Payroll with tips built in: Square Payroll for restaurant franchises

Square says Square Payroll lets you "pay employees from your dashboard, import timecards and tips, and process payroll faster." Payroll with imported timecards and tips can run for each location from one account. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
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Payment solutions for restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups

How each solution supports restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Restaurants

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Organize meals, takeout orders and catering with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Square describes its restaurant POS as "a business technology solution built for single- and multi-location full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, fast-casual restaurants, bars, breweries, and multi-concept restaurants." Menu changes push to every location at once, and owners compare sales across units in one dashboard. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Recommend the Square plan and device mix that fits your service style
  • Build menus, modifiers, taxes, service charges and tip settings before opening day
  • Configure floor plans, printer and KDS routing, and team permissions
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Custom Development on Square

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Build a Square-based payment workflow around meals, takeout orders and catering, with custom software for your operating process. Square publishes developer APIs, including the Orders API and Catalog API, that let approved apps create orders and manage items in a seller's Square account. Custom builds on Square's APIs can feed royalty reports, franchise-wide dashboards and menu governance tools. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Scope the workflow and confirm what Square already does natively
  • Design, build and test the integration (a Roots service, not a Square product)
  • Deploy, monitor and maintain it as Square's APIs change
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Square Integrations

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Connect Square transaction data with the tools used to manage checks, modifiers, tips and shifts, reducing repeated data entry. Square says sellers can "keep orders flowing even beyond your doors by integrating your favorite delivery partners like Uber Eats and DoorDash," and lists 100+ popular app integrations. Standard accounting, scheduling and delivery integrations are connected the same way at every unit. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Audit which apps you use and which ones Square can replace
  • Connect delivery partners and map menus, modifiers and prices
  • Set up accounting sync and test it against a real week of sales
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Square Staff

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Set roles, permissions and schedules for servers, cooks and managers, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Square says its staff tools let you "set availability, add shifts, manage time-off requests, and publish schedules for your entire team." Custom permission sets keep franchisee, manager and staff access consistent across units. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Set up roles, permissions and pay rates
  • Configure tip pooling rules and cash-tip declarations
  • Build your first schedules and train managers on the Team app
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Square Payroll

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Organize payroll for servers, cooks and managers, using staff and time records to prepare pay runs. Square says Square Payroll lets you "pay employees from your dashboard, import timecards and tips, and process payroll faster." Payroll with imported timecards and tips can run for each location from one account. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Set up pay rates, jobs and tip eligibility for every role
  • Configure tip importing and cash-tip declaration
  • Run a parallel test pay run before your first live payroll

Square Hardware Setup

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for meals, takeout orders and catering, including counter, mobile and staff workflows. Square describes Square Register as a way to "run your entire business right out of the box with a fully integrated, two-screen solution," and Square Handheld as "the powerful, feature-packed POS that fits in your pocket." A standard hardware kit and remote device profiles make each new opening repeatable. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for restaurant franchises.
  • Recommend a device mix for your layout; you purchase directly from Square
  • Plan network, power and mounting before install day
  • Configure devices, printer profiles and device codes
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Custom Payment Integration

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Connect the payment flow for meals, takeout orders and catering with your software and the operational records behind checks, modifiers, tips and shifts. Roots builds custom integrations that connect payment processing to ordering apps, accounting, inventory and reporting systems. For groups running mixed systems, custom integrations connect payment data to ERP and accounting.
  • Scope requirements and data flows
  • Build and test the integration
  • Deploy, monitor and maintain it
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Merchant Account

For restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups: Arrange a processing account for meals, takeout orders and catering, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Roots sets up merchant accounts through its processing partners for businesses that need custom pricing or a setup outside a flat-rate platform. Large groups with custom processing needs can review interchange-plus pricing across the portfolio.
  • Review your current statements and effective rate
  • Underwrite for your volume, ticket size and seasonality
  • Set up terminals or gateway and test transactions
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Square Payroll questions

Questions restaurant owners ask us before switching.
Square Payroll provides employee payroll and payroll-tax filing tools. Roots helps organize the account setup and operational handoff.
Square Payroll can import timecards and tips from Square POS. We help configure and test the staff records and pay-run workflow.
Bring your employee records, pay schedule, timecards and tip-reporting process. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for restaurant franchises & multi-unit groups and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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