Money Laundering in a nut shell is taking money from some illegal source and turning it into money from a legal source. Say an enterprising Dlister, employs themself as high class hooker - cash only. Said Dlister also owns a coffee stand and takes the money from hooking and rings up fake sales at the coffee stand, deposits it and pay taxes on it - voila it is now clean.
Restaurants are an excellent cover for money laundering because of the amount of food waste. What they have to be careful about is ordering enough food to cover the sales they are ringing up.

The husband was the only one to run the cash register/ordering system, all the other servers gave him the tickets and he keyed it in. They didn't tell the wife/chef when people sent food back, they just threw it away and rang up another ticket. @justducky pointed out that in order to successfully launder the restaurants need to make sure they can account for their inventory. He could easily make it look like they had way more customers/sales if he writes separate tickets and makes it look like different customers when people send things back.

Other Side of Amy’s Baking Company Controversy in Scottsdale To Soon Be Told

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. MAY 15, 2013 -- Amy’s Baking Company will host a Grand Re-Opening on Tuesday night, May 21, following unflattering portrayals on national television.

Customers will be able to decide who is correct: a famous celebrity chef or the marketplace that has supported the small, locally-owned business for six years.

When re-opened, a portion of proceeds will benefit a charity organized to bring awareness to cyber bullying.

Seating is limited. Reservations may be made by emailing [email protected].

Diners will also have the opportunity to meet, and judge for themselves the character of owners Amy and Samy Bouzaglo, who have devoted their lives to and earn their living from their small restaurant. The Bouzaglos have been married for 10 years, after Sammy emigrated from Israel.

The owners will likely be holding a press conference before the Grand Re-Opening and answer falsehoods depicted on a reality television show, including assertions that the restaurant confiscates tips from servers.

In fact, wait staff is paid $8-$14 per hour, two and half to nearly five times the standard hourly wage for servers.

Questions will also be answered about what happened to their Facebook page.

Amy’s Baking Company was recently featured on the hit PBS show “Check Please” and has received A+ reports from CBS 5 for kitchen preparedness.

“We are very upset by what has taken place, apologize about the acrimony that has ensued but now must fight back to save our business. We hope and believe much good can result from what has transpired. We ask the public to keep an open mind as we begin to tell our side of the story,” Samy Bouzaglo said.

For more details, please contact Michael Saucier.

When re-opened, a portion of proceeds will benefit a charity organized to bring awareness to cyber bullying.

a charity organized to bring awareness to cyber bullying.

The owners will likely be holding a press conference before the Grand Re-Opening and answer falsehoods depicted on a reality television show, including assertions that the restaurant confiscates tips from servers.