Having been doing extensive research for 4 years after a long career in restaurant working and management, I can confidently say that I know a thing or two about how technology can both enhance the efficiency and profitability of a restaurant establishment while also allowing for better experiences for workers and guests. This piece is just a love song to all the things I love best in the Point of Sale world and why. A best in class style listing if you will allow, with a hint of top ten.
Best in Class: Reporting Clarity
This provider allows restaurant operators access to the data they need in a simplified platform that allows for better cost management and improved profits.
Buyer's Edge
Every business needs a lot more than a cash register to operate well. Buyer's Edge brings all the tools to the table that you need to manage food costs, liquor costs, and labor expenses, And it does it with the data you're getting from your cash register and vendors already.
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Best in Class: System Flexibility
With software that can run on just about any platform and is already integrated with many large providers in the space, this provider can meet the need of just about any restaurant/retail establishment
CBS: Northstar
The Northstar system allows for a flexibility in database management for enterprise establishments that is going to be pretty hard for anybody else on the market going after enterprise accounts right now. It's cool stuff. And their buttons are pretty.
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Best in Class: Client Experience
With both restaurant and retail customers needing a variety of features, this system brings a large variety of capacity by taking advantage of the complexity available in legacy databases while also enhancing relatable end user experiences.
OrderCounter
Like most wonderful things in the world of tech, this software was started in a founder's garage. Even their KB article provides links where end users can suggest edits and updates. They have mastered the art of listening to the end user and meeting their needs.
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Best in Class: Hardware Novelty
This provider continues to produce hardware that is sleek, takes less cable management, and allows for more efficiency in the restaurant.
Toast
With the best handhelds in the market, and printers that don't take up the entire counter with cabling, Toast brings innovation to the hardware game in a way that is challenging to beat. Good Job Toast! I love your handhelds.
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Best in Class: Revenue Reclamation
This provider is on a mission to get more of the money restaurants are making into the restaruant's pockets. By redirecting revenue back in store, you can see an almost immediate return on the investment.
DBC Technologies
Using AI and creative online marketing strategies, the team at DBC Technologies has found a way to help restaurant owners reclaim delivery costs from third party providers. The savings and additional income happen within the first six months of the investment.
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Best in Class: Data Security
With a system that automatically backs itself up locally every 15 minutes, it's impossible to completely lose the data. And just it case that goes bad, there's an online back up that happens with each journal posting.
onePOS, an i3 Verticals Company
With a robust legacy system with an impressive amount of capacity for hardware that is relatively low cost, this brand is able to meet the needs of just about any budget. Well known for pulling rabbits out of hats, if you need to switch fast, they can usually make it happen.
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Best Overall: Current Favorite
STOVE
A pared down version of a system originally created for theme parks, this is the Rolls Royce of POS systems, but priced like a Toyota. If there is a capacity you need, they probably already have the code somewhere. With a culture founded on creating amazing experiences, they are able to meet just about every need.
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