Back bar
What you say, and what it logs| You say | It logs | Count |
|---|---|---|
| “titos point seven” | Tito's Handmade Vodka | 0.7 |
| “el jimador three” | El Jimador Blanco | 3 |
| “tanqueray two point four” | Tanqueray London Dry | 2.4 |
| “bin one forty, two” | Bin 140 · Sancerre | 2 |
| “scratch that” | removes the line before | |
| “bin one forty, three” | Bin 140 · Sancerre | 3 |
How a count goes
- Pick the area you're standing in and hold the mic button.
- Say the bottles and counts, the way you'd say them to a barback: “titos point seven, el jimador three.” Let go. Each line shows up with the bottle it matched.
- Walk to the next shelf and repeat. When the area's done, confirm it. Any bottle you didn't say is listed first, so you decide whether it's really at zero.
It runs in the browser on the phone you already have. No scanner, no scale, no clipboard to type up at 2 AM.
Sales that know your recipes
Bring in your POS item sales report, or say what sold. Every cocktail takes each pour it's built with: “two Maker's Old Fashioneds” pours the Maker's and builds the rest from your spec.
$0 modifiers handled
When a POS rings the spirit on its own line and the drink as a $0 modifier, ShelfCall reads it as one drink, not two, so nothing gets taken off twice.
Wine by bin, sold by the glass
Count wine by bin number. Mark which wines pour by the glass and set the pour once; glass sales come off a pour at a time.
Numbers the owner reads
On hand, sold and change for every bottle, across every area. The gap between sold and change is a delivery, a spill or a miscount. Download it to a spreadsheet when the owner asks.
It never guesses
When two bottles both fit what it heard, it asks. The nicknames you confirm (“titos”, “jimmy”) become yours for next time.
Fix it by talking
“Scratch that” drops the last line. “Never mind, it's six” fixes it. No scrolling back to find the row.
Set up without typing
Build your catalogue by saying the bottles, photographing the shelf or a list, or pasting one in. Wine comes off a photo of your wine list.
The whole team
Invite managers and staff, each with their own sign-in. Owners bring in managers; managers bring in staff.
Why the recipes matter
Counting faster is only half the point. A count tells you what's on the shelf; it can't tell you what should be. That takes sales, and sales are drinks, not ounces. A Margarita takes tequila and orange liqueur, and a spicy one takes a different tequila. Unless every drink is turned back into its pours, the “sold” side of your variance is a guess, and so is the variance.
ShelfCall keeps your specs and does that for every line of the sales report, so the gap it shows you is the real one.
Questions
Which POS does it work with?
Any POS that can give you an item sales report with item names and quantities, as a file or pasted in. It learns which report names mean which drinks the first time you confirm them.
Do I need a scale or scanner?
No. Open bottles are counted in tenths by eye. Here's how that compares to weighing.
What if it mishears?
Every line shows the bottle it matched before you confirm. If it isn't sure between two, it asks instead of picking one.
Can I still get a spreadsheet?
Yes. Every count is saved, and the Numbers screen downloads as a spreadsheet file.