at 99.2% accountability again this week
00:00:35,800 losing less than 1% of everything they poured
00:00:38,300 that doesn't happen by accident
00:00:40,000 tight recipes consistent jigger use
00:00:42,300 and bartenders who are trained to follow through every single time
00:00:45,700 now our sports bar in Denver
00:00:47,600 had a rougher week sitting at 91% accountability
00:00:50,700 that sounds okay until you do the math
00:00:53,000 on a bar moving $50,000 a month in liquor sales
00:00:56,200 9% variance means they're losing close to $4,500
00:00:59,600 every single month
00:01:01,000 the fix isn't complicated
00:01:02,600 standardized pours jigger discipline and weekly spot checks
00:01:05,900 and our high volume sushi restaurant
00:01:07,800 with 260 products and $120,000 in inventory on hand
00:01:11,600 came in at 94% this week
00:01:13,400 an improvement but still leaving real money on the table
00:01:16,300 when you're running that much product through the bar
00:01:18,700 even closing a 1% gap in accountability
00:01:21,200 puts thousands of dollars back into your pocket every month
00:01:24,600 the bars that win aren't the ones with the fanciest cocktail menus
00:01:28,100 they're the ones tracking this number every single week
00:01:31,200 not once a month not when something feels wrong
00:01:33,900 every week
00:01:35,000 because accurate data shows you where the leak is
00:01:37,600 before it turns into a flood
00:01:39,300 thanks for watching
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