Your Local Bar and Restaurant Inventory Experts

I tell every bar and restaurant owner I know I would never have a bar location open without Sculpture. It takes away any gray area as to whether my inventory is accounted for, without me as an owner having to babysit the bar. Using a third party for inventory control also takes it out of a managers hands as well, who may have a vested interest in bonus structure for inventory to be good and reporting it inaccurately. By having a non partial third party do inventory, the manager controls his or her employees so that the bonus can be achieved. This allows me to focus on growing my business and be free to rest at night, and allows my manager to focus on our company’s customers and service. It’s a small weekly investment for peace of mind that my bar locations are running efficiently.

When I first hired Kevin to perform Sculpture audits, our initial discovery audits uncovered variance as high as 20% in our liquor and draft beer. These shortages were worth anywhere from $600-$800 a week at cost and $1500 - $2000 per week in potential revenue my business could have made if we sold the product. Upon learning this information, we conducted a staff meeting and informed everyone of the audits and our expectations moving forward. We have since reduced our variance to anywhere from 4-5% per week since retaining Kevin to perform audits on a regular basis. We even had an audit recently where our variance was only 1%, which is a huge accomplishment. This service has saved me a ton of money and given me peace of mind I did not have before. I am a new mother, with no time to audit my own inventory and I have even less time to spend watching over my staff. The Sculpture audits allow me the freedom to know my bar is not a free for all with my staff while I am not watching.

I have Sculpture to thank for giving me the ability to open a second location. Once we made the decision to open the second place, one of my first calls was to our local Sculpture representative, Tim Huels. He helped with opening inventory, training, and getting started out on the right foot. That helped set the culture on the front-end instead of having to correct it over time. There are five things I use Sculpture for: loss prevention, inventory management, ordering, training, and advice.

Sculpture is heavily involved in our ordering process at all our locations. By noon, every Tuesday, they provide us with all the inventory reports. They are extremely reliable, and their services definitely add to the efficiency of my business. Sculpture is very much a people business. The company does a great job of combining good technology with good people. My Sculpture representative, Ken Gillie, is outstanding, smart and responsive.