Bar & Lounge: Tabs, happy hour and bottle stock for bars and lounges
BridgeERP runs the bar till and the tables, switches to happy hour prices, sends drinks and bites to their screens, sells event tickets and tells you which crates to reorder.
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Invoicing
CRM
Point of Sale
Restaurant & Bar
Purchase
Sales
Every round on the right table
Orders keep the table, the guests and who served them, and each drink or bite goes to the screen that prepares it.
Point of SaleA whisky bottle for table 3
On Saturday night at 23:15, Lilian Achieng served table 3 in the lounge, five guests: a bottle of blended whisky with sodas and water, chicken wings and a samosa platter.
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Restaurant & BarThe bar screen
The bar screen takes beer and cider, spirits, wine, cocktails and soft drinks from the lounge till, in To prepare, Ready and Completed stages.
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What ships inside
Counted in the product.
- 3
- ways to set a price rule: a fixed price, a discount or a formula
- 4
- self-ordering modes, from a QR menu to ordering from the table or a kiosk
- 4
- states of an event registration: unconfirmed, registered, attended or cancelled
Inside the app
What is inside
The apps a bar runs on, and what each does for the night.
Tables and tabs
Lounge, terrace and bar counter each have their tables; a tab stays open on its table until the bill.
Happy hour
A second pricelist carries the happy hour prices, and the till switches to it for the hour.
Bar and grill screens
Drinks show on the bar screen and bites on the grill screen as soon as they are ordered.
Split bills
A table can split its bill and pay part by mobile money and part in cash or by card.
Bottle stock
Beer, cider, spirits, wine and soft drinks are counted by the bottle and leave stock as they sell.
Reordering
Minimum and maximum levels show which drinks to reorder and how many.
Distributor orders
Orders to the beverage distributor and the wine and spirits supplier are received line by line.
Events and tickets
Live band nights sell regular and VIP tickets with a seat limit for each.
Step by step
From the afternoon shift to the reorder
How a night at the bar runs in BridgeERP, and which app does each step.
- Step 1
Plan
Bartenders, waiters and the manager are put on their shifts for the night.
Shift Planning - Step 2
Open
The manager opens the lounge till in the afternoon with the cash float counted in.
Point of Sale - Step 3
Serve
Rounds go on the table, drinks to the bar screen and bites to the grill.
Restaurant & Bar - Step 4
Close
After the last round the cash is counted and the night posts to accounting.
Accounting - Step 5
Reorder
Drinks below their minimum are ordered from the distributor and received.
Purchase
Happy hour prices without a calculator
The happy hour pricelist holds the lower prices, and orders rung on it charge them.
Point of SaleThe happy hour pricelist
While the pricelist is on, lager costs KSh 250, a dawa 450, and a mojito or a gin and tonic 500.
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Point of SaleA round at 17:12
At 17:12 on Thursday at the bar counter, gin and tonic rang at KSh 500 and premium lager at KSh 275, the same prices as on the happy hour pricelist.
Explore Point of Sale →Crates counted, crates reordered
Stock drops with every bottle sold, and the reorder list shows what to buy before the weekend.
InventoryWhat to order on Tuesday
Lager, tonic water and energy drinks are below their minimum after the weekend, each with the quantity that brings it back to the maximum.
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PurchaseLast week's beer delivery
Lager, premium lager, stout, cider, soda and tonic ordered from the beverage distributor were all received the next day.
Explore Purchase →Live band nights with tickets
An event has its date, its tickets and the people registered.
EventsFriday live band night
The live band plays on Friday 18 September from 20:00; regular tickets are KSh 1,000 and VIP table seats KSh 3,500, with 56 people registered.
A late night, closed and counted
The session keeps the float, the payments and the journal entry, even when the last round is after 2 a.m.
Point of SaleSaturday night in the lounge
The Saturday session opened at 14:00 and closed at 02:50 on Sunday with 43 orders and KSh 129,166 in payments.
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Point of SaleWhat the bar sells
Beer and cider bring in the most on the lounge till, then bites and cocktails, ahead of spirits, soft drinks and wine.
Explore Point of Sale →Shifts that run past midnight
The planning shows bartenders, waiters and the manager for each night.
Shift PlanningThe bar team this week
Kevin Omondi opens the bar at 4 p.m., the waiters work into the night, and Sammy Wekesa runs Friday's live band night from 5 p.m.
Explore Shift Planning →Who uses it
Who uses it, and what they see
One system for the owner, the bar and the floor.
Owner
Follows sales by night and by category, and approves orders to the distributors.
Lounge manager
Opens and closes the till, counts the cash and plans the week's shifts.
Bartender
Sees the drinks to make on the bar screen and checks bottle stock before the rush.
Waiter
Opens tabs on tables, adds rounds, splits the bill and takes mobile money at the table.
Works with
Runs with the rest of BridgeERP
Apps a bar or lounge draws on.
In your country
Built for bars in any country
What changes from country to country, shown on the demo's Nairobi lounge.
Your currency
Prices, distributor costs and nightly takings are in the company currency, KES on the demo.
Mobile money at the table
Mobile money, M-Pesa on the demo, sits next to cash and card on the lounge till, and one bill can use several.
VAT on every drink
Drinks and bites carry the 16% sales tax, shown on each order line and posted with the night.
Getting started
Getting started
How a bar moves onto BridgeERP.
Draw the floor
Create the lounge, terrace and bar counter with their tables and seats.
Load the drinks list
Create beers, spirits by bottle and by tot, cocktails and bites with prices and tax.
Count the store
Enter opening stock of every bottle with its minimum and maximum levels.
Add the happy hour
Create a pricelist with the lower prices and make it available on the till.
Questions
Questions about Bar & Lounge
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Can we run a happy hour?
Yes. A happy hour pricelist holds the lower prices; the till switches to it for the hour and back afterwards.
Can a table keep a tab open all night?
Yes. The order stays on its table while rounds are added, and the bill is printed and paid at the end.
Can one bill be paid by mobile money and cash?
Yes. A bill can be split between guests or paid with several payment methods.
What if we close after midnight?
The session stays open until it is closed, so a night that ends at 3 a.m. is still one session.
Can we sell tickets for live music nights?
Yes. An event has regular and VIP tickets with seat limits, and the registrations show who is coming.
How do we know which drinks to reorder?
The replenishment list shows the drinks below their minimum and how many bring them back to the maximum.
Tax compliance
Invoices your tax authority accepts
In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia, each invoice, receipt and stock movement goes to the tax authority's own system when you post it. Ghana and Pakistan come next, and we connect 73 more countries on request.
- KenyaReady
eTIMS KRA
Invoices, credit notes, POS receipts and stock movements
- UgandaReady
EFRIS URA
Invoices, POS receipts and stock
- RwandaReady
EBM RRA
Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports
- BurundiReady
EBMS OBR
Invoices, POS receipts, stock and manufacturing
- ZambiaReady
Smart Invoice ZRA
Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports
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