Guides
The stuff nobody tells you about running the counter.
Who should pay the MoMo charge, how to tell a fake alert from a real one, what to do when the drawer is short again. Plain answers for Ghana, with the sums done.
Guides
- Guide · MoneyMoMo chargesWhat a MoMo payment to your business costs, whether you or your customer should carry it, and why the E-Levy doesn’t apply any more. With a calculator.
- Guide · MoneyFake MoMo alertsThe screenshot, the forwarded SMS, the “I’ve sent it”. How to check a MoMo payment in seconds, and how to set up your counter so nobody has to.
- Guide · RecordsDaily sales recordA daily sales record that works in a notebook or on paper, with cash, MoMo and credit in their own columns. Free to print, and what to do with it at night.
- Guide · MoneyCounting the drawerHow to count the drawer in five minutes: the float, the notes, what should be there and what to do when it’s short. With a cash count sheet that adds up.
- Guide · TaxVAT and the Tourism LevyThe 3% flat rate is gone, VAT is 20% all in, and a licensed restaurant adds the 1% Tourism Levy. What the new VAT Act means for a food business.
- Guide · MoneyFood cost per plateWork out what one plate really costs you, what you keep on it, and what to charge. A plain method for Ghanaian food businesses, with a calculator.
- Guide · SellingBolt Food, Glovo and ChowdeckHow to keep delivery app orders straight: the apps’ money kept out of your drawer, the kitchen told where each order is going, every payout checked.
- Guide · The counterSelling through dumsorLight off at six, network gone at seven. What to have charged, what to keep on the counter, and how to make sure no sale goes unrecorded tonight.
- Guide · The counterWhen the drawer is shortMost shortages aren’t one thief, they’re a system with holes. Six habits that close them, from a PIN each to counting the drawer every shift.
- Guide · MoneySelling on creditWho to give credit, how much, how to write it down so there’s no argument, and how to ask for it back without losing the customer. For food businesses.
- Guide · Starting outWhat a POS system isPOS means point of sale: the thing that records a sale. What a POS system does, what it costs in Ghana, and why you might not need a machine at all.
- Guide · Starting outStarting a food businessChop bar, waakye stand, fast food or bakery: what to decide first, the permits to ask about, how to price a plate and how to keep records from day one.
Compared
- ComparedNotebook or appA notebook is a system too. When it’s enough, when it starts losing you money, and how to move to an app without throwing away what you’ve written.
- ComparedSquare in GhanaSquare takes payments in eight countries, and Ghana isn’t one. What that means for a food business here, and what does the same job with MoMo built in.
- ComparedLoyverse or TabworthyLoyverse is free and good. It can’t send a MoMo prompt in Ghana. An honest side by side: where each one wins, and which fits your counter.
Early access
Want it on your counter?
We’re opening Tabworthy to a first circle of food and drink businesses in Ghana, a few at a time. Ten short questions, about three minutes.