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Close the night and check last night

At closing, a floor supervisor clears each waiter once their bills are settled or handed over. In the morning, End of day shows last night on one page, with every till's cash-up.

Who can do it
Floor supervisor, General manager and Owner
Find it
Kitchen and floor, then Waiter clearance, or search waiter clearance in Kila
Time
5 minutes

Each cashier closes their own till by counting the drawer: see Close a shift. Waiters have no drawer, so a floor supervisor clears them instead, and in the morning End of day puts the night on one page.

  1. Open Waiter clearance

    Under Kitchen and floor › Waiter clearance: “Each waiter’s day: bills to hand over, what they sold and how it was paid, tips. Clear them when nothing is open.” Open shows the bills each still has, such as 1 · KES 100.

  2. Hand over what is still open

    Tap Hand over on the waiter’s row. Kila asks, for example, Hand over Kevin Ouma’s bills: “1 open, KES 100.00. They stay where they are; the other person takes them on.” Choose who takes them and tap Hand over. Kila says 1 bill handed to Brian Kiprono, and Open says None.

    Hand over Kevin Ouma’s bills: 1 open, KES 100.00, with Brian Kiprono chosen and the Hand over button, both marked 2.Hand over Kevin Ouma’s bills: 1 open, KES 100.00, with Brian Kiprono chosen and the Hand over button, both marked 2.
  3. Tap Clear, and type the cash tips

    Kila shows how many bills the waiter had paid, what they came to and the tips on them. Under Cash tips declared, type the cash they were given in hand: “Cash the guests gave them in hand, for the tip share-out.”

  4. Tap Clear and print

    Kila says Kevin Ouma cleared and prints the slip. The row says Cleared, with the time and your name.

    Clear Kevin Ouma: the bills he had paid and their total, KES 200 under Cash tips declared (3), and Clear and print (4).Clear Kevin Ouma: the bills he had paid and their total, KES 200 under Cash tips declared (3), and Clear and print (4).

Open Kitchen and floor › End of day: “One page for the trading day: what was sold and how it was paid, covers, cash-ups, items taken off, waste, the waiters and the log.” Tap Last night. It shows the Sales (with VAT), the customers, food and drinks, and the Cash-up difference over every till, then How it was paid, Covers and tables, Sales by category, the waiters, the Cash-ups by till, Taken off and waste and anything Still open. Print 80 mm and Print A4 print it.

End of day at Jikoni Grill and Cafe for last night, 29 October: KES 65,340 in 16 orders, 45 guests, food and drinks, and a cash-up difference of KES 0 over 3 closed tills (2). Last night is marked 1.End of day at Jikoni Grill and Cafe for last night, 29 October: KES 65,340 in 16 orders, 45 guests, food and drinks, and a cash-up difference of KES 0 over 3 closed tills (2). Last night is marked 1.

Good to know

While the day is still trading, End of day says so: “The trading day is still running: these are the figures so far.” The owner’s home page has the night too, on the card Last night: sales, covers, cash-ups and the log, with the Cash-up difference and the Voids and comps.

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