Find it. Fix it. Make it stick.
Finding the problem is only half the job.
1
Find it
I locate where the money is leaking – till, kitchen or cellar – verify it with the numbers, and put a figure on what it’s costing you.
2
Fix it
A top-to-bottom review of stock, costing, purchasing and controls, then practical changes your team can actually run.
3
Make it stick
Regular stock audits, operational reviews and support, so the new controls hold and don’t drift back.
What I review
Nothing is assumed. Everything is verified.
GP and sales mix
Theoretical against actual GP, stock control and how your sales mix is moving margin.
Costing and menus
Food and liquor costing and menu engineering, what each dish and drink really earns.
Buying and deliveries
Purchasing, supplier prices and how deliveries are checked and accepted.
Stock security and storage
Kitchens, cellars and stores inspected. Rotation, condition and anything that shouldn’t be there.
Stocktake practce
How stocktakes and line checks are done, and whether the results can be trusted.
Multi-site movement
Stock moving between sites and outlets, tracked so losses can’t hide in transfers.
The investigation
Hotel Banqueting
Daily bar losses turned into an extra 1% liquor GP
Mobile bars at conferences and events. Regular losses, stock issued but never reconciled, and discrepancies found long after the event.
Stock issued and returned was checked and signed for, event storage was secured, and consumption was matched to till sales, giving every bar its own result the next morning.
The result
Daily losses became balances, some bars showed surpluses, accountability improved and liquor GP rose by around 1%.
The hidden finding
Small events kept draught lines connected for hours with little throughput. Events under 200 guests switched to bottles at no cost, and the shortfalls stopped almost immediately.
Isn’t this just extra work for my team?
At first, yes. In the banqueting case, stretched and agency staff pushed back – then the checks started showing what was really happening, and within weeks they were part of the routine. Ten minutes a bar delivered around 1% on liquor GP.
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Related services
Stock Audits
Independent wet and dry stocktakes – often where profit recovery starts.
Compliance Audits
Unannounced checks that keep the new controls in place across every site.
Something not adding up?
Tell me what you’re seeing. I’ll come back to you with an honest view and if there’s nothing there, I’ll say so.