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4 Ways to Convince Merchants to Upgrade POS Hardware Regularly
Once you complete a sale and sign an agreement with a merchant, it’s often easy to just move onto the next one and focus on finding more of them to sign. Merchants you’ve signed tend to stay happy and complacent as long as their hardware and software are functioning properly…
Master your Restaurant Inventory with an iPad POS System
Your inventory management system is a vital part of your business. If you don’t have a quality system to help keep track of your stock, it could put you out of business. You either buy too many food items that may not sell, requiring you to throw it away because…
Patio Season: Prep for Your Busiest Days of the Year
Spring is finally here, which means summer is just around the corner too. As the weather starts getting nicer, people start coming out more, and your restaurant needs to be prepared for one of your busiest times of the year. This is especially true if you have a patio. Here…
Credit card processing: which type of machine is best for your business?
Accepting credit cards is as easy as accepting cash. As we all know, especially as a new business owner, there isn’t a whole lot of accessible money flying around when you first start a business. As a result, you have to use the most cost-effective methods to make sure you…
Restaurants are businesses who must have a clear method for doing just about everything. Otherwise, your business could be nickeled and dimed right into bankruptcy. To avoid this situation, where small leaks end up sinking the ship, you need a point-of-sale system for your restaurant. It can be overwhelming to…
As with anything else, restaurant point-of-sale technology goes through trends, and if you want to use a POS system in your restaurant, you’ll have to decide which trends are worth following and which will cost your business more money, in the long run, without actually saving you any money, time,…
Buying the right point-of-sale system for your restaurant is one thing, but then ensuring it’s set up properly, is another story. The setup of your restaurant POS system has to do with the hardware more than the software, so it’s understandable those who may find the software intuitive and easy…
Your point-of-sale system is the most important part of every transaction which passes through your restaurant. It will handle all the money coming into your restaurant, whether it’s credit or debit card purchases or cash transactions. It will also be responsible for keeping up with inventory coming in and out…
So you’ve made up your mind and it’s time – probably well past time – to purchase a complete point-of-sale system for your restaurant. Don’t think you have to go at it alone! We’re here to provide some valuable advice you’ll be so glad to have before making such an…
Inventory is one of the most important expenses for your restaurant. It can make or break your finances, and any successful restaurateur will tell you so! Restaurant inventory systems are the most convenient way to track your inventory to ensure you do not have too much or too little on…
As a restaurant owner or manager, you need to keep up with everything going on in your place of business. The best point-of-sale systems are those are capable of keeping all your necessary information in one place. Now, with software specifically designed for restaurant use, it’s easy to find the…
A restaurant cannot be successful without solid communication from the front of the house to the back. Determining ways to facilitate communication for your employees is easier said than done these days, with practically everything running at a faster pace than ever before. Everything is dependent on your point-of-sale system.
Taking inventory is hardly the most exciting part of running a restaurant. And when things get busy, it’s one of the tasks you’ll struggle to find time for. It’s understandable you don’t want to waste time taking inventory, but you’ll quickly discover waiting until you run out of something before…
The world of payments is rapidly changing in front of our eyes. Massive consolidation is happening at a record pace, and this will inevitably impact your business as a merchant services agent.