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Returns and Chargeback Accounting Workflows: A Practical Guide for Restaurant Owners
Running a restaurant already feels like juggling knives, especially when margins shrink and small surprises keep showing up in your books. You know what really throws people off? Returns and card disputes that look tiny at first but quietly distort your numbers. Restaurant owners talk plenty about food waste, prep schedules, or how fast ingredients spoil—but rarely about the money that slips away through messy refund handling or customer challenges. The Truth No One Mentions About Returns Whether you’re running a coffee bar or a sit-down place that’s packed on weekends, one thing becomes clear fast: returns aren’t harmless. They tug at your cash flow and twist your reporting. And when you don’t track returns and chargeback accounting workflows carefully (1st instance), you’re left guessing about what your revenue should’ve been in the first place. Let me explain. Every return
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Prepaid Event and Catering Deposit Accounting: A Practical Guide for Restaurant Owners
When Deposits Hit Your Books Early Running a restaurant means juggling plenty of moving parts, but nothing throws people off quite like handling early payments for big group reservations or catered events. One week you’re taking a birthday dinner deposit; the next, someone pays upfront for a corporate lunch that doesn’t happen for another month. The money’s in your account, yes—but your books don’t always show the full picture. And
Vendor Contract Analysis for Food Distributors: How Restaurants Protect Margins and Reduce Supply Chain Stress
Nothing Throws Off a Restaurant Like a Messy Supplier Deal — Here’s How to Keep It Tight Running a restaurant means handling more moving parts than most people ever notice. You’re overseeing labor, watching food costs, checking every invoice, and hoping today isn’t the day your walk-in decides to act up again. And in the background, almost invisible until something goes wrong, are the agreements you rely on with the
Gift Card Revenue Recognition for Restaurants: Avoid Common Accounting Mistakes
How Restaurants Can Handle Gift Card Revenue Without Losing Sleep You know what? Gift cards are more than just a shiny slip of paper in a wallet or a little digital rectangle in an email. They’re a promise—a future meal, a night out, a shared experience. But for small restaurant owners, they can also be a bit of a headache when it comes to the books. Gift card revenue isn’t