Ready for stock control pub company regularly dreads (8)

I believe the answer is:

barcoded

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'ready for stock control' is the definition.
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'pub company regularly dreads' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'bar' (both are drinking establishments).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'dreads' are 'ded'.
'bar'+'co'+'ded'='BARCODED'

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