DO IT YOURSELF
Guides and forms
Best when you want to fix things on your own schedule and budget. You get the controls, the forms and the weekly checks, written for your type of business.
Theft and fraud risk for small business
Find the gaps before they cost you.
Practical tools and services that help restaurants, bars, stores and other small businesses keep the money they earn. Built on 20 years in loss prevention and fraud investigation.
The five points of loss
With the cost of food, liquor, merchandise and labor rising, every dollar lost to theft or fraud hurts more. Every business loses money in the same five places. Most owners watch one or two. We look at all five.
- 1
People
Who you trust, and who checks.
A manager keeps the deposit. A former employee's code still opens the door.
- 2
Point of sale
What gets rung, and what gets changed after.
A paid sale is voided and the cash is pocketed. The drawer still balances.
- 3
Product
What comes in, what goes out, and what's left.
Short deliveries, heavy pours, missing lottery packs, and stock that leaves by the back door.
- 4
Premises
Who can get in, and what the cameras see.
An unlocked safe, a propped back door, a camera that can't see the drawer.
- 5
Payments
How money moves once it leaves the drawer.
A fake vendor email changes the bank account. A counterfeit $100 slips through a rush.
Shop
Tools you can use this week.
Scorecards, forms, huddle cards, cash and security guides, POS report guides, and guides written for your type of business.
Services
An expert's eyes on your numbers.
A monthly POS Report Review, live workshops for your managers, and on-site assessments, all focused on the controls that close the gaps.
Guides, consulting, or both
Most theft starts with an opportunity or a broken process. Guides close the obvious gaps. An outside set of eyes finds the ones you can't see from inside.
DONE WITH YOU
Consulting
Best when the numbers feel off, you're growing, or you don't have time. We read your reports, walk your controls, and tell you what to fix first and why.
TOGETHER
The strongest option
The guides become your system. Consulting checks that the system is actually working, catches drift before it costs you, and trains your managers to run it.
- An investigator's eye. Twenty years of finding out how money actually leaves a business, not just how it should be protected on paper.
- Independent. We don't sell cameras, safes or software, so our advice isn't tied to a product.
- Practical. Plain language, controls that fit a busy shift, and nothing your managers won't actually do.
- Confidential. Every engagement is covered by a written confidentiality agreement.
Coming soon
Founding clients
When we open, we'll invite a small group of restaurants, bars, liquor stores, convenience stores, hotels, salons and other small businesses to try the POS Report Review free for one month, in exchange for honest feedback. Founding clients keep a reduced rate for their first year and get first access to new tools and workshops.
We aren't taking applications yet. Details will be posted here and in The Five Point Monthly when spots open.