How YouStock Optimised Seasonal Stock Management for a Restaurant with a Terrace
YouStock enabled a restaurant to free up capacity for 100 additional guests during the year-end celebrations by transforming its storage room into a dining area, whilst efficiently managing its seasonal terrace furniture.
A Lack of Space That Limited the Restaurant’s Potential
This restaurant operates a terrace from May until the end of October, generating significant turnover during the warmer months. However, managing terrace furniture (tables, chairs, parasols, decorative plants) presented several operational and financial challenges.
The management were not familiar with YouStock and had previously used their own storage room to store terrace furniture during the off-season. This solution presented a significant opportunity cost: during periods of high demand, particularly the year-end celebrations, the establishment had to turn away bookings due to insufficient space.
Faced with an urgent need to accommodate 100 additional guests for the year-end celebrations, the restaurant contacted YouStock for an emergency intervention to transform the storage room into a functional dining area.
Why Choose YouStock for Storing Your Catering Equipment?
An All-in-One Solution for Your Seasonal Furniture
From collection to delivery, including storage, our teams manage all of your logistics operations. No need to use multiple service providers or mobilise your teams for handling.
Immediate Space Savings for Your Business
Free up your reserves, cellars and storage rooms to increase your seating capacity or optimise your working spaces. Every square metre counts in the restaurant business.
Total Flexibility Adapted to Seasonality
You only pay for what you store, when you need it. Our solutions adapt to your activity peaks and changing needs throughout the year.
Simplified Digital Stock Management
Access your photo inventory online 24/7 and order deliveries with just a few clicks. Track your equipment in real time from your dedicated customer area.
What Were This Restaurant's Requirements?
Maximise the Profitability of Available Space
The storage room occupied valuable space. During the year-end celebrations, this area could have generated considerable turnover. The challenge: free up this space to exploit it commercially whilst outsourcing the storage of seasonal furniture.
Efficiently Manage Surplus Seasonal Furniture
Parasols, chairs, tables, decorative plants and outdoor equipment: the restaurant stored a significant volume of equipment for several months each year. Annual management represented a considerable logistics burden between collection, inventory, protection and delivery at the right time.
Respond to an Urgent Request with Tight Deadlines
The restaurant needed to quickly clear its storage room to begin cleaning and painting works before the year-end celebrations. A tight schedule required rapid and perfectly coordinated intervention so that the room would be ready in time to welcome customers.
Optimise Overall Logistics Costs
Manual furniture management represented a considerable waste of time for the teams. The restaurant initially viewed storage as a cost, without measuring the gain in turnover. YouStock needed to demonstrate that freeing up the space would generate revenues far exceeding the cost of the service.
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Our Intervention, Step by Step
Audit and Needs Assessment
Our experts carried out a complete diagnosis of the situation: volume of furniture to be stored, frequency of seasonal rotations, space constraints and specific restaurant requirements. A bespoke solution was designed according to the activity calendar and attendance peaks.
Express Emergency Intervention
Our teams intervened within the defined time slot (11:00-11:30) with suitable handling equipment. In less than 30 minutes, all the terrace furniture was collected, protected and removed from the storage room, enabling the restaurant to prepare the space for the year-end celebrations.
Secure Storage with Complete Digitisation
Each collected item was photographed and inventoried in our management system. The furniture, parasols, plants and decorations were stored in our secure warehouses, protected from humidity and temperature variations. The photo inventory was made available to the restaurant in their online customer area.
Rotating Stock Management and Replenishment
Our flexible solution enables the restaurant to manage its rotating furniture stock according to the seasons. The client now receives a replenishment pallet each month with all the packages and items listed in their inventory. This recurrence facilitates supply management and prevents stock shortages.
On-Demand Delivery and Reinstallation
As the terrace reopening approaches in spring, the restaurant orders the delivery of its furniture directly from its customer area. Our professional removers ensure transport and, if necessary, reinstallation of equipment according to the client’s preferences.
Monitoring and Continuous Optimisation
YouStock provides personalised follow-up throughout the year. Our team remains available to adjust stored volumes, schedule one-off deliveries during the season, or adapt the logistics calendar according to the evolving needs of the restaurant.
Enjoy the same experience as our customers 💙
When we called YouStock, we were in a total emergency. Their team immediately understood the stakes and adapted to our schedule. Within a few hours, everything was cleared, inventoried and stored. Their responsiveness saved us for the celebrations.
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FAQ - Terrace Storage Solution for Restaurants
What can I store with YouStock?
You can store all your terrace equipment: tables, chairs, parasols, outdoor heaters, decorations, crockery or any other seasonal furniture. Our teams handle dismantling, packing and transport if necessary.
How does the collection of my equipment work?
Our removers come directly to your restaurant to collect the equipment to be stored, at the date and time of your choice. You don’t have to transport anything: we take care of everything.
Is it possible to retrieve part of the equipment before the high season?
Yes, absolutely. Thanks to your online photo inventory, you can view your goods at any time and request delivery of only the items you need.
Are the equipment insured and secure?
Yes. All your goods are stored in secure warehouses, under video surveillance and with strictly controlled access. Additionally, you benefit from supplementary insurance to protect your most valuable goods.
Can I adjust the storage duration if my needs change?
Of course. You can extend or shorten the storage period at any time. YouStock adapts to the seasonality and activity of your establishment.
Do you offer solutions for restaurant chains or groups?
Yes. We also support multi-site restaurateurs with bespoke solutions: centralised management, logistics reporting, coordinated collections and preferential terms.