The Grand Strand F&B reality: a massive Memorial-Day-to-Labor-Day surge, a slower winter shoulder, tipped staff scaling up and down, and COGS that swings with every weekend. When 60% of your year happens in four months, monthly visibility is the difference between a profitable season and a hard fall. We keep your books clean so you can see it coming.
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Bookkeeping built around the rhythm of Horry County's tourist economy — where four months drive most of the year's revenue and the rest of the calendar is about survival, planning, and keeping the lights on.
Myrtle Beach is one of the most seasonal F&B markets in the country. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, dining rooms fill, bar tabs balloon, and weekly revenue can run 4–6x what you'll see in February. That kind of swing makes monthly P&Ls and year-over-year same-month comparisons matter more here than almost anywhere — because comparing July to June tells you nothing, but comparing this July to last July tells you everything. We build your books so you can see the trend, not just the chaos.
The geography matters too. Whether you're slinging steaks on Restaurant Row, pouring craft cocktails at Broadway at the Beach, running a casual spot on Ocean Boulevard, operating a clubhouse grill at one of the area's golf resorts, or pulling drafts at a beachside bar in Cherry Grove, North Myrtle, or Surfside — every concept has a different mix of locals, tourists, day-trippers, and golf groups. We categorize revenue by stream so you can see where your real margin is coming from and which lines of business actually carry the off-season.
Then there's the people problem. Few markets scale their workforce as hard as Myrtle Beach F&B — you might run 15 staff in January and 60 in July, with tip-outs, J-1 visa workers, and back-of-house turnover all hitting the books at once. We track tipped-staff payroll, manage the seasonal ramp-up and ramp-down, and help you keep your core year-round crew funded through the slow months. See more about how we serve Myrtle Beach businesses →
From a single-location café to a multi-concept bar group — we understand how food service financials actually work.
High volume, tight margins, and a dozen moving parts. Food costs, labor, POS reconciliation, and vendor bills all demand a bookkeeper who understands the restaurant business.
Cash-heavy operations with complex tip reporting, comp tracking, and liquor inventory. We build a system that keeps your bar books audit-ready.
Mobile operations and event-based revenue require a flexible bookkeeping structure. We track income and expenses across locations and events so your numbers are always accurate.
Restaurant and bar finances have challenges that general bookkeepers routinely miss. Here's what we hear from nearly every new client.
You're busy every weekend, but are you actually profitable? Without tracking food cost percentages and labor ratios, you're running blind.
Tip income, tip pools, tip-out to support staff — the IRS has specific rules and the penalties for mishandling are real. We track it correctly from day one.
Sysco, US Foods, local suppliers, alcohol distributors — vendor invoices pile up fast. We track every bill and payment so nothing gets missed or paid twice.
Your sales are in Toast, your money is in three bank accounts, and your cards settle on a two-day delay. Reconciling it all manually is a nightmare. We handle it.
Every Tides plan includes all seven core services. Restaurant and bar clients get specific treatment for COGS tracking, POS reconciliation, and tip income reporting.
Every account reconciled, every transaction categorized, every month — without exception. You receive a clean P&L and balance sheet you can actually understand and use to make decisions about your business.
Monthly reports that show your income, food costs, labor, and overhead — so you can see exactly where your margins are going.
Every business account and credit card matched and verified each month. No mystery charges. No unresolved transactions. No surprises.
We track vendor bills, supplier payments, and outstanding invoices so your cash flow stays healthy and nothing gets missed or paid twice.
Months or years behind? We clean it all up before we start your regular monthly service — no matter how far back the backlog goes.
If you have front-of-house or back-of-house staff, we coordinate payroll processing and keep your tax filings clean and on schedule.
"Finally understanding our food cost percentages changed how we order and price our menu. Tides made our numbers make sense for the first time."
Questions we hear from food service business owners before they sign on with Tides.
Based in South Carolina. Serving food service businesses coast to coast, 100% remotely — because your books don't need to be in the same city as your kitchen.
Tides Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping across 12 distinct industries. Industry-specific expertise means fewer errors, better categorization, and a bookkeeper who already understands how your business makes money.
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