Beverage Receiving,

Storing and Issuing

Chapter 14

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 Standards for Beverage
Receiving
 Quantity of an item delivered must equal
the quantity ordered
 Quality of an item delivered must be the
same as the quality ordered
 Price on the invoice for each item delivered
should be the same as the price quoted or
listed when the order was placed

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 Standard Procedure for
Beverage Receiving
1. Maintain an up-to-date file of all
beverage orders placed
2. Remove the record of an order from the
file when a delivery arrives and compare it
to the invoice presented by the delivery
driver
3. Before the driver leaves, check brands,
dates, or both, and count or weigh delivered
goods
4. Compare the invoice to the order

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 Standard Procedure for
Beverage Receiving
(continued)
5.Call to the attention of management and the delivery driver
any broken or leaking containers and any bottles with
broken seals or missing labels
6. Note all discrepancies between delivered goods and the
invoice on the invoice itself
7. Sign the original invoice and return it to the driver.
8. Record the invoice on the beverage receiving report
9. Notify the person responsible for storing beverages that a
delivery has been received

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 Storing Control Objectives
 Prevent pilferage
 Ensure accessibility when products
are needed
 Preserve quality

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 To Secure Storage Areas,
You Have Two Choices:
 Assign the responsibility for the
stored items to a single employee
 Keep the beverage-storage facility
locked at all times

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Beverage Issuing Objectives
 To ensure the timely release of
beverages from inventory in the
needed quantities
 To prevent the misuse of alcoholic
beverages between release from
inventory and delivery to the bar

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Beverage Issuing Standards
and Standard Procedures
Standards
 Carefully set issue quantities

 Issue beverages only to authorized people

Standard Procedures
 Establish par stocks for bars

 Set up a requisition system

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