Who we help · F&B operators
Accounting and operating systems built for F&B reality.
Restaurants, bars, cafés, and hospitality businesses are not normal small businesses. They are high-volume, people-heavy, cash-sensitive, supplier-heavy, and operationally messy. Acuitas is built for that reality.
The problem
Why F&B accounting breaks under normal workflows.
Most accounting setups were designed for low-volume desk businesses. F&B doesn't fit.
Too many transactions
POS volume, daily settlements, refunds, voids.
Too many payment channels
Cash, card, QR, delivery platforms, gift cards.
Cash and card reconciliation
Manual matching across till, bank, platform payouts.
Supplier complexity
Frequent deliveries, credit notes, partial payments.
Labour cost volatility
Hourly staff, overtime, service charge, tips.
Inventory and wastage
Real cost of goods sold moves daily.
Delivery platforms
Commissions, payouts, and timing distort revenue.
Petty cash
Untracked outflows that quietly add up.
The fix
What Acuitas changes in your business.
We re-design how information moves from your venue through to your reports — and reduce the number of places where things go wrong.
- Cleaner data flow from POS, bank, and platforms into Xero
- Reliable reconciliation across cash, card, and online payments
- More reliable month-end close
- Owner dashboards that show what's actually happening
- Cost visibility by outlet, channel, and category
- Less admin chasing for outlet managers
- Fewer data failure points across the stack
What owners should see
The questions your numbers should answer — every week.
Owners need clarity before month-end, not after the damage is done.
- Q01Are sales growing?
- Q02Is cash actually coming in?
- Q03Are food and beverage costs under control?
- Q04Is manpower sustainable?
- Q05Are suppliers being paid properly?
- Q06Is the outlet profitable?
- Q07Where is money leaking?
From the work
F&B engagements, start to finish.
Singapore F&B in 2026
The five numbers most operators are quietly carrying.
We won't pretend the operating environment is easy. The numbers below shape every conversation we have with F&B operators right now.
~307
F&B closures per month, early 2025
Up from ~254 per month in 2024. Operating costs and staffing have compressed margins industry-wide.
20-35%
Delivery platform commission per order
GrabFood and Foodpanda commission ranges. On an S$25 order at 25%, S$6.25 is gone before COGS. Channel-level visibility isn't optional.
20-30%
Staffing shortfall, even after 25-30% salary increases
Most F&B operators can't hire their way out of the gap. Automation of admin work is no longer a nice-to-have.
1 Apr 2026
InvoiceNow voluntary GST trigger
Voluntary GST registrants must use the InvoiceNow Peppol network from this date. Full rollout to all GST-registered businesses by 1 Apr 2031.
1 Jul 2026
Local Qualifying Salary rises to S$1,800
Up from S$1,600. Affects foreign-worker quota counting. Progressive Wage Credit co-funding raised to 30% for 2026.
< 3 yrs
Lifespan of more than a third of closed F&B businesses
The back office shouldn't be the reason. By the time you've seen the numbers go wrong it's usually too late to act on them.
Sources: Funding Societies F&B industry report, SETHLUI on delivery platform commissions, CGP Personnel F&B employment trends, IRAS InvoiceNow guidance, MOM Local Qualifying Salary update for 2026.
For F&B operators
How long does your month-end take? If it's more than a week, we should talk.
Tell us your POS, your banks, your platforms, and your outlet count. That's enough to get a useful first conversation going.