I opened my first grocery store and worked its register myself, open to close, every day for a year and a half. Nobody dreams of that job. And the owner still pays about $120,000 a year to keep one counter staffed: two shifts, payroll taxes, endless re-hiring.
Cashier Crew is for the owner who can’t afford a second cashier, or a first, and runs between the kitchen and the counter. Big chains have budgets. You get a cashier that speaks 42 languages and offers the add-on on every order. No person can do that.
Make the coffee. Talk to your regulars. Do the work you opened for.

