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Things worth having, whether or not you hire me.
Short, practical material for owners who keep their own books — and for the ones deciding whether to keep doing that. More is on the way; the checklist below is the first of it.
The Restaurant Owner's Monthly Close Checklist
The 12 numbers to check before you close every month — from a bookkeeper who ran hotel P&Ls for a decade.
What's in it
- 01
Sales by revenue centre, tied back to your POS totals
- 02
Deposits matched to sales, including the ones that land late
- 03
Comps, voids and discounts, separated from real revenue
- 04
Food and beverage cost as a percentage of the sales they came from
- 05
Labour cost, split between kitchen and front of house
- 06
Vendor invoices entered in the month the goods arrived
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