FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY
1. Required Street Corner Fixtures and Equipment:
a) A specific electronic register as will be designated at the time of your store’s build out by the home office.
b) “Miami Iced Tea Jubilee” Assembly, including barrel, signage and pedestal to be purchased from franchisor
c) A specific ice maker as will be designated at the time of your store’s build out by the home office.
2. Typical Street Corner Fixtures and Equipment:
a) Ice Machine
b) Coffee Brewers
c) Fountain Machine
d) Lottery Machine (if applicable)
e) Televisions
f) Cabinets
g) Soffit Lighting
h) Soffit Signage
I) Cigarette Racks
j) Soda “Pop” Cooler
k) Island Oasis
l) Fax Machine/Phone
m) Calculator
n) Copy Machine (if space allows)
o) Credit Card Machine
p) Open ice bin
q) Cup Holders
r) Condiment Trays
3. Required Street Corner Inventory:
a) Pepsi beverage products
b) Zippo lighters
4. Typical Street Corner Inventory:
a) Items:
1. Advil/Tylenol (Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen)
2. Antacids
3. Aspirin
4. Band-Aids
5. Batteries
6. Breath Spray
7. Diapers and wipes
8. Chapstick
9. Candy (mints, gum, candy bars)
10. Cigarettes (and lighters)
11. Throat lozenges
12. Cough Syrup
13. Contact Lens Solution
14. Deodorant
15. Film
16. Hosiery
17. Hand Lotion
18. Kleenex/Tissue Products
19. Shampoo/Conditioners
20. Hair Spray
21. Sinus Medicine/Sprays
22. Nail Polish Remover
23. Office Supplies (white out, legal pads, pens, pencils, envelopes, staples)
24. Glue stick and tape (scotch and masking)
25. Suntan Lotion
26. Tampons/Mini Pads
27. Condoms
28. Reading glasses
29. Toothpaste/Tooth Brush
30. Razors
31. Shaving Cream
32. Powders/Talc
34. Snack Foods (chips, cookies, crackers, pastries and cakes)
35. Extensive tobacco products and accessories including cigarettes (domestic and imported/specialty), cigars, chewing tobacco, pipes, lighters, etc.
37. Newspaper selections
39. Beverage selections including fountain and bottles (sodas, juices, energy drinks, and water)
40. Lottery (if authorized)
41. Personal care items such as nail files, clippers, combs and brushes
42. Incidental current fad items (such as baseball cards, wristbands, novelty candy, sports memorabilia, diet items, etc.)
43. Small gift items and souvenirs
1. Street Corner Schedule of Opening Procedures (Attached)
DAILY STORE OPENING PROCEDURES OUTLINE
1. Enter store and bring in newspapers and deliveries
2. Start Miami Iced Tea set up
3. Sign onto lottery system
4. Set up register and verify banking
5. Check in newspapers
6. Start coffee
7. Set up fountain station
8. Power up the store
9. Complete and/or confirm any reporting due home office and your readiness for customers
10. Start ongoing daily activities
11. Verify transmission of previous day sales by electronic polling from the home office. If not completed contact McColla for follow-up
SMILE – YOUR CUSTOMERS CARE!
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
OPENING PROCEDURES SUMMARY
1) After entering your store area, all doors should remain locked until opening time
2) Start Miami Tea so tea has time to brew and the water in brewer has time to come back to proper temperature before making each additional pot
3) For the stores that might have Lottery and Keno
a) Sign onto your machine
b) Place slip from machine in designated envelope for weekly collection
c) If you have Keno, make sure the TV is on and game is on screen
4) Register/Banking
a) Verify/count all monies for register and bank
b) Check with the store manager on opening register and cash procedures
c) If deposit and banking are done at opening shift, follow deposit procedures at this point
5) Newspapers
a) Depending on your paper drop off point, bring them in first and count
b) Set up daily or weekly or monthly log for recording received number of papers. Check with store manager for log form and type of record keeping done for your store
c) Leftover newspapers are recorded from the previous day
i) Check store policy on excess papers. Some may need the whole paper saved; some just the headings with date. Set newspapers aside until the distributor picks up for collection.
d When payment is due for papers at time of collection, have distributor verify their record of amounts received and returns against the store log form before paying
i) Pay Distributor’s bill out of register through cash disbursement. Print out receipt and staple to bill
ii) Record cash disbursement under category and put receipt/bill in an envelope
6) Coffee
a) Always – One filter per pot / do not reuse filters
i) Decaf – one pouch per filter
ii) For the best-flavored coffee, it is recommended to continually make coffee throughout the day to ensure freshness every time
iii) Regular coffee is treated in the same manner as Decaf; the only difference is the coffee is ground beans
7) Fountain Area
a) Place floor mats on the floor area in front of fountain and coffee counter
b) Spigots should be rinsed and replaced on fountain before turning machine on
8) Lights/TV/Power Switches
a) All light switches should be turned on at start of business day
i) Walk through store after turning on light to ensure all are in working order
b) Tune television to Fox News
i) Adjust volume control for suitable volume
9) Other
a) Completion: Daily Sales Report
i) If report has not been completed the previous night, process with Daily Sales Report at this time. This is found in the Deposit Procedures.
ii) After this procedure is done, FAX report to office no later than 10 A.M.
b) Assure that store is ready for customer and sales
i) Make sure all supplies and inventory are stocked up
ii) Check humidor moisture and water level
1. Street Corner Schedule of Closing Procedures (Attached)
GENERAL CLOSING PROCEDURES OUTLINE
Stocking List (Start between 7-7:30 P.M.)
1. Sugar and creamer packets
2. Ice in fountain unit
a) Must be full at close of store
3. Cups and lids
4. Straws
5. Candy
6. Bottles
7. Cups
8. Cigarettes (if needed)
9. Start draining the tea barrel
10. Clean teapots and entire display unit
11. Sweep and mop floor areas
12. Ten (10) minutes before closing, pull coffee pots and filters, clean and place coffee units on cigarette stands and filters on counter near tea unit
13. Set up cutting board with knife and oranges (for next day)
14. Close gate (about 9:00 P.M. or your usual closing time)
15. Close lottery machine
Instant Ticket
Report #
Today #
Print Report
Lottery/Keno
Report
Today’s Report
Print Report
On Lottery slip, record all instant ticket names with ending number. Place all validated Lottery, instant tickets and reports into Daily Report envelope.
Sign off (See Deposit Procedures at this point)
16. Turn off equipment
a) Pepsi machine (Remove key, leave on register key)
b) Lighter displays
c) Flip marked switches in breaker box off
d) Turn off all light switches [consider leaving on a night light]
MAKE SURE ALL STORE DOORS ARE LOCKED
LOCK GATE
SET ALARM SYSTEMS
1. Street Corner Basic Cash Register Programming: (Refer to corporate office approved register dealer, the corporate office or your registers manual.)