Five Quick & Easy Ways to Save Money & Maximize Margins at Your Bar
Managing the costs of operating a bar can leave you wanting a stiff drink at the end of the day. According to Investopedia, bars gulp down an average of $20,000 in monthly expenses between labor, rent, utilities and other miscellaneous expenses. Ordering inventory can tack [...]
Avoid Extra Expenses and Lost Sales with Better Inventory Management
Your best bartender has crafted a drink special you’re sure will bring thirsty customers flocking in for happy hour and after-dinner cocktails. You order plenty of liquor to keep everyone’s glass full. Unfortunately, the special turns out to be a flop. Your customers are following [...]
From Booms to Busts, Learn How to Future-proof Your Business
For most restaurants and bars, the spread of COVID-19 has upended operations like a waiter dropping a tray full of dishes. While it’s hard to expect the unexpected, there are steps operators can take to protect their businesses from future disruptions. Try a bite of [...]
What Stars on Your Menu? Push Popularity, Profitability with Menu Engineering
On the plate is a grilled filet mignon drizzled with garlic herb butter. It’s been paired with delicate green beans and roasted russet potatoes seasoned to perfection. Considering food costs and average profit margin, it’s been properly priced. So why, after a month on the [...]
Fatten up Your Restaurant Profits Without Letting Costs Leave You Lean
Going out to eat is something most Americans can sink their teeth into. In 2019, Toast reported 45% of diners ate out multiple times a week. Another 20% went out to eat once a week, and an additional 6% ate out every day. Hungry customers [...]
The Cocktail for Toast-worthy Margins at Your Bar
Your final customer’s martini is down to its olive and all that’s left of the last margarita is the salt rim. It’s time to bring up the lights, count the cash in the register and hope tonight’s sales don’t leave you with an early morning [...]
Announcement: Bevager and Foodager to Rebrand as Craftable
We are excited to announce that Bevager and Foodager are about to come together for a new and unified experience! As of February 4th, 2020, you’ll start to see branding shift to Craftable, the industry’s leading all-in-one back office platform! We want to share [...]
Partner Spotlight: Kasey Wien
Kasey Wien, the Associate Manager of Supply at Dig Inn, helps source, procure, and buy the ingredients that make the restaurant popular. With a Public Policy degree from Duke, a job in the food industry might seem like a disconnect, but the work she’s helping [...]
Partner Spotlight: Tyson Buhler
Tyson Buhler manages beverage operations at New York City’s exclusive cocktail hot spot, Death & Co. and is the US winner of the 2015 World Class Bartending Competition. As a teenager he worked as a dishwasher, made his way to Le Cordon Bleu and then [...]
Partner Spotlight: Constantin Alexander
Meet Constantin Alexander, the beverage king of Las Vegas who manages one of the largest volume beverage programs in the world. His journey through the hospitality industry is phenomenal. Starting at his roots with a family owned restaurant-turned-nightclub and making his way through the finest [...]