Transparent reporting, tip pooling strategies, and payout best practices — everything you need to run a tighter operation and keep your staff happy.
From cash envelopes to direct-to-bank systems — a breakdown of the four most common tip payout methods Canadian restaurants use, and what actually works as you scale.
Cash, payroll, or direct bank transfer — each method comes with real tradeoffs. Here's how to choose the right tip payout system for your restaurant.
A tip committee gives your staff a voice in how tips are distributed — and protects you as an operator. Here's why it matters and how to set one up the right way.
It feels familiar — but cash tip payouts come with real costs most operators don't account for. Time, risk, and compliance issues that quietly add up every single week.
Before Tiplo, we were withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars from our bank accounts every Monday and splitting it up amongst our 200 staff members. Bookkeeping has been tough, total cash wouldn't balance and people always had questions. Now all the records are crystal clear, we have full control over our money and it takes us way less time to distribute tips.
