Bar POS system for real-time traders

POS stands for point of sale, meaning the most crucial moment of contact between your business, and your team, and the customer. This is the moment you make a sale, and if it goes well, will lead to future sales, increased profits, and improved customer loyalty.

Point of sale systems are designed to create a fluid and effective sale that makes the most out of this interaction, encouraging upselling, helping staff keep their focus on the customer, while gathering data to make management of the business easier both during and after the sale. This makes Epos Now systems essential tools for those businesses relying on them.

The right point of sale system for a modern bar works by centralising and simplifying the bar operation. Tracking orders and sales with table plans, open tabs, order numbers, which then send directly to a kitchen or prep station through an order printer or kitchen display. These systems also store transaction data, inventory, staff, and product performance, helping businesses make better decisions based on the data collected.

Bars can also adapt their POS systems through apps that expand sales channels and offer more management options. These apps could help with marketing, accounting, delivery and online ordering, loyalty programs, website integration and much more. Ultimately, bar and pub EPOS systems work by bringing together different bar management tools under one banner, giving bar owners a simple way to manage the entire business.

The best EPOS system for bars takes care of all key business functions including inventory management, price and promotion management, generating reports, managing and monitoring staff performance, while also giving you room to grow, with the ability to manage multiple locations if you expand.

It's also essential that your ideal system can keep drinks flowing on those busy Friday and Saturday nights, processing sales and making adjustments, doubling up, merging tabs and tables, all in just a few taps.

Ultimately, different bars and other business owners will have their own needs and the ideal system will be specific to you. If your bar has a kitchen, you may want a kitchen display screen integrated to your system. Maybe you'll want mobile payments and tableside ordering? Or even delivery and online ordering, which Epos Now incorporates through our AppStore, giving you the flexibility to create your own best POS system.

Till systems for pubs, nightclubs, restaurants, and bars are specialised hardware and software combinations that offer a user-friendly way for managers and staff to run business.

Combining everything from booking programs to a physical cash drawer for cash storage, a bar till system brings everything together under one umbrella, making managers, staff, and customers happy. Many bar systems, including Epos Now, require an internet connection as they use cloud-based point of sale technology to store data in real-time, linking the device used to process payments, to any device managers use to stay on top of trade. This also gives them the ability to track staff, sales, and even check inventory levels, confirming what stock you have even as you walk down the aisles at the wholesaler, with your team back at base pouring out every pint. You could call it in the field inventory management!

The cost of your bar POS system will vary based on your needs. For instance, there are simple bar sales processors you could use for free, but you'll struggle to use them for more than the simplest tasks, which will likely make running your bar more difficult.

On the other hand, you can get comprehensive systems at very affordable prices for as little as a few hundred pounds upfront, with payment processing included, though you can expect competitive systems to come with a small recurring fee as well. Additional hardware and software such as a kitchen display system (KDS) will also raise the cost, but save you operating costs from day one.

Then, if you expand your system using apps like Sage or Xero, there might be an additional cost. Whatever your needs are, reach out to Epos Now's team and get your offer on an affordable POS system with powerful performance potential.