Industry Insights From Vinnie
5 Mistakes New Bar and Restaurant Owners Make
Interesting and tough times at present in the Irish Food and Beverage Hospitality industry; extreme pressures on businesses with relentless inflation, sky-high costs of insuring and doing business, changes to VAT Rates, imminent increases in national minimum wage,...
Welcome to 4 new Team Members
At Total Stock Control we’ve been proud to welcome 4 exciting new people to the Team over the past 8 weeks. Each with their own unique skill set and experience they bring a fresh energy and focus to our business as we emerge from the pandemic and...
The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking down the Strand, And all the little Oysters came and followed hand in hand, "If we but had some Guinness now", they said, "it would be grand!" On the wall outside The Temple Bar pub in Dublin City centre there is...
How Covid-19 is prompting city centre bars to evolve
City centres have been transformed by the coronavirus pandemic as more people work from home. The time is now to consider how the concept of a city bar may evolve post-Covid-19. After-work drinking is a well-established cultural norm in many places around the world,...
We need to talk about your Team
As has been well documented COVID-19 restrictions and regulations have profoundly changed pubs and hotels and their customer behaviours. Typically, over the course of a month we visit approximately 150 hospitality businesses and the measurable impact of these changes...
Better Data, Better Decisions
While we live in unprecedented times, past events provide insights and practices as pandemic recovery plans are developed. Consider these five elements of organisational decision-making: information gathering; strategy; combining long-term thinking with short-term...
Dining Out Post Lockdown
The pervasive presence of Covid-19 in our society for the foreseeable future and beyond will necessitate substantial changes in social behaviour. As a race the Irish are renowned worldwide as social beings, great in company, and happiest in groups. Ingrained in our...
Make Sure You’re Ready Post COVID-19
To the amazing customers we have had the pleasure of working with over the years: Being required to close your doors will help us all to beat this unprecedented catastrophe. Your contribution for the greater good is necessary and certainly appreciated. Nobody wants...
COVID-19, it’s a Lockout!
On the 29th of February 2020 Coronavirus – COVID-19 – came to the Republic of Ireland with the confirmation of a first case in Glasnevin, Dublin. 2 weeks, and 169 cases later, on the 15th of March all pubs and clubs across the Republic were requested to close...
Quarter 1, some make it look easy
The early year sales-cliff is real, very real in hospitality. As is always expected we have seen some very low turnover figures amongst our customers in January and February. People have deserted pubs and restaurants and focused on new year’s resolutions and getting...