{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bar Profit Leaks: The 2 Quick Tests Owners Can Run Tonight","description":"7.2 seconds behind the bar can cost about $1.1M a year. That\u2019s how Tobin Ellis, a 30-year bar industry veteran, thinks about bar design: eliminate problems before they happen, then let the team sell more with fewer steps. \ud83d\udc40 Quick test: nonstop walking behind the bar kills selling time and guest connection \ud83c\udf78 Quick test: \u201corder \u2192 disappear \u2192 return\u201d kills second rounds \ud83d\udccf Tobin builds \u201cZero Step\u201d stations so bartenders stop running laps \u23f1\ufe0f Tobin measured 7.2 seconds of waste per bartender and tied it to about $1.1M\/year on one rooftop bar \ud83c\udfe8 Use the timing: conversions and PIPs give owners the best window to fix the bar correctly \ud83d\udcda Start cheap: Bar Design Essentials Thanks to Actabl for supporting this episode. Actabl gives you the power to profit. Visit Actabl.com.  Want the weekly roundup of news, videos, and what you might\u2019ve missed from #NoVacancyNews? Text HOTEL to 66866. ","author_name":"No Vacancy Live and No Vacancy News","author_url":"http:\/\/novacancy.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41485320\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41485320"}