POS Systems: The Backbone of Restaurant Tech

The modern restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system has grown beyond simply handling payments. Feature-rich mobile POS systems have evolved to processing orders, sending tickets to the kitchen, providing detailed reporting and offering thorough inventory and business management. With the restaurant market expecting to exceed $22 billion by 2025, the high volume of cash and credit cards that pass through a restaurant each day make a POS system a necessity rather than a convenience.

The progression of POS toward being a “one-stop-shop” is likely the biggest driver of the restaurant POS market’s growth. Digital innovations remain the leading factor in changing the way people make and receive payments. Cash registers are a technology of the past as business owners now focus on greater flexibility and control. Similarly, gone are the days of basic systems and stationary credit card readers. Restaurant POS systems are changing, morphing, and evolving as restaurateurs and other business…