What are the Features of a Bar and Restaurant POS Software?

Bar and Restaurant POS software features

Bar owners shouldn’t have to to worry too much about product shrinkage or lack of inventory. With the right bar POS software, you can avoid these concerns and concentrate on running the business and growing profits.

With the right bar or restaurant POS software, handling any customer transaction is easier than it looks. Your POS can display information such as the average bar tab you get every night, the number of open tabs, returns or voids, as well as credit card processing details. This software provides all the needed reports that makes business management a lot easier, as well as provide excellent performance tracking of new products .

Useful Features of a bar POS software
A very important bar POS software feature is liquor inventory control. It can track all the liquor, wine, and beer in stock as well as inform you if a resource is near empty. It even tracks how much liquor goes into each drink, so you can have an idea how much money you can earn. It also helps keep employees honest – since supplies are closely monitored, they’ll be less likely to give their friends free booze.

This software also offers other great features to help you streamline your operations and track overall sales performance (you may want to request for a free POS system quote where a bar Point of Sale professional can tailor the right POS solution to meet your needs):

• Secure log-in– It requires authorized employee to be able to login.
• Liquor control devices (LCDs) – This helps reduce shrinkage by tracking the exact amount of alcohol barternders pour on bottles and glasses.
• Recipe lookup – A sort of “cheat sheet” for bartenders where they can quickly look up for ingredients needed to prepare a mixed drink.
• Data import and export – Downloads reports into your word processing or spreadsheet software for your personal bookkeeping efforts.
• Email list maintenance – Helps build your customer loyalty efforts by sending customers emails about limited offers, new product releases, and special events at your establishment.
• Gift card management – Adds gift card capabilities to your bar POS software that supports your brand and bring in repeat business.
• Schedule promotions – This bar POS software feature automatically manages price changes on liquor, wine and beer under limited time promotions like “happy hour.”
• Barcode readers – Can quickly serve customers by easily scanning barcodes on beer and malt beverage bottles.
• Employee scheduling – This features helps determine the exact number of staff neeeded for certain shifts based on your sales history.
• Customer management tools – Help manage open bar tabs, check split requests, and gratuities.
• Food service integration – A very useful feature that lets your process both food and drink orders on the same screen.
• Menu management – Toggles between different liquors so you can accurately track the amount of liquor that goes into certain drinks.

 

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Need more information or an online resource?

Go to POS-For-Restaurants.com

The author of this article is the Vice-President on Customer Relations at POS-For-Restaurants with over 20 years of experience serving restaurants of all types throughout the U.S.

 

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