DataLiquor software was originally developed by three professional programmers in the early 1980s. One of the programmers had a friend who owned a store, Liquor City in Lanham, MD. The store owner had been frustrated that the retail liquor industry didn't have software like grocery stores. He wanted to be able to print shelf-refill reports, and do ordering and receiving with the computer. Thus (after several years of development) was born DataLiquor, a single-user product that ran on an Osborne I computer and required manual PLU key-in -- no scanner.

After proving the DataLiquor concept at Liquor City, the programming team went on to develop a much more sophisticated product for a multi-user system with bar-code scanning. That program, naturally, was named DataLiquor II, and new stores were installed, primarily in Maryland, D.C., West Virginia and Delaware.

The current system runs on a PC with televideo electronic cash registers, bar-code scanners, customer display, cash drawers, receipt printers, and keyboard. 
 

Eventually, interested investors contacted the DataLiquor programmers and bought exclusive rights to the software and formed their own corporation called Data Liquor Systems, Inc. Since then, reseller rights for the software have changed hands several times over the years. By the 1998 time frame, over 170 stores had been installed with DataLiquor II -- in Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Massachusetts. Over the years, End User Meetings were held to solicit feedback, and the hundreds of store managers were happy to provide important suggestions for the software. The software thus grew and matured as a result of direct feedback from liquor, wine and beer store managers.

Today, KimBar Systems manages sales, service and support. KimBar Systems is seeking distributors nationwide.

Software upgrades are available by contacting DataLiquor LLC directly: sales@dataliquor.com
 

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