
Joy Powell – Division Vice President, Circle K |
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“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. ” |
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Ron Stewart –Senior Vice President-Operations, Kwikshop |
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“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.” |
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Jerry Cummings – President, Robinson Oil |
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“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. ” |
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Colleen Brennan –Beverage Director, O’Charley’s |
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“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.” |
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Lou Maiellano-Tobacco Category Manager, Sunoco |
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“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. ” |
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Randy Furry –General Manager, Retail Operations Goody Goody Liquor Stores |
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“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. ” |
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John Miller – Operations Associate, Sheetz |
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“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. ” |
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