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Notes from behind the counter.

Pricing, inventory, staffing, and the small operational things that decide whether a food business makes money.

A shop owner in a navy polo and apron sorts banknotes and stacks of coins into the cash drawer at the wooden counter of a small eatery at night, a tablet POS and receipt printer beside her and a phone charging on a power bank next to a notepad. The roller shutter is half down over the glass front, and outside a palm tree bends in wind-driven rain on an empty street.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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A food stall owner hands a phone showing a PDF receipt to a customer across the counter, no printer or receipt roll in sight.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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A stainless steel prep counter seen from above, with a takeaway box of Korean fried chicken, rice and pickled radish in the middle, a branded paper bag on the left, and a bottle of cooking oil, a bulb of garlic and a bowl of sesame seeds on the right.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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A woman in a navy polo stands behind the counter of a bright, modern restaurant in the evening, holding up her phone which shows a photo of the plate of fried chicken and rice sitting on the counter in front of her. A tablet POS, card terminal and receipt printer are beside her, with tables and a lit street behind.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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A man stands alone behind the counter of a small brightly lit eatery at night, checking his phone beside a tablet POS. Rain streaks the glass and the dark street outside is wet and empty. A chalkboard above him lists comfort foods — goto, chicken adobo, pork sinigang, lumpiang shanghai.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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A split image of the same small-eatery owner in a navy polo — on the left, alone in an empty dining room with her head in her hands over a handwritten sales notebook; on the right, standing in a full shop holding a phone showing a rising sales chart while customers eat behind her.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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Two women in aprons behind the counter of a Korean crispy chicken street stall at dusk, one taking an order on a tablet beside a card terminal and a phone showing the day's total, trays of fried chicken and printed menu boards in front of them.

Jott Myth · September 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.

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Two women in denim aprons stand behind the counter of a bright, empty coffee shop in the afternoon. One taps an order into a tablet POS while the other watches over her shoulder; the tables behind them are all unoccupied.

Jott Myth · August 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.

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