I was having a conversation with the bar owner that I was working for. He was expressing his frustration with one of the managers we had. He said, “It’s business, it’s not a secret!” I think that was my first clue that we needed more liquor bottle security in our bar.

The manager was having a hard time explaining inventory and sales figures and tried to keep things under lock and key as much as possible – especially from the owner. The owner didn’t want to believe that this manager could be stealing or giving away drinks when he was working.

This was a more complicated problem than just needing to implement liquor bottle security with the Alpha Security EASy Bottle Locks. This was a problem with an employee keeping detrimental secrets.

There were problems with numbers not matching up and high inventory costs. While the owner was suspicious that the manager was just inept at his job, I saw more. I saw that the manager was probably keeping secrets for a reason. I knew that this manager had a drinking problem. I also know that this manager did not have a naturally dynamic personality and was always working hard to make friends.

The reality was that he was giving away drinks to try and make friends in addition to feeding his own drinking problem.

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The bottle locks that you use for your liquor bottle security might be doing their job, but not for the reasons you might think. If you are using the Alpha Security EASy Bottle, for your liquor bottle security, you might not be completely aware of all of the different ways the locks prevent theft.

The most obvious is the visual deterrent that bottle locks provide. It allows a potential shoplifter to take one look at your shelves and decide it is time to go elsewhere. They can see from the doorway that you are using bottle locks.

Were you also aware that there are little pain points under the base of the lock?

OUCH!

These points are meant to keep fingers away and deter attempts at trying to disarm them. Don’t worry though; these points are far enough underneath the lock that your normal customer won’t feel them.

The Crystal Guarde bottle lock is clear. That helps you in two ways, one it allows your customers to fully see the product. It also keeps any tax stamps easily in view in case of any state (or other) audits.

Finally, imbedded in the locks are EAS tags. These tags work the same way as they do in other retail environments. They set off the alarm if someone tries to sneak out with the full bottle.

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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If you are hearing about the Alpha Security EASy Bottle for the first time, you might be wondering what makes their bottle lock so easy compared to other bottle locks on the market.

There is a two-fold answer to this question.

The first part is the literal ease of the product. The Alpha Security EASy Bottle is a device that slides effortlessly over the top of a bottle and secures to the neck of the wine or liquor bottle. They come in a variety of sizes and styles to accommodate the different shapes and sizes of bottles.

There are several types of detachers that can be used on the bottle lock. They can be stationary, such as at a cash register stand, or they can be carried with an employee on a retractable lanyard attached to their pants pocket.

The second part is the EASy part. The EASy is a designation for the alarm that corresponds to an Electronic Article Surveillance system (or EAS). It allows you to prevent a bottle from being stolen because it would set off an audible alarm.

So whether you think of the bottle locks as EASy or easy you can be confident that your liquor investment will be protected and achieving great profits will be as easy as pie.

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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Liquor bottle security is not always about someone coming in and trying to shoplift a bottle. As it turns out, some people actually try to consume the alcohol on the premises. There are reported incidents of people trying to open bottles and pour the contents into other containers.

They may not take or steal the entire bottle, but these actions cause the same inventory and financial loss. I mean, who can convince the next customer to buy an open, half empty bottle?!

These losses can cause just as much damage as actual shoplifting or employee theft can. The difference is that the crime is easier to justify in the minds of the perpetrators. Just drinking the alcohol, is not as tangible as theft. Since they don’t actually leave a store with a stolen object (I.E Liquor or wine bottle) they don’t see it as stealing. That makes it harder to stop.

This is a prime example where EASy bottle by Alpha Security, or comparable bottle locks, would have prevented the losses from occurring. These offenders would have more than likely left the store without incident by not having access to the bottles’ contents.

Sending a crook down the street is about the best way to protect your assets. Bottle locks help to send the crooks packing.

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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The control process is a four-step process that can be implemented in any (or all) of the various levels in an organization to ensure that the organization is adequately producing on all levels.

The good part is that anyone can use the control process. Even low-totem hourly employees are given an avenue to become engaged and take ownership in the organization. In addition, you also have the opportunity and ability to determine if something is working, like the new bottle lock you just started using for your bottle security.

Step One: set the performance standard. Your bottle locks must not interfere with your daily operations, but should still reduce and prevent inventory shrink.

Step Two: measure the performance. You should start to see an immediate reduction in theft and bottle locks should only take a fraction of your stocking time to utilize.

Step Three: evaluate performance. Time your employees to discover how long it takes to apply bottle locks. Quantify how much less product you are ordering to compensate for your inventory losses. There should be evidence in your product receipts after the first few months that your inventory costs are coming back in line as a result of your increased bottle security

Step Four: Take corrective action. Find out why the bottle lock is taking too long to apply if that is the case. Discover if additional training is needed or if your employees are not working efficiently enough to get the job done.

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In Washington State, the private sector is now allowed to sell liquor and alcohol as a result of recently passed legislation. This deregulation was initially met with overwhelming approval; however, now there appears to be a new grass roots buzz in response to the fallout.

Prices have increased. It appears that liquor taxes are driving the up the prices.  There is also less variety offered because the private sector is unwilling to stock the multitude of brands found in the state run agencies.

Consequently fewer off-brands are to be found, leaving consumers with mostly name brands which are more expensive.  Add the huge taxes and the result is a major blow to average person’s budget.

Theft will start filling in the gaps when a drastic price increase is put in place with a highly desirable and consumable product, especially alcohol.

Liquor bottle security needs to be in place to prevent this sort of redistribution of wealth, if you will. An easy-to-use bottle lock keeps your goods on the shelf until the paying consumer purchases the product.

Alpha Security’s product line EASy Bottle bottle locks are the perfect solution for your liquor bottle security.

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

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Unfortunately when a security incident occurs, the question of security is asked after the incident instead of well in advance. Oftentimes the proper preventative measures were not in place because people were not prepared.

Unfortunately after an incident, people will inevitably start to point fingers blaming others and second guessing who should have done what instead of focusing on solutions. Trying to determine what happened and where the breakdown occurred can get ugly very quickly. 

My best advice is to be proactive in your approach, particularly regarding bottle security. When you are prepared, you are better equipped to handle a sticky situation when (not if!) it occurs.

The most reliable liquor bottle security you can find is Alpha Security’s EASy Bottle bottle locks. They are easy to install, easy to use, and easy to remove – just as the name implies – easy.

Never again will you ask “where is bottle security when I need it? The answer is Alpha Security and it is always right where you need it – on the bottle. Without the proper keys to detach them, the bottle locks cannot be removed and will stay securely on the bottles. THIS is security when you need it – where you need it!

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I had been asked to come in to conduct an investigation at a neighborhood liquor store. They had suddenly been experiencing an influx in bottle shortages that they could not explain. The store did not have any liquor bottle security like the Alpha Security EASy Bottle, so it was hard to tell initially where the losses were going.

It was only after concluding the investigation that we uncovered what was going on.

This particular liquor store had a few employees working a late shift on the weekends who decided they needed to make more money. One of them came up with the great idea that they would start selling individual shots to customers. Since there was no liquor bottle security, it was easy to take a handful of bottles to sell from.

Pretty soon word was out in the community. People were stopping by the liquor store on the weekends like it was the neighborhood bar. We started noticing losses in the inventory, not because of the bottles the shots were being sold out of (those had actually been paid for by the employees). It was from the customers who were coming in to drink.

They noticed that the store didn’t use bottle locks for their liquor bottle security, so these “customers” started walking out the door with unpaid for goods. It was those losses that prompted the investigation. Had the employees kept a better eye on the merchandise, the losses never would have happened, and no telling how long their new business would have gone unnoticed.

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My husband is a district manager for one of the smaller discount chains. Every day he comes home and tells me stories of how he stopped a shoplifter in one of his stores. Since this company sells mostly general merchandise, they don’t have a lot of security systems in place. Things have progressively gotten worse since they started selling alcohol with no bottle security.

I really wish I could hand him a spec sheet for the Alpha Security EASy Bottle and tell him that the simple investment of bottle locks would make a world of difference in his stores. Unfortunately, the decision is not in his hands. That is one of the downsides to working in a chain retailer. There are many other hands in the decision making pot.

If he were in his own store where he could call the shots, I have no doubt that he would make a different decision that would help him and the rest of his employees reduce the number of shoplifters in his stores. It has been statistically proven that the mere addition of bottle security greatly reduces a store’s losses from theft within the first year. Probably sooner, I would imagine!

For now, my husband can only continue to stop the losses as he sees them. He can document them and report them to those who make the decisions, and hope that they will see the need to do something different.

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Whether you own a restaurant or a liquor store, there are questions that are not only interrelated, but also have a very simple solution.

Are you worried about your high dollar liquor and wine sales not being accounted for?  Are you missing bottles of alcohol that cannot be explained? Do you suspect that maybe one of your own employees is taking advantage of you? Do you have very minimal or non-existent bottle security? Or do you simply have an abnormally high inventory cost that you cannot explain away from the most obvious reasons?

More than likely you have an employee that is taking advantage of the lack of bottle security in your place of business. Checkpoint offers a simple solution to wine and liquor bottle security. The Alpha security line of bottle locks provides product denial to anyone who does not have a key or detacher.

The EASy bottle lock is a cap that fits over the top of your wine or liquor bottles without harming the caps or corks, preventing access to the contents inside. By limiting the keys or detachers, you provide enhanced liquor bottle security from not so honest employees.

Whatever the problem is, having a plan and procedure in place that enhances you bottle security greatly reduces your risk and exposure to those unfavorable elements.

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, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547