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Catch Bar Pour Cost Creep Before It Drinks Your Profit
Liquor cost creeping from 20% to 26% is silent theft — over-pours, giveaways or worse. Compare weekly usage against sales and alert on variance by category.
difficulty Intermediatesetup 30 minresult Pour cost variance surfaces weekly by category, catching leaks while they're correctable conversations.—
- 1
Count Weekly
Log bottle levels by category each week.
- 2
Pull the Sales
Import the week's liquor sales from the POS.
- 3
Compute the Variance
Add a
Codenode comparing theoretical usage to actual depletion. - 4
Alert on Creep
Add a
Slacknode flagging categories over the variance threshold. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with test counts. Confirm variance computes and alerts.
Frequently asked questions
What's normal variance?
2–3% covers spills and training — sustained 5%+ in one category is a conversation with a name on it.
Does measuring change behavior?
Announcing weekly variance tracking alone typically recovers a point of pour cost immediately.
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