Case studies

CASE STUDY ONE.

A premises introduced oversized glasses, to compete with a national competitor in the town. The manager received his stocktake showing all draught products were showing a negative variance. as a percentage this totalled roughly 5% in a premises taking £15000 a week. It was identified that the glasses were roughly 5% oversized and the staff were under so much pressure from customers to fill the glass resulting in this loss. Without the benefit of a stocktake this may not have been identified causing even greater losses.

CASE STUDY TWO.

It was identified that for a couple of months a particular draught product was consistently down around 3%, totalling £500 over 3 months. A slight leak was noticed by the auditor and highlighted to the manager, which prompted him to contact cellar services who fitted a new connector which rectified the deficits.

CASE STUDY THREE.

A premises which didn't have an auditor discovered that their chef had a friend who owned a pub locally. One night the owners son turned up unexpectedly to find the chef rolling a barrel out to the car. with no stock audits they had no idea of how often this had happened or the amount of loss incurred. They then hired a stock auditor, and after a few months managed to get the stocks under control.