Business strategy game that covers the
        issues involved in running a company.
           An excellent opportunity for teams
                to see how efficient they are!

The Wine Bar Game
A Northgate  Training Game

An enjoyable business simulation game
ideal for your course, seminar or conference.

Many business simulation games are long, complex and sometimes rather tedious. We think 'The Wine Bar Business Game' breaks the mould! Ideal for a short course or conference.

Teams enjoy running a wine bar from scratch, taking out a loan to cover the lease and refurbishment of the premises. They need to plan a layout; set the prices; choose a promotion style and budget; decide on the number of staff and what to pay them.

They have to run their business on a weekly basis and complete a simple decision form which is fed into the computer. This gives them the results of their trading for that week.

Any decision made in one week can be changed the next, so teams need to analyse their results carefully. Are sales low because of high prices, poor staff, limited spend on promotions or because they are not serving cocktails and coffee?

As with any new business getting into profit in the early stages is a struggle. Can they get out of the red and make the bank manager happy?

Each team starts in the same position and so everyone has a fair chance. The team that develops their business in the most efficient manner will be the winners.

This business game does not concentrate solely on profit. Teams have to draw up a quality programme for their business and this affects how much custom they get. But that's not all. If teams are underpaying their staff, they are notified of a possible theft from the till. Also, employees may start complaining that they have no time for coffee breaks, which is a sure sign of understaffing. The computer helps by printing advice on some of the decisions teams have made, and asking them to provide suggestions for improving the quality of their operation.

As the simulation game progresses the teams face various challenges. Should they expand into a garden area? Is it worth diversifying or not? They also have to cope with a flu epidemic, a world wine festival and a heat wave!

Putting up the different teams' profit each week encourages competition and there's always a clear winner - the team that managed their business most effectively and came up with the best cumulative profit!

This training activity focuses on:

• Forecasting and planning
• Analysing financial data
• Teamwork
• Risk management
• Managing staff
• Quality issues
• Costing, ordering and pricing.

Comments from Users of this Training Game

“Excellent event, highly recommended.”

“Each team felt they really were running their own wine bar. A first class simulation!”

“A quality product and a highly interactive team versus team activity.” 

Download a PDF file of this training activity.       We can also run this game for you. Please Contact Us

Timing:            The Wine Bar Game training activitycan be run for 2 hours, over a whole day or on different sessions of a                         longer residential course.

Numbers:         Up to 4 teams with 3 to 8 delegates in a team (for each business game).

Who:                Staff at any level.

PC required:    One computer (or laptop) and printer required.

Licence Free:  When you buy this training material, there are no restrictions on the number of times you can use it.

Cost to buy this game (including a trainer's manual) to facilitate it yourself: £595 + delivery and VAT (if applicable).

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• Credit or Debit Card - Click on the Add to cart button below or contact us to pay over the phone
• Bank Transfer (please ask for details)
• Cheque in Pounds Sterling made out to Elite Training European Ltd
• PayPal (please ask for details).

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We can arrange for shorter or longer delivery times, which will increase or decrease the cost of delivery. If you would like alternative shipping costs or have questions about ordering, please see our Ordering Page or Contact Us

We offer a wide range of activities and games so please contact us to discuss your requirements. We want to ensure that you obtain the maximum benefit from your purchase.

Elite Training European Limited is a leading UK corporate team building and business games training company. We will be pleased to supply the material and facilitator(s) to run a business simulation game, training exercise or team building activity for you.

  "On behalf of the team a big thank you to both yourself and Liz for
   making our conference such a success as it was.”                                                     S. Moore - Lovell Partnerships Ltd

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We develop and sell a wide range of business simulation games and training material. We also sell selected training activities and games produced by other top training companies that achieve excellent results in our training courses and events.

This training activity like many of the business games we sell it allows you to build your collection of ready made trainer-led activities or tailor your own training program. The activities are ideal for your training course, seminar or conference.

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