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The trends influencing Restaurant POS are cloud technology, data security, data analytics, mobility, restaurant loyalty, omnichannel & customer engagement.

POS is an acronym for Point of Sale which is in itself a shorter form of data capture at the point where a sale is made. The term came about as evolving computer hardware and software made it possible to capture the sale information at the time the sale was made.

A locally-based point of sale (POS) solution means the POS system runs from a self-contained software program installed on one or more onsite POS terminals (PCs). The POS application does not require an always on Internet connection but Internet access would be required for credit card processing.

POS systems come with an easy, user-friendly mode of software, which allows anyone to operate it without difficulty. Besides, it is also easy to install and can be done by any person even if they only know basic computer functions. However, it is necessary that a POS system compiles with the existing software of the business and does not interfere

The cost of a POS depends on the complexity, quantity and number of users of the software and hardware, if required.

The most popular POS system for restaurants are: Toast POS, TouchBistro, Upserve, Revel Systems POS, Sapaad, CAKE, POS Nation and Cybersys POS.