How To Choose a POS For Your Pubs or Bars

Choosing a POS system may be a challenging task when setting up your pub and restaurant. In Singapore, you are spoilt for choice when it comes to POS systems, but getting the right one for your pubs or bar is what matters. This article will help you with just that, so you don’t make a decision that is regretted down the road.

Don’t get too caught up in the price

When looking for a POS system for your pub or bar, you will always come across some options that are very low cost. However, it is important to not jump at these “too good to be true” offers as you may regret further down the road when you realise that the POS system you got does not cater to your F&B business needs.

Define your needs

A pub or bar may have some similarities with other F&B businesses, but there are differences. Be sure to note down features you may need in your POS system which matters to you, or is specific to your pub or bar industry.

Some POS system options may be low cost and are F&B friendly, but may not be very suited for a pub or a bar.

Here are some POS features which your pub or bar F&B business will benefit from.

Inventory management

A big part of running a pub and bar is managing your drinks inventory. As a place that sells drinks as their main source of income, you have to make sure that you are always in stock, especially for your best sellers.

A good POS system helps you manage your stock well. Recipe management is an integral part of inventory management for pubs and bars. That’s because you stock in your drinks in barrels and bottles and sell them in shots, per glass, pints, etc. Having recipe management comes in handy by allowing you to set the amount of beverage consumed when a drink is sold. This way, you get a close estimate of how much drinks are left in your barrels and bottles so that you can do a timely stock in.

Table management

This is an essential feature for any F&B business which offers dining in. In pubs and bars, table management helps you tag each order to a table, manage your billing, and also tell your staff, at once glace, which tables are occupied and which are available to seat customers.

Promotion rule settings

Happy hour and bundle promotion are common in pubs and bars. With the wide array of promotions which are constantly changing,  it is not possible for your staff to remember every single one of them. A good POS system for pubs and bars should have a promotion scheduler for happy hours to give automated discounts on your bill if the preset conditions are met.

This way, you can ensure that your customers enjoy the same benefits while your staff is not overloaded by tasks.

Easy to use

Ease of use is one of the most important features of any IT system, be it a phone, computer or even a POS system. Ease of use is actually why Apple’s Macintosh shot to fame. Your POS system should be able to complete any transaction or perform a desired action with a minimal number of clicks through interfaces that is easily understandable by even those without IT knowledge.

An easy to use POS system not only allows your staff to speedy key in orders, but also helps flatten the learning curve of your new staff. Hence, boosting your pub or bar business productivity.

Payment integration

Integration with cashless payment terminals is important for any business in the service line, and more so in a pub or bar. Most customers that patronize your business will opt for payment by cashless means as it is impractical and unsafe for them to carry large amounts of cash on a night out. Hence, being able to integrate with cashless payment terminals allows your staff to easily accept cashless payment methods, without having to enter the bill amount in the payment terminal.

This helps your offer better convenience to your customers and staff, and also safeguards your revenue.

Getting a POS system for your pub or bar

If you are interested in getting a POS system for your pub or bar, do drop us your contact details below and we will be happy to arrange a free demo session with you on our pub and bar specific POS system!