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Americans tip less as more businesses request tips

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Forty-eight percent of quick-service restaurants now offer customers the option of adding tips to orders. That’s up from 38 percent in 2020, according to Toast. The average tip today is 15.9 percent, down from 16.4 percent last year.

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