Rotely started in San Angelo
Rotely's first bar is a San Angelo bar that buys from several suppliers. Its own invoices showed about $1,860 a year paid above its cheaper supplier and $340 a year in price increases. Rotely estimates it can save about 490 hours a year of counting, ordering and invoice work. That's one bar, and yours will be different, so run your numbers with the liquor cost calculator.
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The Texas rule that makes price checks matter
A Texas bar with a mixed beverage permit can only buy liquor from package stores in its own county that hold a local distributor's permit, not straight from a wholesaler or distillery (TABC). Beer and wine can come from distributors. So in Tom Green County, the same bottle of well vodka can cost you a different price at every store you buy from, and the price moves week to week.
Rotely reads every invoice, keeps the price you paid for each bottle at each store, and tells you when one of them has it cheaper or when a price goes up.
How it works at your bar
- The count comes filled in. Rotely knows what should be on the shelf from what you bought and what you sold, in your shelf order. You count the bar and fix what's different.
- Invoices from a photo. Snap the package store receipt or the distributor invoice, or forward the email. No typing.
- Sales from your register's daily sales report. No register login to hand over and no new hardware.
- Orders drafted to par. Nothing goes out until you say so.
- A Monday text or email with what went up, what's running low and what to order.
Texas drink math, with the tax in
Texas takes a 6.7% gross receipts tax on every drink with alcohol you sell, liquor, beer and wine, plus the ice and mixers that go in them, and you can't add it to the customer's price. The 8.25% mixed beverage sales tax is on top of that. You either add it to the menu price or build it in, but you pick one way and stick to it. This example adds it on top (Texas Comptroller). Here's a $9 well drink with a $1.80 pour:
| Per drink | |
|---|---|
| Menu price before sales tax | $9.00 |
| Gross receipts tax, 6.7% | $0.60 |
| Liquor in the glass | $1.80 |
| Left after liquor and that tax | $6.60 |
So a $1.80 pour on a $9 drink is a 20% pour cost on paper, but you keep closer to 73 cents of each dollar, not 80. Run your own drinks in the pour cost calculator.
Questions
Is there bar inventory software for bars in San Angelo?
Yes. Rotely works for any independent bar in San Angelo and Tom Green County. Setup is done by text and on the web.
Where can a San Angelo bar buy liquor?
A Texas bar with a mixed beverage permit buys liquor only from package stores in its own county. Beer and wine can come from distributors. That's why comparing prices across the stores you use pays off.
Do I need to connect my register (POS)?
No. Rotely reads your register's daily sales report by item, so there's no login to hand over and no new hardware.
How much does it cost?
Holiday deal: $99 a month, regular $149, plus tax. Or $999 a year. No setup fee. Free until your first full count, up to two weeks. Cancel by emailing support@rotely.co.