Hospitality business owners say they are eager to begin rewarding frontline workers with new cashless, contactless, ‘appless’ gratuity solution.
Millennials are the worst tippers
10% of Millennials tip nothing at restaurants. @CreditCardsCom
No tip for you: restaurants move toward hospitality-included menus
“Hmmm”, was the considered opinion of a member of the waitstaff at Manhattan’s Union Square Cafe last week when asked about working for a set wage, not tips. “It’s good to know how much is coming in”, the staff member later reconsidered. “Not so good if you need to make cash fast.”
Cornell analysis finds reasons for upscale restaurants to abandon tipping
While it’s true that tipping allows restaurants to offer lower nominal prices, tip income tends to benefit servers more than it does the restaurant owner—and it allows servers to earn considerably more than workers in other restaurant jobs
Tips, gratuities and cover charges: complex issues for UK hospitality businesses
There is no standard practice in the UK as to how tips and service charges are handled, and with new wage and tax legislation, the situation is set to become more complex and confusing.
Has tipping reached its tipping point ?
A tip cannot retroactively improve service and it encourages selfishness rather than teamwork. Is it a practice that needs to be eliminated?
