Joy Powell – Division Vice President, Circle K

“We selected The Bars Program for two principle reasons. First, we wanted instant gratification at store level – with the BARS program the store personnel know immediately that they have been shopped and the results. Second, we wanted faster knowledge of results of the shops. Their online reporting gives us that. ”

Ron Stewart –Senior Vice President-Operations, Kwikshop

“Having the Bars Program shop our stores shows employees how serious we are about compliance. It also helps “push away” the bad element – they see we are constantly carding people, they take there “business” elsewhere.”

Jerry Cummings – President, Robinson Oil

“The BARS Program helps us raise awareness of the issue with our store associates. It gives us the ability to immediately reward for doing the right thing or to react quickly should any issues come up. This helps us to avoid being fined. ”

Colleen Brennan –Beverage Director, O’Charley’s

“We wanted to have an outside company checking on our employee’s compliance with our internal policy about age verification. There is no question that using The Bars Program greatly lessens the likelihood that our employees will sell to an underage person. It has insurance benefits for O ’Charley’s.”

Lou Maiellano-Tobacco Category Manager, Sunoco

“WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO UPHOLD THE LAW!

FAILURE TO DO SO WILL BE MORE COSTLY THAN PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO SELL AGE RESTRICTED PRODUCTS!!

Responsible Selling is not the law, but it is an expectation of licensing officials.
Meeting and exceeding that expectation will protect the profits derived from age-sensitive products. ”

Randy Furry –General Manager, Retail Operations Goody Goody Liquor Stores

“We wanted to ensure that our people are looking at all younger people and asking for ID. Using the Bars Program helps ensure that they know that asking for ID is our policy and we expect them to abide by it. We know it works – we have not failed a sting in five years. ”

John Miller – Operations Associate, Sheetz

“Having The Bars Program shop our stores heightens awareness for employees of this very important issue. We use it to as a vehicle to provide incentive to do it right – we reward employees who get a green card. The BARS Program has worked with us to help secure liquor licenses. ”

Please contact the BARS Program for more information;
Phone: 1-877-540-5500.
Email us at customerservice@barsprogram.com