Proper bar design and the right equipment play a crucial role in maximizing beverage profits for restaurant and bar operators.
A well-designed bar layout, combined with value driven equipment, can significantly increase the speed and quality of service, leading to higher customer satisfaction and increased sales.
One of the key factors in maximizing beverage profits is ensuring that the bar is designed to maximize efficiency and productivity. This includes creating a layout that allows bartenders to work quickly and efficiently, minimizing the time it takes to prepare and serve drinks.
Having a well-organized bar setup with clearly defined workstations for mixing, pouring, and garnishing can help bartenders work more efficiently and serve customers faster.
Investing in quality equipment can also improve the quality of drinks, leading to higher customer satisfaction and increased repeat business.
BK Resources understands that a well-designed bar with the right equipment can be a key driver of success for restaurant operators looking to maximize beverage profits.
The Illinois importer/manufacturer offers a full line of innovative bar and prep solutions that can save operators and the dealers and consultants that serve them up to 50% on their upfront investment while maximizing ROI.
BK Resources has brought a very different value-added approach with a focus on combining a best-in-class portfolio of standard stock items that can efficiently be modified to quickly offer the nation’s hospitality professional a fully installed and operational bar solution.
With a wide range of product offerings, and a particular focus on bar design, their new vision for operators aims to yield both great margins and great success.
To accomplish that goal in Metro New York, BK Resources has announced the addition of P3 Reps to represent the line in the Tri-State marketplace including New Jersey, Philadelphia and Connecticut.
“P3 Reps knows the users that are driving the market,” said Matt Woelfer, BK’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Those key dealers and consultants are who we want to be connected to.”
On top of that, P3 is technology-based and able to assist BK with a wide range of duties to boost exposure of the manufacturer. Most importantly, though, is the expansion of bringing BK’s unique approach to modification to the Metro New York professional.
BK Resources began 20 years ago as an importer of fabrication parts and E&S hardware, with their products coming from China, Vietnam, India, and Taiwan.
After a few years, they grew and became an importer of tables and sinks. The manufacturer has grown its inventory of items over the last four years, and it is looking to reach even further with their new partnership.
“We take products that are in our warehouse, and we put it through a modification process online,” said David Bernstein, Director of Business Development at BK.
“When a chef or restaurateur gets the BK Configurator in their hands, they come up with their own unique designs and ideas, but more importantly, they take ownership of it before they buy. It’s a great intuitive process.” he continued.
“We’re talking an opportunity for the dealer to create a bar design that could conceivable earn them a significant margin.”
BK Resource’s modification program, called the EasyMOD Configurator, allows operators to select a base unit, such as their standard worktable or chef table.
Customers can modify it directly on the website, adding hand sinks and other features, or turning it into a beverage counter. With this program, BK aims to show dealers the value and potential of even the simplest of products; with properly selected BK products, there’s guaranteed efficiency, ROI, and profit margins.
Before establishing the EasyMOD Configurator, the team at BK thought a lot about how to distinguish the company’s image and brand. “From a speed to market standpoint, we didn’t want to get classified as true custom work,” said Woelfer.
“So everything is based off of our standard stock items.” The program began with adding drop-in sinks to their pre-existing tables, which he explained was an optimal entry-level way to go.
“We grew because we understood exactly what our capabilities were and what our dealer and consultant’s end-user customers needed to succeed,” Woelfer explained.
“With that we made significant investments in making key additions to our factory to make this vision for speed and quality a reality,” Woelfer said.
Creating custom-like projects from standard stock items also allows operators to save over 50% of the cost of a from-scratch custom-product.
The underbar sphere has become a major market for BK, and it has grown immensely since the Pandemic. Their commitment to the bar designer and customer is seen in the unique features of the line.
All standard units are constructed from 18ga 304 stainless steel and feature stainless steel legs. That same unit can be upgraded to a cleaner looking base design, and a fully customizable die-wall system that we can deliver in 15-20 days.
“Prior to the Pandemic, we set a goal to focus on improving our current lineup, and then expanded the line, and we looked at trends in the bar segment to help drive further development,” Woelfer noted. “Setting these goals and accomplishing them are why BK Resources has seen the success within all segments of the underbar space.”
Perhaps the most impressive of BK’s services, however, is its turnaround times. Bernstein explained that one of their clients sketched their bar design onto a piece of graph paper and sent it along to BK.
The team quickly turned it into a drawing, then into an isometric design, and in less than a month, the bar was delivered. “I don’t know of any manufacturer that can turn a project that quickly,” Bernstein said.
The speed in which BK-designed equipment is delivered ensures that operators aren’t wasting time and money sitting around for delivery. “We have even added the ability to track out inventory in real-time by visiting bk-resources website.”
Since the release of this technology, and their partnership with P3, BK’s success has gained national attention. “We get contacted by a lot of national chains,” Bernstein said.
“They’re all looking for valued engineering projects and at ways to lower their costs, to better their ROI. BK does a great job in that avenue.”
The manufacturer’s commitment to affordable, high-quality, and economically-efficient equipment is truly what gives BK an edge in an ever-expanding marketplace.
Operators and the dealers and consultants that serve them in Metro New York can get more info on BK-Resources website and clicking on the EasyMOD dropdown or by visiting P3 Reps website or by calling BK Resources at 888-310-4393 or P3 Reps at 201-797-2266.
