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Compare: Digital Tip Payouts vs. Cash Tip Payouts in Restaurants

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Restaurant transactions have been moving away from cash and towards electronic forms of payment for years—and that's extending to tips now too. Americans who leave their tips digitally tip nearly 15% more than when they tip with cash. However, more digital tips means less cash passing through the restaurant on a daily basis.

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Restaurant Budgeting: How to Create A Restaurant Budget

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Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. A restaurant budget allows restaurant owners and managers to see directly if they are meeting their income and expense benchmarks. This can reduce your budget for ingredients and, at the same time, minimize food waste.

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Tips to Overcome Your Restaurant’s Cash Flow Crisis

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According to a study, 82 percent of small businesses fail due to cash flow problems. A cash flow shortage occurs when more money is flowing out of the business than is flowing into it. During a cash flow shortage, you might not have enough capital to cover your payroll or other operating expenses.

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Successful Restaurant Accounting for Non-Accountants

Restaurant365

Whether you’re a bookkeeper, accountant, restaurant owner, or store-level manager, understanding the basics of accounting can pay dividends for your business. Healthy accounting procedures for restaurants can help you manage food and labor costs, understand your profits and losses, and make strategic decisions about expenses and investments.

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Essentials of Payroll Accounting for Restaurant Groups, Part 1

Restaurant365

Your restaurant orders, receives, and counts food all in one system: your inventory management software. Your inventory management solution measures and stores all the information you need about your food cost. After all, restaurants have historically offered same-day take home pay in the form of cash tips for front-of-house workers.

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9 Restaurant Cash Flow Tips for Your Recovery and Beyond

Restaurant365

Comprehending your restaurant cash flow is essential to running your restaurant business. Cash flow refers to the amount of cash coming into your restaurant minus the amount of cash going out on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Common factors that cause cash flow issues. Too much inventory. Unexpected expenses.

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How I Got My Job: Building an Urban Beekeeping Business

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It’s harvesting honey, centrifuging honey, bottling honey, labeling bottles, dealing with wholesalers and market managers, cash apps and banks, insurances, clients, and schools. There’s just lots to manage in order to make ends meet. No education, formal or otherwise, need be wasted.