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Negative Usage
Spotting Negative Usage and Price Increases in your Usage Reports
When you download your Usage Reports as an Excel spreadsheet, some figures may be in red. This can
indicate negative usage or an unexpected price increase.
Also see the BarkeepOnline User Guide for further information as well as the
Support Section of barkeepapp.com also features Troubleshooting Documents on:
• Negative Usage
• Price Increases
Empties
Empties do not affect Usage. The Empties count (if you track Empties) allows you to compare Usage for a
particular Location against the Empties that were removed from the Location. In general, the difference
between the Usage for a particular Location and the Empties for that Location should be somewhere between
-1 to +1 bottles. If the difference between the Usage and Empties for a particular Location is greater than one
bottle, then you have used more liquor than can be accounted for by the Empties that were counted at the
end of the night. This may indicate that a bottle of liquor has disappeared.
Some users choose to track Empties, and some users choose not to. Tracking Empties does not affect your
Usage Reports and will not affect your Pour Cost. However, it can be a useful piece of information in helping
you to track down problems. If you routinely find discrepancies between your Usage Report and empties,
then either your staff isn’t tracking empties consistently or bottles of liquor are disappearing before they can
be tracked.
Also see Empties Inventory Section for further details.