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As a hungry restaurateur, you want to systemize your operations to scale and grow comfortably, quickly, and securely. Yet, you still need agility in purchasing because you’re in a fast-paced industry, and anything can come up last minute. As a result, you have most likely issued corporate cards to your key employees. Corporate credit and debit cards are linked directly to the company’s credit card and bank accounts and serve as modern-day petty cash. For example, the kitchen is short on bananas, so a line cook grabs the corporate card from the GM and runs across the street to a grocery store. Perhaps the executive chef, GM, owner, catering manager, and pastry chef have their cards tied to the business’s account. Corporate cards are convenient but extremely risky if issued directly to employees. They must be monitored proactively to ensure all purchases are authorized and have proper documentation, which is cumbersome. Requesting receipts from restaurant workers is like pulling teeth. Corporate cards also encourage excessive spending because of the psychological effects of spending “someone else’s” money with an unlimited tab. Two alternatives to corporate cards can be implemented in your restaurant group, allowing you to grow and scale with the proper internal controls. We just wrote this article to explain why purchasing cards and accountable plans are a safer and more scalable solution than corporate cards. Check it out and share it with your favorite restaurateur! #restaurants #restaurantfinance #cfo #accounting #restaurantcontrols #internalcontrols #controller https://lnkd.in/erZY6ypd

Managing Card Spend and Controls in a Restaurant Group

Managing Card Spend and Controls in a Restaurant Group

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