Why Use a Restaurant Point of Sale System?

When you are opening up a new restaurant - your very own restaurant - everything is exciting. You imagine all the people who will visit your establishment, and imagine the happy faces of happy customers and staff. You've worked hard, and you deserve your success.

But to see that success come to fruition, you need to manage your restaurant well, give your customers a good meal, provide friendly and efficient service, and make sure there is a hassle-free payment system. Three of these requirements can be helped by choosing a quality Point of Sale (POS) system.

A good quality POS system can help you achieve both more efficient service, and give you a smooth and easy payment system. At the same time, the information that the POS can provide can help you make better management decisions. There are many ways in which a quality POS system can help your restaurant. Let's look at a few of these.

1. A POS system can help you track your orders more accurately

A POS system can tell you what items were purchased, how many, and even when they were purchased. This can help you make inventory ordering decisions, up selling suggestions, and even better marketing decisions.

2. Process credit cards & debit transactions in seconds

If speed is of the essence, then a web-based POS system with integrated payment processing may be the best solution. POS systems with integrated payment processing can run from your existing "always on" Internet connection, and can process each transaction up to 30 seconds faster than a cash register with a stand-alone payment terminal.

3. Manage multiple locations from a single computer

Do you look forward to the hassle of running between locations every time a menu item needs to be updated, a price needs to be changed, or you just want to see the reports? No! Instead, look forward to doing what you do best - managing the business. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to change prices & add and remove menu options at all your locations, all at one time, even from home?

4. Handle gift card and promotions right in the system

Let servers and wait staff excel at what they do best - serving your customers. Your POS should be able to quickly and easily handle your promotions and rewards, without putting additional strain on your server staff.

5. Easier changing and modifying of orders, with less confusion

Have you ever been in a restaurant and experienced some confusion when you just wanted to change something on your order? Maybe you got charged for that appetizer twice, or didn't get charged at all for a drink. A good quality POS system can help make changing orders easier, and cause less confusion for your customers. It can also help increase the accuracy of your orders, and help you stay on top of your business.

There is no doubt that starting your own restaurant is an exciting, stressful, and somewhat expensive process. By choosing the right options at the right price, you can help increase your chances of success, and of having happy, repeat customers. Good luck!

Daniel Mitchell works with Halo Web Based Point of Sale to provide high-quality, cost-effective POS Restaurant systems. Feel free to contact Halo to find out how your restaurant can be more profitable.