
Stop Labor Leaks: Preventing Time Theft & Maximizing Bar Profits with Cijoy Olickal
04/09/25 • 32 min
Are your employees secretly draining your profits? The hidden costs of labor inefficiencies might shock you.
Every bar owner knows that labor costs are a huge part of the budget—but most don’t realize just how much money is slipping away due to time theft, clock milking, and scheduling inefficiencies.
In today's episode:
- Discover how tracking minor labor discrepancies can save thousands every year.
- Learn why "buddy punching" and clock milking are bigger threats than you think—and how to stop them.
- Find out how better guest interactions can boost check averages without annoying upsells.
If you're serious about improving your restaurant’s bottom line, this episode is a must-listen. Hit play now!
Contact Cijoy:
GMPilot.com
Cijoy's LinkedIn
Learn More:
Email Chris
Schedule a Strategy Session
Bar Business Nation Facebook GroupThe Bar Business Podcast WebsiteChris' Book 'How to Make Top-Shelf Profits in the Bar Business'
Thank you to our show sponsors, SpotOn and Starfish. SpotOn's modern, cloud-based POS system allows bars to increase team productivity and provides the reporting you need to make smart financial decisions. Starfish works with your bookkeeping software using AI to help you make data-driven decisions and maximize your profits while giving you benchmarking data to understand how you compare to the industry at large.
**We are a SpotOn affiliate and earn commissions from the link above.
A podcast for bar, pub, tavern, nightclub, and restaurant owners, managers, and hospitality professionals, covering essential topics like bar inventory, marketing strategies, restaurant financials, and hospitality profits to help increase b...
Are your employees secretly draining your profits? The hidden costs of labor inefficiencies might shock you.
Every bar owner knows that labor costs are a huge part of the budget—but most don’t realize just how much money is slipping away due to time theft, clock milking, and scheduling inefficiencies.
In today's episode:
- Discover how tracking minor labor discrepancies can save thousands every year.
- Learn why "buddy punching" and clock milking are bigger threats than you think—and how to stop them.
- Find out how better guest interactions can boost check averages without annoying upsells.
If you're serious about improving your restaurant’s bottom line, this episode is a must-listen. Hit play now!
Contact Cijoy:
GMPilot.com
Cijoy's LinkedIn
Learn More:
Email Chris
Schedule a Strategy Session
Bar Business Nation Facebook GroupThe Bar Business Podcast WebsiteChris' Book 'How to Make Top-Shelf Profits in the Bar Business'
Thank you to our show sponsors, SpotOn and Starfish. SpotOn's modern, cloud-based POS system allows bars to increase team productivity and provides the reporting you need to make smart financial decisions. Starfish works with your bookkeeping software using AI to help you make data-driven decisions and maximize your profits while giving you benchmarking data to understand how you compare to the industry at large.
**We are a SpotOn affiliate and earn commissions from the link above.
A podcast for bar, pub, tavern, nightclub, and restaurant owners, managers, and hospitality professionals, covering essential topics like bar inventory, marketing strategies, restaurant financials, and hospitality profits to help increase b...
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Chris Schneider (00:01.016)
Today we are joined by Cijoy Olickal of GM Pilot. So as everyone that listens to this podcast knows, I love data. And lucky for me, Cijoy loves data just as much as I do. And he actually has been doing this at a, where I'm more at the individual store level, working with independent operators, he does this for chains. And so while some of stuff we're to talk about is a little bit bigger than what we normally talk about in that regard, all of his information is go
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