All to often we ask the question after an incident has occurred, that should have been asked well in advance. It wouldn’t be the first time in my career that some incident happened, and the proper preventative measures were not in place.

We race around like crazy people trying to figure out what happened, and where the breakdown occurred. Along the way, people inevitably start to point fingers about whose responsibility it is, and who should have done what.

It can easily get very ugly, very fast.

My best advice is to be proactive in your approach, in particular with bottle security. The more prepared you are in advance, the better equipped to handle a situation you will be later on.

Alpha Security’s Easy Bottle Bottle Locks are the most reliable liquor bottle security you can find. They are simple to use. They are simple to install and simple to remove.

When you start to ask where is your bottle security when you need it? You should be able to answer Alpha Security is always right where I need it- on the bottle. That is one of the best parts about bottle locks. Without the proper keys to detach them, the bottle locks will stay securely on the bottles.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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Well another three day holiday weekend is almost here. I am already getting the 4th of July weekend ads littering up my mailbox, both snail mail, and e-mail, by the way.

My friends and neighbors are starting to plan their backyard BBQs and outings in the park and at the water. They are also making lists of all the things they will need to go out an buy before the big weekend gets here.

After working in retail for many years, I know that all of my plans and shopping need to be done by that Wed. at the latest. You couldn’t pay me enough to have to run to a grocery or liquor store during the actual weekend. If we run out, sorry guys, we are out.

Now, I know that puts me in a minority because so many people do run out for those last minute oversights, or a beer run. That’s where it can get tricky for liquor bottle security to be effective if it isn’t planned out in advance.

With so many people in a rush to get out and back, liquor bottle security needs to be right going into the weekend, and going out. I have seen impatient people who no longer want to stand in line simply walk out the door with product. Having bottle locks like EASy bottle will likely deter them. You may loose a sale as they leave, but at least you won’t lose your liquor in the process.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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While previously working as an agent, my location was seeing increased shrinkage from theft in our liquor department and needed to tackle the issue of liquor bottle security. The store I was working in was one of many locations for a national corporation and based on shortage and locality we had been classified as a “low-exposure” store. Consequently, merchandise protection strategies such as the EASy Bottle bottle locks were not available to our location, which were reserved for “high-exposure” stores.

Due to the absence of a bottle lock, bottle security incidents were occurring daily. One subject regularly came into the store on her lunch break to drink a couple of bottles of high-priced wine before returning to work. A group began targeting Hennessy liquor, which disappeared off the shelves and into their pant legs and jackets. My team dedicated our efforts to reducing this loss even if the company wasn’t providing us with solutions from Alpha security. We performed perpetual inventory of “hot” liquor items twice a day and spent the majority of our shifts monitoring the aisle via CCTV.

Our efforts resulted in the reduction of theft in the liquor department, but other departments were now seeing an increase. There just weren’t enough agents to dedicate their shifts to sitting in front of monitors and staring at the cameras of high theft areas. I believe our bottle security dilemma could have been avoided had the company been willing to provide all of its stores with EASy Bottle bottle locks from Alpha Security. Whether a store is able to have a security team on its payroll or not, a bottle lock prevents the item from being opened before they are removed at the point of sale. With this peace of mind, store personnel can keep their merchandise on an open display without worrying about liquor bottle security.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

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Shoplifters often target high dollar items for the purpose of resale.  In the grocery sector liquor is one of the more sought after items for theft.  Knowing this has caused many retailers to use bottle security.  Bottle locks have quickly become the go to bottle security solution for many national, regional and local grocery retailers.

The impact of bottle lock technology can be immediately seen in a grocer’s shortage numbers.  By employing bottle locks, a business can create an environment that deters shoplifting.  Bottle lock technology works in a fashion that secures the stores merchandise, but is not intrusive to the customer.  Alpha security provides a product called EASy bottle.  The EASy bottle is a product that is great for grocery retailers and for service industry businesses.  The EASy bottle allows the owner to limit access to the contents of liquor and wine bottles.  The EASy bottle is attached to the cork or bottle opening to secure the product from being opened.  The bottle lock is released with a key that is specific in design for the lock.   This bottle lock is currently being used for bottle security in grocery, restaurants and bars.

Bottle locks can also be useful in liquor bottle security for internal theft.   By controlling product with bottle locks, you can limit your employees’ access to liquor.  Internal theft is an unfortunate element of any business.  By using Alpha Security’s EASy bottle, employees will be less able to remove product from the store.  This will work best if the bottle locks are secured and only accessible to your management staff.  Liquor bottle security should be a focus for any management team, business, corporation, or grocery.  Liquor bottle security can help secure your product and limit access by unwanted thieves.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

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Shoplifting and Internal theft can have significant impact on your business’s potential liability.  Most people tend to think of shoplifting and internal theft as a product of the apparel environment.  Like the apparel environment grocery, restaurants, and bars are victims of theft.  Theft of liquor is a significant factor in the overall loss of these types of companies.

The restaurant and bar industries are also subject to the theft of alcohol and bottle security should be a concern.  Liquor bottle security is an important deterrent to internal or employee theft in these industries.  Bottle locks can reduce the accessibility to your product, which can prevent your liability if it is to fall into the hands of minors.  Like the grocery industry, bottle security, more specifically bottle locks reduce the potential for loss.  The use of the bottle lock also gives the owner an idea of when and how the liquor bottle security is failing.  This can be accomplished when an owner finds removed or tampered bottle locks.

Like any business, the service and grocery industries are beginning to take notice of these losses and are actively pursuing methods to prevent this activating.  One such method that is in common usage, is using liquor bottle security.  In the grocery industry, retailers have begun using bottle locks as a deterrent to shoplifting and to improve liquor bottle security.  By using a bottle lock, the retailer is able to make the theft a much more laborious task.  This prevents the opportunist shoplifter from having the chance to steal liquor.  This not only increases profit, but also creates a better environment for the honest customer.

Business liability is a subject that any business minded individual should think of.  While shoplifting and theft can reduce a companies’ profit, a lawsuit can bankrupt a company and the potential exposure value of bad press can change the publics view forever.

There are many companies that provide this service.  One leader in this industry is Alpha Security.  Alpha Security provides the consumer with leading bottle locks.  Alpha Security’s premium product for bottle security is the EASy Bottle.  The EASy Bottle bottle lock allows the retailer to properly display their product and secure its contents from thieves.  The EASy Bottle provides the consumer with the peace of mind of security without interfering with product sales.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Shoplifting and Internal theft can have significant impact on your business’s bottom line.  Most people tend to think of shoplifting and internal theft as a product of the apparel environment.  Like the apparel environment grocery, restaurants, and bars are victims of theft.  Theft of liquor is a significant factor in the overall loss of these types of companies.

Like any business, the service and grocery industries are beginning to take notice of these losses and are actively pursuing methods to prevent this activating.  One such method that is in common usage, is applying liquor bottle security.  In the grocery industry, retailers have begun using bottle locks by Alpha Security as a deterrent to shoplifting and to improve their bottle security.  By using bottle locks, the retailer is able to make the theft a much more laborious task.  These prevent the opportunist shoplifter from having the chance to steal liquor.  This not only increases profit, but also creates a better environment for the honest customer.

The restaurant and bar industries are also subject to the theft of alcohol and liquor bottle security should be a concern. Bottle security is an important deterrent to internal or employee theft in these industries.  Bottle locks can reduce the accessibility to your product, which drives a large percentage of your profit.  Like the grocery industry, liquor bottle security, more specifically bottle locks reduce the potential for loss.  The use of the bottle lock also gives the owner an idea of when and how the bottle security is failing.  This can be accomplished when an owner finds removed or tampered bottle locks.

There are many companies that provide this service.  One leader in this industry is Alpha Security.  Alpha Security provides the consumer with leading bottle locks.  Alpha Security’s premium product for bottle security is the EASy Bottle.  The EASy Bottle bottle lock allows the retailer to properly display their product and secure its contents from thieves.  The EASy Bottle provides the consumer with the peace of mind of security without interfering with product sales.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

In my experience, it’s no secret that thieves will go for the most expensive item on the shelf. This is even truer if your business sells alcohol. The more expensive an item is, the more the thief can resell it for and profit (at a hefty loss to you). Unfortunately for shoplifters, installing bottle locks on wine and spirits can stop a thief with ease. The last thing any shoplifter wants is to draw attention to themselves. Utilizing good bottle security throughout your store can make a thief think twice. Once they try to take the product out the doors, the bottle lock alarms with your Checkpoint System which will grab people’s attention. That is bad news for any thief and something they might think twice about before picking up anything with bottle security on it.

Not only does Alpha Security have you covered from theft, EASy Bottle can also prevent potential thieves from sampling your product while in the store. The amount of loss you can incur from damaged bottles can add up quickly. No customer will want to buy any wine or spirit that has been opened or damaged. With the EASy bottle from Alpha Security, customers can have a piece of mind knowing that when they take their beverage to the register nobody has tampered with it.

Alpha Security also has a line of liquor bottle security that fits the needs of a wide range of spirits. Both the Crystal Guard and EASy Guarde allows for maximum effectiveness with less disturbance to the aesthetics of the product. With the variety of liquor bottle security available by Alpha Security, it has never been easier to protect your business.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security.

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I love stores that have liquor bottle security in place. All of those bottle locks like soldiers in a neat little row, little plastic caps glistening in the compact fluorescent lighting. They seem to call out to the shoplifters saying, “Go ahead, I dare you to steal me”.

It’s like having a little warning label on each individual bottle. You would have to be seriously desperate to even want to try and attempt to steal a bottle with a bottle lock in it, in particular one made by Alpha Security.

Not only do the caps prevent anyone from consuming the alcohol inside the bottle, but also they work in conjunction with an EAS system to create an audible alarm if the bottle is stolen.

No bottle lock is easy to remove without the proper detachers. Even on the off chance that someone could successfully get a bottle of alcohol out the door, they still couldn’t do anything with it.

I read a Q&A one time about a customer got home and the store failed to remove the cap. There were several posts about what to do. They all added up to about the same thing. Either you break the bottle, or you take the bottle back to the store (with your receipt) to have the bottle lock removed.

Pretty efficient form of liquor bottle security, don’t you think?

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Memorial Day is the traditional day of remembrance. We remember our loved ones who have passed. We remember those that have fought and died for our country. We also remember how crazy some retailers can get over the extended weekend.

Any time you have a three-day weekend, there is bound to be an influx of beer and liquor sales. With that in mind, there will also be an influx of people who don’t want to spend their money on said alcohol. So how do they supply their want? By shoplifting from your store, of course.

As you stock your shelves in preparation of the busy weekend, don’t forget to prepare your bottle security. Alpha Security has a great line of bottle locks to protect your inventory from theft.

Their EASy Bottle products come in a wide range of sizes and types to secure your wide variety of bottles of liquor.

Memorial Day weekend is too big of a weekend for you to be worried about whether your bottle security is enough. You don’t want to be remembering this weekend as the weekend you lost it all. You don’t want to be trying to play catch up in margin for the rest of the year to compensate from theft this weekend.

Remember Memorial Day weekend as the weekend you finally decided to protect your inventory.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Every thing has its moment, it’s place in time, if you will. Liquor and their mixed drink counterparts are no different. They each hold their specific time in the spotlight. Sometimes that drink might be a seasonal drink – hot toddies in the winter, margaritas and pina coladas in the summer. Sometimes it could be a drink sensation that catches on over a matter of months or even years.

Liquor bottle security, in order to be effective, need to be able to have the same type of seasonality to it. Bottle security needs to be transitional.

That is one of the nice things about Alpha Security’s bottle locks. Once you make the initial investment in bottle locks for your liquor bottle security, there is no set application.

If you have an increase in sales and theft of tequila in the month of May, then you can focus your bottle security on tequila. Need to make a switch to rum or wines in the winter, easy. All you have to do is move the bottle locks to the area you want to focus on.

No more trying to frantically devise new and innovative controls to stop the theft in your stores. Just simply remove and reuse the locks wherever you need, whenever you need.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security , Bottle Lock , Bottle locks , Bottle Security , liquor bottle security or EASy Bottle and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547