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Labor Savings Compel Chain to Roll Out AccuBarHIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.--Texas de Brazil, a fast-growing chain of Brazilian steakhouses, is rolling out AccuBar inventory systems chainwide after realizing substantial savings at a pilot location. "We were so impressed with all the capabilities, speed and reporting features AccuBar had to offer, we purchased units for all of our locations and plan to continue using this system in all of our upcoming restaurants," said Anil Sekhri, director of operations of the chain's eastern region. "AccuBar has been able to cut down our inventory time by over 50% and has given us instant, accurate reporting." Sekhri said it used to take four managers around five hours to take inventory, and now it takes 2 to 3 managers about 2 1/2 hours. The fact that AccuBar can be entirely paperless is a major benefit for Texas de Brazil. "Our wine and alcohol inventory used to be done with 20 pages of paper spread out all over the bar and having to find each one and write down the count, and then move to each item, line item by line item," Sekhri said. "Then we had to count all the line items and get a total and finally enter those numbers into our spreadsheet to get our inventory amounts and percentages." "After a long shift and having to do inventory the frustration set in that there has to be a better way of doing our monthly inventory," he said. Now, with AccuBar, those Excel spreadsheets are generated automatically, and pouring cost numbers and variances are just a few clicks away. The Dallas-based chain has seven locations, with aggressive expansion plans underway. AccuBar is an industry leader in providing systems to control F&B costs through physical inventory. Using a Palm Pilot with a barcode scanner and sophisticated database software, AccuBar streamlines the tedious inventory process and offers timely data on costs, consumption, losses and other important benchmarks. AccuBar gives its users the ability to quickly understand their food and liquor costs and keep them under control. By deterring theft, reducing waste and increasing efficiency, AccuBar helps any food and beverage operation realize a significant reduction in costs. "We are finding ways to use it in all aspects of our restaurant inventory keeping," Sekhri said. -------------------------- AccuBar, based in Highlands Ranch, Colo., has developed inventory systems for the hospitality industry since its inception in 2000. Major clients include BR Guest and Yard House Restaurants, Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels, Crobar nightclubs and hundreds of others. ContactDave Grimm, Communications Director,
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