Insights & updates
Product updates, operational insights, and compliance guidance for tip pooling and transparency in Canadian restaurants.
After 20 years in restaurants and opening Bliss Caffeine Bar, Jenna Oosterholt built Tippo to replace spreadsheet tip-outs with fair, transparent tip sharing.
Jenna Oosterholt
Third-party tip platforms can hold thousands in employee gratuities. When access fails, staff still look to you—and you still own the outcome.
Tippopotamus
The spreadsheet feels free. It isn't. Between manager hours, rounding drift, and the audits nobody plans for, manual tip calculations cost the average Canadian restaurant more than tip software would.
Keegan Francis
A good tip-out policy isn't about generosity — it's about fairness, clarity, and a paper trail. Here's the step-by-step we walk every restaurant through when they're building one from scratch.
Tippopotamus