Restaurant POS and technology news, trends, best practices.

With all the POS hardware platforms on the market, from all-in-ones to component systems, making a decision for the long term can be difficult. The demand from restaurant operators is for reliable, space-saving hardware at the point of sale—without the premium price tag associated with the high end all-in-one hardware we have carried for years. We went to our longtime hardware partner, Posiflex, for a solution. Their new line is affordable, rugged, and its fanless design makes it amazingly durable. Continue reading for more on reliable point of sale hardware.

It started with one small pizza store in a town of 1800 people in 1981. Now, more than 30 years later, Pizza Ranch operates 163 locations in nine states. The chain, and its franchisees, have made an investment in business information and management tools with SpeedLine POS. Continue reading for more on how Pizza Ranch uses SpeedLine to drive business results.

Every time a guest calls your restaurant, visits your website, or walks through your front door, you have a new opportunity to strengthen a customer relationship and build your brand. The only way to control your guests’ impressions of your business is to design the experience yourself. Have you thought about how your point of sale system can affect your brand? Read on for ideas on how you can use your POS to build your brand for the better.

In a View from the Trenches guest post today, we have Wayne Rempel, owner of JP’s Pizza in Alberta, Canada. SpeedLine POS user and all around marketing guru, Wayne shares marketing best practices, and how he uses his SpeedLine POS to build sales. Read on for Wayne’s approach to building a marketing strategy from the bottom up.

Dennis Sheil, an engineer in the construction industry, purchased a Pizza Factory franchise in 2003 with his wife, sister, and brother-in-law. All of them have careers outside of the restaurant. Because they can’t be in the restaurant every day, Dennis and his partners rely on their full-time manager to run their business. There was a POS system in the restaurant when Dennis took over, but its limitations soon became apparent. After extensive research, SpeedLine POS was their choice for the future. Read on for the difference the right POS made for Pizza Factory.