The Bar Business Podcast

About The Bar Business Podcast

Are you spending more time stuck behind the bar than building a business that runs smoothly without you? If you're a bar owner who feels overwhelmed by the day-to-day grind of hospitality and is struggling to balance operations, marketing, and profits this show is for you. Chris Schneider, with over 20 years in the industry, created this podcast to help you overcome burnout, increase profits, and create a business you can enjoy—not just endure. Join us every Monday and Wednesday to: Get expert strategies to boost profits while attracting loyal customers. Learn bar marketing tactics, menu design hacks, and leadership tools that simplify operations. Build the bar or pub that you have always dreamt of owning. Ready to take control of your bar’s success? Start by tuning into the fan-favorite episode: 5 Strategies to Boost Bar Profits This Week: Quick Wins for Bar Owners.

Publisher

Chris Schneider, The Bar Business Coach

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Feb 2023

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

85 of 357 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Are You Charging Enough at Your Bar? [menu pricing mistakes that hurt profit margins]

   Host [Host Name] interviews Bar & Pub Owner [Guest Name] about menu pricing mistakes that hurt profit margins and how to calculate true drink costs for optimal bar profitability.

2. 

   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Does Your Bar Run Differently When You're Gone? [keeping staff accountable without being there]

   Bar owner [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] on building staff accountability systems to ensure consistent bar operations when the owner is absent.

3. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Could Smaller Cocktails Make Your Bar More Money? [the mini cocktail trend and profit margins]

   Host [Host Name] interviews industry expert [Guest Name] about how smaller cocktails can boost bar profits and enhance customer experience.

Inside a recent episode

Are You Charging Enough at Your Bar? [menu pricing mistakes that hurt profit margins]

Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The other thing you have to do is factor in waste and spillage. If we think about draft beer, most draft beer is impossible to pour at a 100% yield. You're never going to get 100% of the beer out of that keg into a glass and serve to a guest. If you do it well, you're probably 95-ish, 92% yield. So if you don't understand that you're not pouring 100%, but you're pouring 92%, you can't factor in that waste and spillage that will always occur into your prices. And that's going to make you think you're making more money than you are or that you should make more money than you will. So you have to factor in waste and spillage as part of your true costs. […]

Who has been a guest on The Bar Business Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brian Haan
• Adam Weisblatt
• Beckaly Franks
• Sarah Dawn Mars
• Menakshi Singh

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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