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Cashier shifts and blind cash close: stop losing money at the till
How shift opening, blind counts and denomination counts protect a supermarket's cash.
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Cash differences in a supermarket rarely come from one big theft. They come from small mistakes, repeated across counters and days.
Open every shift with a count
The cashier enters the float in the drawer. From then on every cash sale, refund and change is tied to that shift.
Close blind
With a blind close the cashier counts the drawer note by note without seeing the expected amount. The system then shows the manager the counted cash, the expected cash and the difference.
Count by denomination
Counting 1000, 500, 200, 100… notes separately is faster and catches errors.
Review differences weekly
A pattern of small shortages on one counter tells you more than one bad day.
BillMate ERP does shift open, blind close and denomination counts on every till. Learn more about the POS.
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