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  Whether you are an entrepreneur looking forward to coming up with a different dining experience for the customers or an already established business planning to expand, a food truck can be your smart move. Food trucks offer different fare and affordable options to the customers, apart from quick service. Whether you are running a food truck or a restaurant, you will need a POS System to make the most of your operations. If you are looking for POS system for your food truck, here’s what you can get -  Ease of Use and Small Space Requirement If you have invested a lot of creativity and time in your concept food truck, it doesn’t make sense to spoil it with a heavy POS system which eats up a lot of space. It should be compact enough to save as much space on the counter as possible. Make sure the POS system is user-friendly so you won’t have to train new employees.  Reports and data on the go  Real-time reports and analytics are very vital to get the true insight to y...

  Choosing the best CCTV Cameras with night vision is not easy for your home. Are you looking for wireless outdoor cameras? Are you looking for black and white or color night vision? We will help you regarding these doubts here.  Do all CCTV Cameras come with night vision? There are several outdoor cameras which have night vision. It is no brainer that a lot of wireless cameras support night vision. But you should ensure that surveillance and security cameras you are buying have quality night vision. Here’s how to do this –  Ask for night vision video samples  Find out if there is IR distance information or night vision in the specifications Read media reviews with night vision about outdoor security cameras  Watch the footage of night vision shared by other customers  Make sure it offers long range night vision, i.e. up to 190 feet to monitor your premises day and night.  Why is my night vision camera is black and white? Many people are not aware tha...

  Restaurant industry is full of challenges because you have to make enough money if you don’t want to shut your business down. This is the reason profit margin is one of the most important factors behind your business success. Thin profits are not enough to run a business considering your expenses. You need healthy margins for your staff, your customers and yourself. Here are the ways to boost your restaurant’s final figure.  Determine the Key Metrics  Like any other business, the hospitality industry also has certain key metrics which play a vital role in the success or failure of a business. So, keep track of your metrics to stay ahead of competition and maintain the health of your business for performance and expenses. For example, your COGS or Cost of Goods Sold determines the cost of making or selling each menu item. Overhead expenses include the fixed costs which usually remain constant every month.  Boost the revenue of your restaurant  You will be requi...

  Don’t know which POS system is the best choice for your business? Of course, no one else knows your business better than you. If you are looking for the best POS system for your grocery store, you should know what you need exactly. We have compiled a breakdown of POS hardware equipment recommended for a grocery store. Cash Register  Of course customers rarely prefer paying through cash. But you will still need to have a cash register in which you can store cash. Your employees would need to handle the cash while operating the POS system.  Barcode Scanner Another great advantage of Grocery store POS is having a barcode. It can easily ring up sales and speed up the checkout process. In addition, you can easily automate inventory management by scanning barcodes.  Card Reader It seems obvious but you should still admit that a card reader can make or break the checkout process in your grocery store. Your card reader should come with all the payment options that are wid...

  You may definitely want to keep your customers hooked to your business to ensure loyalty and drive sales. POS software makes it easier to engage customers with your offerings. But how does it make this happen?  Keep reading to know how POS systems increase customer retention by keeping you engaged with customers when they are not going to browse your site in your store.  Why do you need to engage your customers? Business owners often think that they are doing well if they are constantly getting the footfall of customers. Of course web traffic or footfall of customers is a sign of success to some extent. It is not the only sign that your customers are actually engaged with your business. You need to make your customers feel special whenever they visit your store and a lot of small businesses don’t consider this aspect.  This way, customer loyalty can attract more customers to your brand, including those who are engaged with competitors. Brand loyalty makes them wan...

  A mobile POS system or simply mPOS is a handheld point of sale system for mobile devices which serves as a POS register. A mobile POS system is a great solution for businesses like market vendors, food trucks, and home maintenance services to receive card payments remotely.  How to get started with mPOS? It is very simple to set up your mobile POS system. After choosing the best mobile POS software, simply download the respective POS software. Now connect your mobile device and you are good to go and receive mobile payments.  Choosing a Mobile POS  You should choose a mobile POS system which is user-friendly, affordable and secure for your business. Here are the key considerations in detail –  User-friendly  No matter what type of business you are running, you should always choose a mobile POS which is user-friendly and comes with an innovative user interface to skip training costs.  Secure You need to look for a secure mobile POS which is PCI compl...

  Whether you are running a beauty salon, retail store, house cleaning service or restaurant business locally, you can definitely boost holiday sales with gift cards. Gift cards are no longer limited to leading national chains. According to a recent study, around half of the consumers in the US are very positive to choose individual and small retailers offering gift cards. Over 1/3 rd of customers prefer buying gift cards regularly.  Tips to use gift cards to boost holiday sales  Boost both online and offline gift card sales - You may definitely want to allow shoppers to choose great deals. Customers prefer both e-gift cards and plastic gift cards but there are some advantages of e-gift cards over traditional ones. E-cards are very appealing to the youth who prefer their phones to do anything they want.   Market gift cards for self-gifting – There are many customers moving to social media when it comes to gifting in holiday seasons. You can advertise e-gift...

  A lot of food service and retail businesses you may find that are growing rapidly than your café. Unless you handcraft an authentic gourmet dish that no one can deliver in your café which is worth the wait, you should focus on one thing and that is speed. Quick turnaround time is what you need to improve profitability. Your POS system is the one thing which plays a vital role to run your business successfully.  Here’s how to choose the best POS software for your coffee shop -  User-friendly  Along with huge turnover for customers in the era of cafes and coffee shops, employees can also have high turnover. You will need a POS system which is easy to learn and use. Sticking to an interface which is full of glitches can make it harder for your employees to work on. You need a modern and clean front end to reduce errors and improve productivity of employees.  Inventory tracking Even if you have a small menu, your café can go through several products in a while. ...

  There are many restaurants switching to contactless delivery options for the sake of their employees and customers. It is very vital to align hygienic food delivery with improved safety measures considering the present COVID-19 situation. Here’s what your restaurant can do to ensure safe and contact-free delivery –  Boost Online Ordering  You need to keep track of your overall operations to optimize the online ordering and reduce the delivery time in your restaurant. Know the potential reasons behind delay and know the loopholes in delivery. Be sure to push all the customers’ orders to the kitchen directly. Use your POS system to track order status and set priority on the basis of time order was received. This way, you can assign the delivery guys accordingly.  Contact less Delivery to Modify Online Ordering  It is important for restaurants to add contactless delivery to their delivery operations with their own website or mobile app. You can add various option...

  Of course there is the importance of a barcode scanner. It is really very vital for bakery business because its success depends on the freshness of raw materials.  We have added some of the most important features of POS barcode scanner to look for. It can literally help you improve the shelf life of baked goodies and make your operations easier.  Managing Barcode-enabled products  A lot of products will have a predefined barcode in your bakery and you can handle these products easily with barcode scanners. This device can easily decode the information with one touch. It automatically transfers the data to the POS if you sync both the machines.  Modules to generate barcodes  Along with generating barcodes in your bakery products, you will also need to generate codes for products manufactured in your bakery. So, barcode generation should also be the main feature added in your bakery POS. Here are some of the tabs of bakery module –  Name of product ...