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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

7 Shifts

Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins. Implement portion control Making sure your bartenders and barbacks pour drinks consistently can reduce waste and keep your pour costs low. Selling branded merchandise is another smart way to boost your bar's profitability.

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What Egg Shortage? At the Gudetama Cafe, It’s Business As Usual.

EATER

Portraits of Gudetama adorn the restaurants windows and hes featured on all the merchandise. There was also a paper sign taped to the door, which made me panic: did the egg shortage mean that Id just wasted an hour driving to Orange County? So I assumed that the egg shortages must be affecting the businesss bottom line.

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Untapped Areas of Profitability in a Full-Service Restaurant

Squirrel Systems

To enhance profitability: Implement an inventory management software to track liquor usage and reduce waste. Monetizing Merchandise & Retail Items via E-commerce Brand loyalty doesnt have to end at the dining table. Selling merchandise can provide a steady revenue stream. Yet many restaurants fail to maximize this potential.

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Inside the World of Hospitality and Leisure Accounting

Paper Chase Accountancy

Detailed Inventory Control: Especially for restaurants, managing perishable inventory (food and beverage) requires meticulous tracking to minimize waste, control COGS margin , and ensure profitability. Spoilage and waste management: Identifying and minimizing losses from perishable goods.

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POS system performance: What Your POS System Says About Your Restaurant

Lavu

Casual restaurants, bars, and breweries may look to systems that split-checks and handle parties of various sizes, sell merchandise, and aid with employee management and scheduling. Shrinkage – liquor lost due to spill or waste – can account for about 25% of alcohol sales. What are the best POS system features to look for in 2025?

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Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable

SpotOn

This is all the income from your food and beverage sales, catering, branded merchandise, packaged goods, venue hire, etc. Your Cost of Goods Sold are your food and beverage costs along with the cost of any merchandise you sell. You should be able to find this data in your POS reporting. Labor costs. Overhead costs.

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Why More Breweries Are Switching to Modern POS Systems in 2025

Lavu

With craft beer culture expanding, breweries are stepping up their game, offering tours, merchandise, and in many cases, food. Even better, visitors can add on merchandise during their visit, such as ordering a drink and a shirt at the same time, without the hassle of separate transactions.

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