Guides

Restaurant accounting, demystified

Plain-English deep-dives on food cost, chart of accounts, daily reconciliation, café bookkeeping, and choosing the right accounting software for restaurants and cafés in Southeast Asia.

How to Calculate Food Cost Percentage

The formula, a worked example with real numbers, ideal ranges by segment, and how to lower yours.

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Restaurant Chart of Accounts: Template & Guide

The essential accounts every restaurant needs, how they're organized, and how to set one up.

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Daily Cash Reconciliation, Step by Step

A 6-step end-of-day checklist covering POS, cash, card, delivery, and wallet receipts.

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Restaurant Accounting Software for Cambodia (2026)

What Phnom Penh cafés actually use, why generic tools fall short, and how to connect HangPopok POS.

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Bookkeeping for a Café: A Practical Guide

The daily routine, tip handling, beverage vs food cost benchmarks, and five mistakes that drain café margin.

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Bookkeeping for a Restaurant: A Practical Guide

The daily, weekly and monthly rhythm, plus the four numbers a restaurant lives on: labour, covers, true cost of sales, and margin by channel.

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