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TRADITIONAL BAR

Traditional bar setups are complex, expensive, and time-consuming. They require extensive infrastructure, long bump-in and bump-out timelines, hired cold storage, electrical and lighting setups, and large rosters of staff and stock runners. Ice needs to be broken, drinks double-handled, and labour costs stack up fast. It's a system that drains time, money, and resources, and leaves plenty of room for things to go wrong.

THE TAP TRUCK

The Tap Truck replaces complex, labour-heavy bar setups with a streamlined solution that's faster to activate and easier to manage. No cold rooms, no ice, no bulky equipment, and no 30-person staffing rosters. Just one truck with everything built in, ready to serve thousands without the overhead.

THE SAVINGS

The Tap Truck significantly reduces the operational cost of running a 10-point bar. With everything built into one mobile unit, you remove the need for excess labour, infrastructure, and logistics, all while increasing efficiency and improving the customer experience.

Here’s a breakdown of the major costs you no longer need to worry about:

STAFFING

  • Sourcing and onboarding

  • Training

  • Uniforms

  • Transport

  • Accommodation, food and beverage expenses

  • Theft

ADMINISTRATION

  • Advertising for staff and team support

  • Reduced payroll processing

  • Fewer HR requirements

  • Insurance

OPERATIONS

  • Marquee and table hire

  • Lighting and power

  • Cool room and dry reefer hire

  • Ice and bucket management

  • Bar mats and flooring

  • Physical signage

  • EFTPOS terminals and till drawers

For a standard major event, a traditional 10-point bar typically requires 24 front-of-house staff and 6 stock crew per shift — with two shifts required to cover a full day. That’s a total of 60 staff members on rotation.

At a rate of $40 per hour for a 12-hour event, staff costs alone reach $28,800. When you factor in infrastructure and admin costs, total savings with The Tap Truck can exceed $35,000 per single day event.