In the hectic world of foodservice, busy restaurant nights, large events and random callouts define your everyday.
For example: It’s a busy Friday night, and your restaurant is slammed. Tables packed, line out the door, beverage orders piling up. Yet another server has called out sick, leaving you no choice but to overextend your bartender.
With the bar backed up, servers are fulfilling their own orders, the bartender isn’t paying attention and expensive overpours are being served… 6 ounces here, 6.5 ounces there.
Overpours can cost you big
Those heavy pours are costing you – because overpouring wine by as little as 1/8” can balloon to tens of thousands of dollars a year in lost profits.
Here’s how: Let’s say you are selling 200 glasses of a $10 bottle of wine nightly. That slight excess pour adds up to 5 full bottles over the course of one evening. And over 350 days of business, it quickly becomes $17,500 poured – literally – down the drain.
When every dollar counts, that kind of loss is just unacceptable.
The solution: Pour control glassware
Luckily, there’s a simple solution: pour control glassware, which denotes a precise ounce capacity, ensuring that every pour is consistent and eliminating the need for extra server training.
One common type of this glassware has a line or decoration printed onto the glass. However, in a fine dining environment, you may prefer a less obvious signal.
That need for both beauty and function is what inspired us to create the Contour Pour Control collection, which infuses the brilliance and refinement of Reserve by Libbey® with built-in pour control that leaves no room for surprises in your inventory – or your revenue.
Contour utilizes the curve of the bowl itself to ensure a precise pour, with a modern, angular design that cues servers and reduces waste. It’s a subtle, but simple mark that ultimately requires no guesswork from your team. A perfect pour, every time. It’s as easy as that.
The Contour experience
Beyond just peace of mind, Contour was designed to treat your guests to the multisensory experience they expect in fine dining and banquet settings. Its unique shape increases aeration, unlocking the complex flavors of every bottle, while a tapered rim captures aromas, sending their intoxicating bouquet directly to the nose.
Contour Pour Control is just one part of the larger Contour collection, a complete assortment of wine glasses, goblets and flutes designed to provide superior value and improved service life for banquets, events and hospitality.
Contour is specifically engineered for strength and performance, fired using Libbey’s proprietary, energy-efficient glassmaking process – so you can serve with confidence on even the busiest days.
Get to know Reserve by Libbey®
As part of the Reserve by Libbey® glassware brand, Contour was crafted for maximum brilliance and clarity, for a delicate feel in the hand and on the lips that your guests won’t help but notice.
Reserve is a full assortment of world-class tableware built to entice the senses, enhance the experience and elevate what’s possible.
Reserve glassware is set apart by its high-brilliance glass, optimally balanced to deliver the highest light transparency without the use of potentially harmful heavy metal, as well as the beadless edge of our exclusive HD2 rim, which gets guests closer to the complex flavors of their wine. Graceful stems, substantial feet and strong, reinforced walls round out the Reserve experience.
When you choose Contour from Reserve by Libbey®, you’re investing in the elegance and flavor your guests are looking for in a glass of wine – and getting the consistency that you deserve as you grow your business.
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