As of late I have been contacted by a few potential business owners who are eyeing up the latest trends by states to get out of the state run liquor store business. These potential business owners contacted me as a lp consultant to go over a way to move from a government run entity to a privately run business. We all know that the private sector is more conscious of protecting the bottom line.
My initial move was to go to a few of the proposed state run locations to see what liquor bottle security measures, if any, they had in place. Besides CCTV I did not see any additional bottle security. I was troubled at the lack of urgency to secure the inventory. I spoke to a couple of the managers regarding my research into their loss prevention techniques and they confirmed that the only liquor bottle security measures they had in place was their inventory counts and CCTV.
My second step in the process was to research any company that touted bottle security as one of their fortes’. I came across a company called Alpha Security. I was duly impressed with Alpha Security’s EASy Bottle bottle lock system which employed an alarmed liquor bottle lock as the key to its success. There were several different types of liquor bottle locks offered within the EASy bottle bottle lock system. All of the liquor bottle locks were alarmed and if tampered with would render the product in-consumable. My only concern was that the liquor bottle lock would be too cumbersome for proper marketing and storage. I was delighted to see that not only were the liquor bottle locks not too big or gaudy but that they were in fact lean and aesthetically pleasing while clearly denoting its purpose to deter theft.
Armed with this research regarding Alpha Security’s EASy bottle bottle lock system I sat down with several of these potential business owners. Bottle security was the topic of discussion. They were duly impressed with the dual purpose of the liquor bottle lock, excellent liquor bottle security and storage/marketing capability. The business owners saw the weakness of the government run facilities attempt at loss prevention and the strength of Alpha Security’s solutions to those loss prevention opportunities. An overall strategy was formulated that I believe will give these business owners a fighting chance to facilitate a seamless change from the government sector to the private sector.
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