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Bevinco Franchisee Protects Profits For Area Bars & Restaurants

Duke Corbett of The Wet Whistle Bar & Grill and Buddy Bownes of Bevinco Liquor Inventory Consultants review weekly liquor sales profit and loss reports.

Franchisee brings bar auditing services to Philadelphia area businesses.

Philadelphia (January23, 2006) – Owners and Managers in the bar and restaurant industry looking to plug the drain affecting their profits can look to Buddy Bownes for help. Mr. Bownes has been a owner/operator for the past 2 years with Bevinco, the world’s leading franchisor of alcohol auditing services. Mr. Bownes’s company, BEVINCO Tri-County LLC. Audit & Inventory Consultants, covers Philadelphia, Bucks and Montgomery counties.

Buddy Bownes has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry in all aspects of bar and restaurant management. These experiences kindled the fire in him to become an entrepreneur and Bevinco’s niche and need in the market made for him a perfect match.

The opportunity with Bevinco held a twofold benefit. Professionally, it will allow Mr. Bownes to educate bar and restaurant owners and managers on how to reduce an average 15% - 30% weekly loss in their business. While personally it provided him with the opportunity to operate a business he believes in, and it will also allow him to continue the tradition of excellent service and professionalism that he has provided to the hospitality industry over the years.

Bevinco franchisees help restaurant and bar owners account for every drop of alcohol served by physically weighing every bottle and keg during weekly audits. After the information is analyzed, Bevinco auditors provide detailed reports and corrective strategies for stemming the losses. The company estimates that on average, bars and restaurants lose as much as 20% in profits due to over-pouring, carelessness and theft. Bevinco’s promise is to help reduce these losses to 5% through education and change. This is accomplished by using the Wedge philosophy. Mr. Bownes states that, the Wedge Philosophy is simply driving up profits while decreasing inventory and cost. Our motto of “Less Shrinkage, More Profit, Better Business” says it all.

The bar business is a game of nickels & dimes, states Duke Corbett of the Wet Whistle Café in Jenkintown. Anytime you are able to cut your expenses while maximizing profits you are moving in the right direction. Since starting the Bevinco program I have seen dramatic improvements in my weekly liquor losses and we are currently operating at almost 100 % efficiency. Buddy was able to explain the Bevinco system to the entire bar staff in a professional yet understandable way which enabled them to see the need for such a program. The staff is now involved and looks forward to weekly reports to see how well the numbers where the previous week. This in return has allowed me to focus my attention on other important things such as increasing the customer base of The Wet Whistle Café.

Just like most business owners the cost for such a service was a concern to me. In just a matter of three weeks it was clear that the increase in my net profit outweighed the cost of the program by ten fold. Duke also states that the Bevinco auditing service is so much more that just inventory reports. The audits and the reports generated are done in a very professional manner, but it is the discussions and review of the reports that I have found most beneficial. Buddy treats my business as if it were his own, he cares about the slow weeks and gets excited about a busy week. Buddy has also advised me on implementing promotional programs, drink and food specials and entertainment. He has been in the Business for a long time and brings more to the table than just a weekly audit.

Founded in 1987, Bevinco is the world’s leading franchisor of alcohol auditing services. Bevinco franchisees help bar and restaurant owners reduce shrinkage and increase profits through independent, onsite auditing using the company’s proprietary software and inventory control system. The Toronto-based company currently has 260 franchises in 20 countries. For more information, Call Buddy Bownes, Office: 215-745-2981 / E-mail buddybarman@aol.com

Less Shrinkage, More Profit, Better Business.