How to Run a Successful Bar

Whether you manage a pub or nightclub, the challenges of running a successful bar go far beyond just keeping customers' glasses full. You need to ensure that you're well stocked, serving tasty drinks, creating events to excite potential customers, and protecting yourself from any potential liabilities. While managing a bar may be difficult, we broke it down into 8 simple steps to help you make a profit from your bar business. 

8 Steps to Run a Bar Successfully

Whether you own a bar and want to improve your profits or you're considering starting a new business, following these 8 steps to learn how to run a bar.

1. Keep Your Bar Stocked

Keeping your bar stocked goes far beyond just filling your back bar cooler or refrigerator with beer, liquor, and wine. You will want to track what drinks your customers are drinking and which types of alcohol you're using more often than others. This will allow you to adjust your orders, so you spend less money on alcohol that's less popular while keeping your bar filled with the popular items.

Essential Items Every Bar Needs

Stocking your bar or nightclub is also more than just the liquor and beer itself. Here's a list of things that you should always have on hand in your bar: 

• Bar napkins
• Straws and stirrers
• Glassware
• Mixing glasses
• Cocktail shakers and strainers
• Liquor pourers
• Cocktail mixes
• Garnishes

2. Measure Your Liquor to Reduce Overpouring

While an extra-strong drink may not seem like an issue, consistently overpouring drinks can end up costing your bar hundreds of thousands of dollars in the long run. 

Fortunately, there are ways that you can measure your pouring and prevent waste in your bar. Here are a few examples of how your bar can prevent overpouring and waste:

• Use measured pourers. Measured liquor pourers make it easy to approximate portions and help prevent spillage to eliminate the risk of wasted product.
• Teach bartenders to use jiggers when crafting cocktails.Using jiggers when crafting cocktails not only prevents overpouring, it also ensures that your customers get a consistent drink each time. 
• Choose the right glassware. Using the right glassware can also help reduce your liquor costs. Heavy-base glasses have a thicker bottom, so you don't have to use as much liquid to fill them as standard glassware, which will result in savings over time.

These bar managing tips can not only help you reduce waste in your bar, but they can also ensure consistency, which is key for keeping your customers happy and coming back to your bar.To read the complete article click the link below