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EXCLUSIVE: 7 Day Roadmap To A Profitable Year
You will often hear people say that writing goals down is a waste of time and it's far better to leave these things to happen or just go with the flow. I challenge you to find one successful business leader who will agree with this approach. Writing your goals down brings you one step closer to achieving them.

Use our 7 Day Roadmap to achieve your goals this year in seven easy steps.
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DOWNLOAD: Absence Request Form Template

When staff members make an application for annual leave it is always best to implement a simple systems for them to follow. To assist with allocating annual leave for employees a time off request form should be implemented.  Click here for more>>




DOWNLOAD: Facebook & Twitter for Bars & Restaurants Explained
How to build a following of fanatical customers to your bar or restaurant while reducing your advertising spending. We show you everything you need to know about Facebook and Twitter in this 35 page exclusive booklet designed for Bars and Restaurants.
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AUDIO: 5 Ways Staff are stealing from you right now & 5 Ways to stop it happening in the future
Barry Chandler, Founder of Barkeeper discusses 5 common staff tricks that opportunistic staff can take advantage of at your expense. Using real  life case studies, Barry sheds light on tricks you may not have considered as well as discussing how best to secure your business against potential fraud.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to track what your customers are saying about your business online
More and more of your customers are coming to your bar with web enabled mobile phones and are sending out messages on Twitter and Facebook while they wait for service. If they're not doing this, then they're going home and blogging about their experience later. In this video, we show you how to keep tabs on mentions of your business online. more>>


10 Low Cost Ways to attract more customers to your bar. Today
One thing is for certain: The game has changed and it's time to start thinking differently about how to grow your business. After all, doing the same thing over and over again without signs of growth is not going to keep you in business very long. These 10 Low Cost Ideas will help you get the ball rolling. more>>


Business Start Up: The Fundamentals of Beginning you 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 to it? more>>



The Buy or Make Decision: When to Buy in and When to Make in-house
Is it better to make products from scratch, or to buy them ready-made? This is a common question in the industry, and it is referred to as the Make or Buy Decision. The general public will agree that homemade is best, and in almost all cases it’s cheaper to make something homemade than to buy it ready-made. But sometimes it actually does make more sense to pay the extra money to buy a product premade. more>>


The Bar & Restaurant Owner's Guide to Using & Marketing with Twitter
Twitter is the simplest, most effective, and cheapest (free) tool you have ever had to communicate with your customers. The smart restaurateurs and bar owners are using it to build and interact with a community of loyal customers and fans, get feedback on new menu items, products, promote events and promotions, take reservations and even hire staff. more>>



 
How To Keep Your Fixed Costs Low In A Recession
Whether you are running a bar or a restaurant, controlling costs is one of the key elements to success. Read how you can keep your fixed costs low during a recession.more>>


How To Calculate Your Beverage Costs Simply And Quickly
Calculating your beverage cost (or ‘pour cost’, as it is commonly referred to in the bar business) is a simple procedure that every restaurant or bar owner should know how to do. more>>


Food Cost Made Simple - How To Easily Calculate Your Margins 
Because food cost is usually one of the highest cost percentages in any establishment, it is important to know how to calculate it. Whether you run a steak and seafood restaurant, a family restaurant, a pub or a martini bar, you need to know what your food cost is. more>>
What Is Your Theoretical Food Cost?
If you don’t know, you may not have enough control over your food cost. You could be incurring higher losses than necessary.more>>


The Importance Of Counting Your Customers
Keeping track of your customer counts is something that many restaurant and bar owners already do. It is important to know how many people you are serving during any given month, day, or meal period, but are you using your customer counts to manage the controllable areas of your business? more>>

Percentage Or Margin: Pricing Your Menus Effectively
As an operator, you already know the importance of costing your menus properly. Did you know that you can use one of two strategies to set your selling prices? The key to good menu pricing is setting your selling prices to ensure that you earn your desired profit, and also to ensure that your customers perceive value. There are two ways to set your selling prices: by percentage & by margin. more>>


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"All you need to know about Limiting Losses in the Bar"

The Hospitality Shop in conjunction with Barkeeper brings you this exclusive handbook designed to  assist you reduce the risk of losses in your Bar. Instant Download
 
Basic Food Hygiene - Certified Course - CD
Legislation requires all staff who handle food on a day to day basis in their job to be trained to level 1, Basic Food Hygiene. Use this certified course to train your staff and offer unlimited use through easy learning modules
 
HACCP & Food Management Training CD
This helpful CD gives you the information and tracking documentation to meet legislative needs in easy to follow modules
 
Customer Service Training CD 
Ideal for your whole team or individual learning. Included in each of the ten fantastic sessions are Information and Guidance, Tips and techniques to implement and more

 

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©2007 Barkeeper ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.
For hundreds of downloads and checklists visit www.barkeeper.co.uk