I wish I thought of that…

There is a new show out on television that is all about hometown inventors. A couple of execs go out across the country talking to people who have created new kitchen gadgets and gizmos. It’s actually pretty interesting to see what people come up with in their spare time. It is also pretty amazing to see how much money people have dumped into making their inventions a reality. Talk about conviction! I guess if you are really going to make something work you have to invest the time and money into it to make it successful.

One of the other ways to make it a successful invention according to these show hosts is to make an item simple to use and simple to understand. Take a problem and find an easy fix for it.

That, in a nutshell, is why Alpha Security’s EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks are so successful. They take a problem – a need for bottle security- and then come up with a fast and effective solution.

The result is an easy fix- a liquor bottle lock that is a bottle cap pushed over the mouth of a bottle. It works two fold, first, to prevent the contents from being consumed while the cap is in place, second, to set off an alarm if the bottle is being stolen.

Simple yet effective, I wish I had thought of it!

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure…

My husband and I had the chance to walk through a new market store in our area over the weekend. We are trying to eat a bit healthier, so we jump at the chance to look at new grocery stores.

This one in particular does a lot with the local farmers for their produce and has locally made breads. They are a smaller venue than the traditional big box. I would think they are a step above a permanent farmers market.

One thing that did surprise me, as we walked around, was that they did sell bottles of wine. Now I know that they probably aren’t a big shrink store for alcohol, but there was not any type of wine bottle security to be seen.

I guess you really do have to know your market to determine whether or not you need any wine bottle security like liquor bottle locks. I would be more concerned as time goes by, that you might need them down the road. More than likely, they will wait until after they have a theft problem before they feel the need to address it.

If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the same holds true for wine bottle security. A small initial investment is potentially worth more than that same investment compounded by the incurred shrink losses.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

The ROI for Bottle Locks can’t be beat

The other day I went into my local drug store today to get a few quick things, and it turned out to be a not very quick trip after all. I was unfamiliar with the layout of the store and got a bit lost. I spent way too long walking up and down the aisles looking for what I needed.

Eventually, I did find the right aisle, and made it on my merry way. While I was wandering through the store I did stumble across a very small section of liquor. It was located at the far end of the store, and was barely a four-foot bay’s worth of product. I had to wonder if it was really even worth it to be there.

I did notice, however, that they did not use any bottle security. Ugh, I had to shake my head as I walked past. I couldn’t help thinking about what a recipe for disaster this store had conjured up.

Back corner of the store, no visible employees, no bottle security, hmm, it wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what would happen next.

It really was quite a shame to see. There was plenty of space on the shelf for the bottles to have liquor bottle locks on them. Because there were so few bottles, they would really only need a few liquor bottle locks to guard the entire section of inventory.

I’ll bet they would spend less to have the liquor bottle lock than what they will lose on one stolen bottles in just a few months. Talk about a return on investment.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

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The squeaky wheel gets the grease

We respond to whatever is loudest, most pressing, and sometimes just the most irritating situation in front of us. All too often, it is a customer that is the squeaky wheel monopolizing our time. The complaints or sheer neediness of a demanding customer can easily draw our attention away from what we really want or should be focusing on.

Rarely are we drawn to shrink reduction strategies as a squeaky wheel. Shrink losses tend to be an underlying, looming detail that eventually we get around to. Unless we are being faced with a shoplifter in our presence, liquor bottle security takes its place on the back burner.

Liquor bottle locks are a great form of bottle security. Their ease of installation and removal simplify the process of adding liquor bottle locks to your everyday operations. There is nothing worse than trying to add an additional task to an already full schedule of events.

Using liquor bottle security helps to free up your time so you can easily go back to working with those squeaky wheels. A liquor bottle lock will help deter shoplifters, even if you have your back turned with a different issue.

Don’t make your liquor bottle security any harder than what it has to be, start using a liquor bottle lock today.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Not everyone is a thief, don’t let your customer suffer…

When you are in a retail establishment that is a high shrink area, it is easy to be distrustful of the customers coming in to shop. After a while you or your staff may just start to assume that everyone is a crook. When that mentality starts to take over, the level of customer service that everyone receives starts to go down.

When service diminishes, more than likely, so do sales. Now the theft problem becomes even bigger as it rips away even more of your profit, as the sales are not compensating for the shrink losses.

One of the best ways to bring back that level of service, and redeem your dwindling sales is to employ the use of liquor bottle locks with your liquor bottle security.

Alpha Security makes a line called the EASy Bottle, because it really is easy. They are easy to use, easy to audit for compliance, and easy to ward off the crooks in your store.

Once your liquor bottle security is in place, you can easily go back to providing customer service, without judgment, to your clientele. You can let the locks protect your inventory without you needing to maintain constant vigilance and suspicion.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Liquor Bottle Security doesn’t have to be seasonal.

Every thing has its moment, its place in time, if you will. Liquors and their mixed drink counterparts are no different. They each hold their specific time in the spotlight. Sometimes that drink might be a seasonal drink – margaritas and pina coladas in the summer, hot toddies in the winter. Sometimes it could be a drink sensation that catches on over a matter of months or even years.

Bottle security, in order to be effective, needs to be able to have the same type of seasonality to it. Liquor bottle security needs to be transitional.

That is one of the nice things about Alpha Security’s liquor bottle locks. Once you make the initial investment in liquor bottle locks for your bottle security, there is no set application.

If you have an increase in sales and theft of tequila in the month of May, then you can focus your liquor bottle security on tequila. Need to make a switch to rum or wines in the winter, easy. All you have to do is move the liquor bottle locks to the area you want to focus on.

No more trying to franticly devise new and innovative controls to stop the theft in your stores. Just simply remove and reuse the locks wherever you need, whenever you need.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Bottle Security is nearly impossible to defeat…

I love stores that have bottle security in place. All of those liquor bottle locks are like soldiers in a neat little row, little plastic caps glistening in the compact fluorescent lighting. They seem to call out to the shoplifters saying, “Go ahead, I dare you to take me”.

It’s like having a little warning label on each individual bottle. You would have to be seriously desperate to even want to try and attempt to steal a bottle with a liquor bottle lock on it, particularly if that bottle lock is made by Alpha Security.

Not only do the bottle caps prevent anyone from consuming the alcohol inside the bottle, but they also work in conjunction with an EAS system to create an audible alarm if the bottle is stolen.

No bottle lock is easy to remove without the proper detachers. Even on the off chance that someone could successfully get a bottle of alcohol out the door, they still couldn’t do anything with it.

I read a Q&A one time about a customer got home and the store failed to remove the cap. There were several posts about what to do. They all added up to about the same thing. Either you break the bottle, or you take the bottle back to the store (with your receipt) to have the liquor bottle lock removed.

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

 

Protecting your Investments

From ancient Greek Mythology, to the lost gold of Spanish conquistadors, to children’s fairy tales, riches beyond our wildest dreams have captivated us.

Sadly, for as long as we have been amassing wealth, there have been those determined to steal that wealth. Some intentionally, others, like Jack and the Beanstalk, stumble upon those prized possessions.

I’ll bet that Giant never thought twice about setting up a security system for his Golden Goose. He was lucky that the goose was able to make a commotion when it was being stolen.

Protecting your hard earned investments should not be left up to chance. There will always be people out there trying to steal your wealth, in this case your store’s inventory.

Bottle security needs should be more effective than a goose squawking on its way out the door. Liquor bottle security should be a deterrent first and an alarm second.

Liquor bottle locks provide that type of duality in their liquor bottle security. Liquor bottle locks are a bottle cap that is fitted onto the mouth of a bottle, clearly stating their presence. If someone does make an attempt at stealing one, the EAS alarm will sound alerting you to what is going on. It is liquor bottle security at it’s finest.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

The first steps to Bottle Security

I went into my local grocery store tonight and was strangely surprised. I had just been in there a few days ago, but it seems like in that short span of time, they had managed to revamp almost the entire store.

One of the first things I noticed was their new hard liquor corral. I can only imagine what their losses have been for them to redo the store with this new set up in mind. It seems like they are trying to take the first steps toward bottle security.

In the past, they had no liquor bottle security to speak of. Bottles were just left on the shelves without any additional care or liquor bottle security. They were ripe for the picking just the same as any other food product they were selling.

Now, it seems, liquor bottle security is moving closer to the forefront of their minds, and I do mean this literally. Now located at the very front of the store, you see a big walled in area filled with all of the hard liquor and spirits. There is also a sign stating no carts are allowed, and no one under the age of 21 can come in.

I still didn’t see any liquor bottle locks, but I guess it is a step for them in the right direction.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547

Bottle Security and safe keeping!

Think about the types of security measures you take in your own home. Do you lock your doors and windows? How about an alarm system for your house? Do you take the time to back up your files, make copies of important documents and throw them all into a waterproof, fireproof safe? I’ll bet if you stopped to think about how many security measures you take in your daily life, you would be surprised.

When you take a look at your liquor store or restaurant, you probably go through many of the same steps. Bottle security, or any liquor bottle security for that matter, should be second nature to you. You wouldn’t think twice about locking up your shop at the end of the night, so why not protect your inventory the same as you protect your home?

When it comes to bottle security, think of liquor bottle locks like little personal safes. Sure you can still move them around when you need to, but you are really trying to protect the interior contents from loss or damage.

Liquor bottle locks protect the bottles from being consumed inside the store, and create an alarm if they are being stolen. Liquor bottle security is really no different or more complicated than your own security at home. All you need are the right tools to help you keep your inventory safe.

Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase EASy Bottle liquor bottle locks by Alpha Security and your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.

For more information on Alpha Security, Liquor Bottle Lock, Liquor Bottle locks, Liquor Bottle Security, EASy Bottle or Liquor Bottle Security and how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us or call 1.770.426.0547