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Point-of-Sale Programs

There are many excellent software programs and Point-of-Sale systems available to the foodservice industry… here are a few of the best we have seen..

Culinary Software Services - Software for Foodservice Professionals

Computer Programs
Bon Appétit Food Service Information Systems
http://www.bonapp.com/
School Foodservice Management Programs comprise this company’s featured products.
 
Computer Programs
CALC MENU Software
http://www.calcmenu.com/
A comprehensive back-of-the-house program for costing, purchasing and inventory controls. Comes with many useful features and reports.
 
Computer Programs
CaterWARE
http://www.caterware.com/
For managing catered events: features Menus, Proposals, Event Sheets, Invoices, Costs.
 
Computer Programs
CBORD Group
http://www.cbord.com/
Developers of comprehensive software solutions for large foodservice operations with a strong nutrition-oriented product line.
 
Computer Programs
ChefTec & Escoffier Software™
http://www.culinarysoftware.com/
Culinary Software Services
Offering a broad line of tools including recipe and menu costing, inventory controls, nutritional analysis, employee records and scheduling and a "shopping" module that consolidates recipes into one "buy list". A student version is also available.
 
Computer Programs
Cooken Pro
http://www.cooken.com
This program is affordable, simple and easy to use. It includes nutritional analysis, recipe and menu costing plus inventory management. It is PDA compatible as well.
 
Computer Programs
CostGuard by "At Your Service Software"
http://www.costguard.com/
Food & Recipe Costing, Inventory Controls, Recipe Maintenance and Sales Analysis.
 
Computer Programs
CrossFire Reservations
http://www.crossfirereservations.com/
Designed for the small to medium sized restaurant, it handles from one
to fifty tables, and does much more than reservations. Create a floor
plan of your restaurant and show where customers are seated, who is
waiting on them, and how long they have been there. Show the number of
tables and customers at each table for your serving staff. Maintain a
list of your customers, how many times they have dined, and the number
of their guests. Do catering menus with billing. Show restaurant
attendance on a graph for any period you choose. It's not just
reservations, it's a management system.
 
Computer Programs
Eatec Software
http://www.eatec.com
An established, award winning foodservice software developer with a full line of back-office, POS interfacing and catering packages.
Their system is designed to accomodate large operations.
 
Computer Programs
ESHA - Nutrition Software
http://www.esha.com/
Excellent nutritional Recipe Management software.
 
Computer Programs
FoodSoftware.com
http://www.foodsoftware.com/default.asp
This site is unique in that it offers many software programs from a variety of publishers. In addition, its catalog contains useful books and reference materials for managing a restaurant, bar and pizza shop.
 
Computer Programs
FoodTrak
http://www.foodtrak.com/
A well-known benchmark foodcost, recipe and inventory control system for foodservice operators. Optional Modules are many including multiple-facility, bar, bar-code readers, commissary and nutrition software compatibility.
 
Computer Programs
MasterCook
http://www.mastercook.com/
A simple recipe writing package that provides per-serving nutritional analysis on the fly. Very popular for its ease and files of existing recipes, including drinks. Capable of doing costing but its strength is in its recipe development and easy nutritional analysis.
 
Computer Programs
MenuLink
http://www.menulinkinc.com
A leader in Windows restaurant software for chain operators and independents. Back office software includes food cost, inventory
control, recipe management, purchasing, labor and profit and loss. Headquarters software includes consolidation, client/server reporting
and integration to accounting, payroll and HR systems.
 
Computer Programs
OPTIMUM CONTROL RESTAURANT SOFTWARE
http://www.tracrite.net
This affordable, comprehensive yet simple-to-use program helps you manage your back of the house recipe-costing & inventory information as well as your sales data, giving you timely reports for on-time decision making.
 
Computer Programs
Soft Cafe Cocktail Express
http://www.soft-cafe.com/cocktailexpress.html
Another offering from the folk who bring you Menu Pro, Cocktail Express is a nifty drink-recipe program for the bar that is worth checking out.
 
Computer Programs
Sweetware
http://www.sweetware.com/
Sweetware develops costing, inventory and nutritional analysis software primarily for the Baking Industry.
 
 
Digital Dining
http://www.digitaldining.com/
A popular integrated system that has a real focus on guest data management and marketing.
 
On-site Paging Systems
JTECH, Inc.
http://jtech.com/
On-premises silent pagers for staff members and patrons.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Aloha POS
http://www.alohapos.com/
Aloha offers a full line of software solutions for food service operators from the front through the back of the house and office as well as customer data management.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Break Away
http://www.breakawaynet.com/
Their offerings include POS systems, Dining Room Seating and Reservation software. They also offer software specifically for Pizza restaurants.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Chef’s Choice
http://home.earthlink.net/~chefsystems/
A Touch-Screen approach to a fully integrated system.. doing away with quite a lot of manual data entry.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Digital Dining
http://www.digitaldining.com/
A popular integrated system that has a real focus on guest data management and marketing.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
HSI - Hospitality Systems, Inc.
http://www.hsi-pos.com/
With an impressive list of clients, HSI capabilities go well beyond sales tracking to include reservations, frequent diners, table management, payroll management and Country Club Interfaces as well as property management.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
InfoGenesis
http://www.infogenesis.com/
POS solutions for casinos, resorts, hotels, cruise ships, theme parks and corporate cafeterias.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Micros
http://www.micros.com/
Used in over 50,000 restaurant locations, worldwide, the Micros system is mature and flexible.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
POSitouch
http://www.positouch.com/
Serving a wide spectrum of foodservice market formats. Features varied integrated solutions.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
ProBe Software, Inc.
http://www.probesoft.com
The ProZK Macintosh touchscreen software system supports multiple printers, ingredient control, time clock, tip reporting, multiple sales screens... in short a full-featured POS system for the Mac (Since 1985). They also supply the hardware as part of a complete package.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Rapid Fire by Radiant Systems
http://www.rapidfire.com/
If you offer take-out with your dine-in menu and/or offer pizza, you will find this system particularly helpful.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
RMS-Touch
http://www.rmstouch.com/
An integrated (back office, payroll, delivery, etc.) system, sold through authorized dealers.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
Squirrel Systems
http://www.squirrelsystems.com/
A thoroughly integrated industry standard.
 
Point-of-Sale Programs
System 3 POS
http://www.system3pos.com
A very well accepted POS system that has been installed in over 3,000 restaurants in 10 countries.
 

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