Donald Burns visits a bar that stocks over 1,300 whiskies and 1,800 total SKUs. During a point-of-sale system switch, they counted everything. Despite the massive whiskey selection, Tito's Vodka outsells every other spirit.
A little over 1300 different whiskies.
About 1800 SKUs (including tequilas, cordials, etc.).
Blanton's.
Tito's Vodka.
Like, Andrew is a coaching member of mine. He's one of my coaching clients. But man, his whiskey selection is like off the hook.
Yeah, we just finished doing inventory because we're switching over our point of sale system and had to get all that tight. And I think we're sitting at like a little over 1300 different whiskies. And it's a total of about 1800 different SKUs with tequila's box cordials, all that other stuff. So that's a lot.
I would say probably the largest whiskey collection I've seen.
Yeah, it's a lot. It's when you take it out. We had to take it all out of the shelves and everything. Not for inventory, but because we were doing some updates to the lighting in the place as well. And on the shelves, it doesn't look as much as it is, but once you unload it out onto the tables and on the bar top, start running out of room to put it and it takes up a little bit more room when it's not stacked vertically.
So true. What's your favorite whiskey?
Oh, that's a long question. I don't actually. Don't drink anymore.
You don't drink anymore?
I know. Kind of got to be into that road. I mean, when you have the selection.
I think we all get to that point in our careers where we all get to the end of that road, like. Yeah, you know.
Yeah. I mean, I've tried it all, I've tasted it all, and I just lost interest in it.
What's the most popular as far as like skew that people buy the most of whiskey wise?
Probably Blanton's. Oh, really? It's probably what we sell the most of. Oddly, our number, our top selling item at the bars, Tito. So, you know, we got this huge whiskey selection, but most of that whiskey gets split up between a whole bunch of different products. So as it relates to a single individual item, it's just kind of funny that it's Tito's Tito. We sell a lot of that as well, so.
Tito is a big brand, man. I tell you, Tito sells. People love their Tito.
Yeah. Handmade here in Texas.
That is true. That is true.
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