Inside the Gray Areas of Tipping, Wages, and Compliance
About this episode
Kirk Grogan discusses the evolving landscape of tipping, wages, and compliance in the restaurant industry.
Tipping in restaurants is becoming more complex, more regulated, and far more consequential for operators. In this episode, Kirk Grogan, COO and co-founder of TipHaus, joins the podcast for a candid conversation about how tipping, wages, and compliance are evolving as the industry looks ahead to 2026. Rather than focusing on theory or headlines, this discussion centers on the real questions operators are asking right now—where confusion lives, where risk is growing, and how tipping decisions ...
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