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Jott Myth.
Small restaurant owner and product designer
I design things, and I have 3 cats. I believe small, steady steps carry you further than any grand leap, and that most good ideas begin as a quiet question nobody around you has thought to ask.
Also writes for TrainerQ
Posts by Jott Myth · 18
October 13, 2026 · 12 min read
What to do when business picks up after two slow months
For a shop owner whose sales are finally recovering after a bad stretch. How to tell a real recovery from one good fortnight, why profit and cash both get worse before they get better, what order to spend the money in, and which slow-month habits to keep.
Read postOctober 12, 2026 · 11 min read
How to run a pop-up food stall at a weekend market and actually make money
For anyone selling food at a weekend or night market, from Mercato Centrale and Banchetto in Manila to a food bazaar anywhere. What a stall costs, how many sales cover it, what to sell, how much stock to bring, and how to take payment when the signal drops.
Read postOctober 9, 2026 · 8 min read
High revenue, but losing money — how a busy shop goes negative without noticing
For food business owners whose shop is busy and whose sales look strong, but who still never seem to have money. A worked example of how $39,000 a month in revenue turned into a $3,095 monthly loss, and how to see it in your own numbers.
Read postOctober 7, 2026 · 16 min read
How to start a small shop: what to decide, in what order, and when to open
For anyone opening a café, food stall, corner shop, general store or hardware store — what to decide first, how much money to have ready, how to work out the sales you need each day, what hardware and POS you actually need, and when to open the doors.
Read postOctober 5, 2026 · 11 min read
Why a restaurant needs a restaurant POS, not a retail one
A retail POS assumes you sell what you buy. A restaurant sells what it makes. Here is what that difference means for stock, food cost and the kitchen in a small restaurant, café, food truck or bubble tea shop — and what to ask before you choose a POS.
Read postOctober 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Your slow hours are not dead hours. Sell them a different menu.
The 2pm to 5pm lull is usually lunch's hangover, not a lack of customers. How one shop read its peak-hours chart, built a snack menu for that window, and what to check before calling it a win.
Read postOctober 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Margin vs. markup — which one should you use to price your products?
They sound the same and give different prices. Here is the difference, when each one is the right tool, and how to avoid the mistake that quietly costs small shops a fifth of their profit.
Read postSeptember 29, 2026 · 9 min read
How to build a strategy when sales are slow
A slow month produces a lot of activity and not much of a plan. Here is how to let your own numbers pick the one thing worth changing, set a target you can actually check, and find out in two weeks whether it worked.
Read postSeptember 27, 2026 · 7 min read
The night before a storm — a checklist for your shop
The forecast says a storm lands tomorrow. What you do in the last hour before closing decides whether you trade through it, lose a chiller of stock, or spend two days rebuilding your sales from memory. Here is the list, in the order it matters.
Read postSeptember 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Send a receipt instead of printing it
No printer, no paper, no problem. The Send button hands a customer the exact same receipt as a PDF, straight to whatever app they already have open.
Read postSeptember 20, 2026 · 6 min read
What your day costs before you sell anything
Most shops price a dish by adding a markup to its ingredients. The moment you have staff, rent and a meter running, that is the wrong question — here is the arithmetic that tells you how many plates a day you need just to open the door.
Read postSeptember 14, 2026 · 7 min read
The Facebook post you keep meaning to write
For most small shops, Facebook is the storefront — and the post never gets written because nobody knows what to say. Here is how to go from an empty caption box to a posted photo in about five minutes, using what already sold this week.
Read postSeptember 10, 2026 · 7 min read
What bad weather really does to your sales
Rain does not simply take sales away — it moves them. Here is how to tell what a wet day actually costs you, what to prep instead, and how to keep trading when the power and the signal go.
Read postSeptember 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Why your sales feel stuck after 3 months (and what to do about it)
Almost every small business plateaus once the opening rush ends. Here is why it happens, five things that reliably start growth again, and the number that has to come first.
Read postSeptember 3, 2026 · 2 min read
No Notebook. No Guesswork. How 818 Chicken Tracks Every Sale with Kasenso.
A Korean crispy chicken stall — and how they stopped counting sales by hand.
Read postAugust 29, 2026 · 9 min read
What to do when sales are slow
The instinct is to discount everything and hope. Here is how to find out what is actually falling first, and what to do about each cause — including when doing nothing is the right answer.
Read postAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
Why your cash drawer never balances
Everyone's first thought is theft. It almost never is. Here is what a short drawer is usually telling you, and how to read the gap instead of guessing at it.
Read postAugust 12, 2026 · 3 min read
How to price your menu so you actually make money
Most small food businesses price by looking at the shop next door. Here is the arithmetic that tells you whether a dish is worth selling at all.
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