Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

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Candy Film Is Planned How to Properly Make A candy industry motion picture will be produced in 1964, according to plans of the Candy, Chocolate and Confectionery Institute. The proposed film will factually demonstrate the nutritive values of candy, its energy giving qualities, its wholesomeness and the fine and healthy materials which go into it. It is planned to show the film in schools, before women’s clubs, PTA groups, men’s service organizations, church groups and over television. It is designed to overcome old prejudices and bugaboos which somet;mes cause school boards and other organizations to prohibit the sale of candy. Exhibition of the film will be arranged by candy wholesalers. TO FILL POPCORN BAGS AND BOXES WITH THE NEW PATENTED SPEEDSCQOP THOUSANDS OF DELIGHTED USERS ONLY $2™ AT YOUR, THEATRE SUPPLY on POPCORN SUPPLY DEALT* TREMENDOUS PROFITS!! From the New Bert's "Snow Magic" Multipurpose Snow Cone Machine Snow Cones, Snow Magic Sundaes, and Snow Magic Ices All From One Machine HERE'S HOW TO MAKE BIG MONEY WITH "SNOW MAGIC" THE NEW SNOW CONE MACHINE Capacity: 50 cones every 30 seconds. The Bert’s “SNOW MAGIC” machine combines eye-appealing beauty with perfect mechanical performance and large capacity. “Snow Magic” is easy to operate and is Fully Automatic. A Snow Cone costs V/4 to l'/2c and usually sells for 10c . . . that’s profit! No Pulleys! No Oiling! Distributors of famous Victor's QUICK MIX dry flavor concentrates. FREE SAMPLES WITH EACH MACHINE SAMUEL BERT MFG. CO. Fair Park Station, Box 26410, DALLAS. TEXAS For more information about products described editorially or in advertising in this issue use Readers' Service Bureau coupon on page 25. Change to Avoid Errors And Misunderstandings 1. Mention total of sales and amount received from customer. When the customer has made a choice, accept the money for the purchase, keeping it in plain view. Call back to the customer both the total of the sale and the amount received. For example, if the price of the merchandise is $2.44, and the customer gives you a $5 bill, hold the bill so that the customer can see it easily and say, “That is $2.44 out of $5.” This will help you remember both amounts and will call the customer’s attention to the amount of money he or she gave you, so there will be no misunderstanding. 2. Place the customer's money on the register change plate. Stand squarely in front of the cash register. Place the customer’s money on the change plate of the register. (The change plate is the ledge just above the cash drawer.) This leaves both hands free to operate the register and to make change. It also permits the customer to see the money and prevents you from forgetting the amount the customer gave you. Do not put the bill in the drawer until after the change has been counted. 3. Record the sale on the cash register. In recording the sale be careful to depress the correct amount keys. Also depress the department identification key and your individual salesperson’s identification key, if your register has such keys. The information now is set up on the keys. Check to see that you have depressed the correct keys. If you have made an error, you still can correct it by operating the release key or lever and starting the registration all over again. With the proper keys depressed, complete the registration. The cash drawer is designed to open to its full length, so experienced sales people form the habit of checking the movement of the drawer with the left hand. Operating the register causes the amount of the sale to come into view on the indication at the top of the register. A record of the transaction is printed on a paper tape inside the machine. Some registers print and issue a receipt showing details of each sale or print these details on a sales-slip The material above is reprinted from a booklet called “Tips on Making Change,” with the permission of The National Cash Register Co. It should prove helpful to cashiers in theatre concessions as well as those in the boxoffice. GLASS* SSESfiJ * HIGHEST QUALITY CLEANS * GLASS CHROME i. POPCORN r MACHINES Clean when the slip is inserted in the register printing table. Check the accuracy of your registration by referring to the indication. Take the customer’s receipt or certified sales-slip and place it on the change plate, amount side up, beside the money received from the customer. Now you are ready to count change. If your register does not issue a receipt or print on a sales-slip, refer to the indication to remind you of the amount of the customer’s purchase. 4. Count change carefully. Follow this rule for the easiest, quickest and most accurate method of counting change: Start counting with the amount of the sale shown on the receipt or sales-slip or on the indication; stop counting when the sum is the same as the amount the customer gave you. If you follow this rule, you need not add nor subtract; you merely count money. For example: If the purchase is for $2 44 out of $5, start counting with the $2.44. Count “$2.44, $2.45, $2.50, $3, $4, $5,” as you take the coins and currency from the till. You started counting with the amount of the sale and stopped counting with the amount the customer gave you. Take the customer’s money and place it in the proper compartment or compartments of the cash drawer. Close the drawer immediately. 5. Deliver change, receipt or sales-slip, and merchandise to customer. Place the receipt or sales-slip in the package with the merchandise, if this is practical. Count the change back to the customer, coin by coin and bill by bill. Start with the amount of the sale and stop with the amount the customer gave you. When you have done this, the change will have been counted three times: twice by you and once by the customer as he received it from you. Place the change in the customer’s hand, if possible; do not just throw it on the counter. In giving change to elderly people, count the money slowly. Be patient if the person has difficulty checking the amount. Change being given to a small child should be placed carefully in his purse, if he has one. If the child has no purse, seal the change in an envelope to prevent its loss. Many stores have small change envelopes for this purpose, a service appreciated by mothers. In counting money be sure to mention each dollar denomination. This will prevent skipping a dollar. For example, see how easy it would be to give a dollar too much change by counting it this way : “That was $2.44 out of $5 — 44, 45, 50, 2, 3, 4, 5.” The loss would be avoided if the change were counted correctly: “That was $2.44 out of $5— TWO 44, TWO 45, TWO Continued on page 24 Save money. No stale or left-over coffee when your coffeemaster is an E-Z WAY automatic. Coffee's fresh, hot and ready all the time. Get the facts — write now: STEEL PRODUCTS CO. 40 8th Ave., S.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 14 The MODERN THEATRE SECTION