Simple Steps to Prevent Employee Theft

No matter how well you think you know your employees, there is always a possibility of theft. Employee theft in restaurants takes many forms, including giving away free food and drinks to customers without authorization, stealing customer’s credit card information, and stealing food or alcohol for themselves.

Experts report that a major deterrent is employees’ awareness that you have a system in place to trace theft.

Here are some of the basics:

1. Track food inventory.
2. Keep all alcohol under lock and key.
3. Review your handling of credit and debit cards.
4. Install security cameras in your restaurant.
5. Limit access to cash drawers and the safe.

In addition, POS-integrated surveillance cameras can produce a recording of specific time slots, giving you to a visual record that can be reviewed to support (or dispel) concerns you may have.

Contact us to learn more about how to use your MICROS technology to monitor your operation and to prevent revenues or assets from leaving when it’s closing time. We can show you how your MICROS system can help alert you to suspicious patterns of behavior.