Brad Nugent

Regional Beverage Manager @Major Food Group

NY, US

Major Food Group has six NYC properties; Carbone, The Grill, The Lobster Club, Dirty French, Torrisi, and Sadelle’s. With the responsibility for $14M product inventory and $30M gross revenue, I provide strategic direction to a team of 74 and oversee beverage management while enabling financial stability, faster turnover, and profitability. My executive interactions entail analysis of corporate KPIs, involving competitor analysis, pricing strategy, budgeting, P&L, procurement, and buying costs to enhance the bottom-line. Highlights of accomplishments in this role include: • Enabled regional liquor COG reduction of 2% in 2022, adding $170K in additional profit. • Generated additional $600K beverage profit through regional increase of $2 total beverage PPC on 300K covers. • Refined wine and liquor buying/selling strategy for Carbone, adding $1M to inventory, achieving $2M additional gross beverage sales.$1.4M profits growth and 3% overall beverage COG reduction. • Defined wine list pricing/selling strategy and liquor buying strategy at Dirty French. Reduced liquor COG by 3% and wine inventory by $100K. Average wine bottle sale increase from $98 in 2019 to $122 in 2022, yielding additional profit of $75K. • Boosted revenues by 18% at Seagram Building by redefining wine and liquor buying/selling strategy, managing $2.6M wine inventory, and reducing liquor COGS by 3%. • Developed wine list and cocktail menus for The Grill and The Lobster Club, growing liquor per person check average by $2, wine per person check average by $23 and blended beverage profit per cover by 40%. • Championed $3M consignment wine program, resulting in wine average bottle sale increases of $200 to $300 at Carbone and $250 to $350 per bottle at The Grill.