It’s hard to believe that bar operators are losing upwards of 40 percent, but that is exactly what General Manager Jeff Willms was losing at Club Paragon in Greenfield, WI. “Using the Bevinco service confirmed that we were experiencing 40 percent liquor loss overall,” he says. “When you have staff working for you for 10 years, you take for granted that the right controls are in place and that all of the alcohol is accounted for.”

Willms added that Bevinco helped him zero in on the problem. “Through a series of daily audits, we were able to uncover where the bleeding was occurring and, more importantly, who was responsible. Within six months of starting with Bevinco, we reduced our loss from 40 percent to 7 percent.”

Through SYSCO iCare and direct consultation with a SYSCO Business Development Manager, Willms learned about Bevinco’s liquor auditing service. Within the first year, he reported that “the Bevinco/SYSCO partnership helped him increase profits by $5,000 on average per week for the first time in the 10-year history of club.”

—Jeff Willms, Club Paragon, Greenfield, WI