<p>Robin Apel, President at Barmetrix Vancouver, joins The Late Night Restaurant Podcast to reveal how restaurants are losing thousands of dollars every week without even knowing it.</p><p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p><p><strong>The Numbers Are Shocking</strong></p><ul><li>One restaurant was losing $600/week on a single item (Kahlua in espresso martinis) due to bartenders overpouring by just a quarter ounce</li><li>15% of draft beer commonly goes unaccounted for - that's one in every seven kegs simply disappearing</li><li>With proper inventory management, most of these losses are completely preventable</li></ul><p><strong>The Real Problems</strong></p><ul><li>Post-COVID brain drain has left many restaurants with undertrained staff managing complex inventories</li><li>Modern bars carry hundreds of SKUs compared to a handful decades ago</li><li>Restaurants think they're doing okay because there's money in the bank, but they're leaving massive profit on the table</li></ul><p><strong>How Barmetrix Works</strong></p><ul><li>Uses barcode scanners and digital scales to track inventory to the tenth of a gram</li><li>Compares actual inventory against POS sales data to identify gaps</li><li>Provides actionable insights: "Here's what left the building vs. what got rung in"</li><li>No contracts, no obligations - prove the value in one month or walk away</li></ul><p><strong>Wild Stories from the Field</strong></p><ul><li>Caught staff adding water to bottles to cover theft (froze bottles to test - liquor doesn't freeze, watered-down liquor does)</li><li>Discovered a broken beer line in a wall by swapping tap positions</li><li>One client put theft footage on screen at staff party and fired half the crew</li></ul><p><strong>The Bottom Line </strong>Robin's philosophy is simple: "I'm not going to change your prices, fire your staff, or switch your suppliers. I just want to get you paid for what's leaving the building." For restaurants doing any volume, the ROI is immediate and substantial.</p><p>Barmetrix operates across North America and internationally. No contracts. Just results.</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more: https://www.barmetrix.com/</p><p><br></p>
