About Us
Our 25th Year supporting Computer applications and Custom programming for Point of Sale, Web Services, Digital Signage, Security, Graphics, Printing and Accounting for Hospitality, Retail & Salon.
How We Got Started
Developed software for the IBM PC to manage our Retail and wholesale operations and created an affordable PC Point Of Sale system for Restaurants and Clubs
The products and services we offer
Products & Services
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We've supplied any food service in need with free On line ordering sites to take orders
and mobile terminals for contactless payments at the curb pickups and for their deliveries.
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We've supplied any food service in need with free On line ordering sites to take orders
and mobile terminals for contactless payments at the curb pickups and for their deliveries.
Ive been in the hospitality business for plus 50 yrs. from multi unit management, club management and managed care implementations to and including private ownership. Wrote one of the first POS for the IBM desktop PC and have supported, installed and trained multiple POS Systems always trying to...
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Ive been in the hospitality business for plus 50 yrs. from multi unit management, club management and managed care implementations to and including private ownership. Wrote one of the first POS for the IBM desktop PC and have supported, installed and trained multiple POS Systems always trying to get the best bang for the buck for our clients.
At present we feature and represent a company with over 150,000 installs offering equal features and integrations to all the necessary requirements of a restaurant or bar as featured and recomended by "Bar Rescues John Taffer" including on line ordering, pay at the table, hand held ordering, social media management, inventory, payroll, delivery integrations all including remote management and reporting capabilities at no cost for the POS hardware, 24/7 USA based support, next day hardware replacement if necessary all for a small monthly fee (less than 60$ per workstation) that includes initial programming, installation, software, support, training and competetively frugal transaction fees for cards and online processing.
Substantial savings of several thousands of dollars with no upfront costs to the restauranteur. Glad to furnish more info -- posoutfitters.com
With over 50 years experience in hospitality and 25 of them currently offering POS products and IT services for the hospitality industry I can offer that there are ongoing performance and timing issues, charges for orders that weren’t completed by customers, poor reviews for delivered food,...
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With over 50 years experience in hospitality and 25 of them currently offering POS products and IT services for the hospitality industry I can offer that there are ongoing performance and timing issues, charges for orders that weren’t completed by customers, poor reviews for delivered food, tampering and the costs involved with delivery. Then there is the mostly non discussed issue of who owns and keeps the customer info and if and how it’s used to promote your competitors or steer your customers. If your in the prepared food business and can pass off up to a third of the sale price of your product and your customer information in the hopes of gaining a new patron then perhaps third party delivery is the option versus the in-house cost of delivery. Delivery is a serious commitment of resources and planning from menu items that can hold for the pickup and delivery time, correct containers for each item, presentation of the item in its container, sealed tamper proof delivery containers and correctness of the order, extras and service ware at pickup, etc. and then how to handle and prepare timely delivery orders with a full dining room and twenty orders on the string for the hot line? Delivery is the hot button being promoted, not surprisingly by third party delivery providers, as a means to maintain volume while the prepared food market gets more and more overcrowded and justified by delivery statistics from Amazon, pizza, subs, wings and oriental grub in paper bucket providers that are the most trucked about delivery offerings. If your product, pricing and image doesn’t fall into this accepted style of receiving an order then you need to carefully review how your brand and operation will be effected by offering an a la cart delivery menu and service.
When we were brick and mortar the only flyers that worked for us were the multi page Christmas sales flyers that were furnished by the suppliers and inserted in the Sunday paper mid December . Right now I'd advise EDDM programs if your paying for the printing and distribution as you can target...
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When we were brick and mortar the only flyers that worked for us were the multi page Christmas sales flyers that were furnished by the suppliers and inserted in the Sunday paper mid December . Right now I'd advise EDDM programs if your paying for the printing and distribution as you can target the local delivery areas that would predominantly be your customer base. Depending on your audience Facebook and Instagram ads can provide a very targeted and relatively inexpensive promotion.
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Consignment with a guaranteed case placement location. You should also furnish the store with a BIOS counter card.
You will need written terms of payment, sales tax agrement and a detailed acceptance invoice with item pictures and the $$ you will receive for each item. You should furnish the...
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Consignment with a guaranteed case placement location. You should also furnish the store with a BIOS counter card.
You will need written terms of payment, sales tax agrement and a detailed acceptance invoice with item pictures and the $$ you will receive for each item. You should furnish the retailer a suggested retail price for each of your designs which at minimum should be triple key so they have some wiggle room with a potential customer to close the sale.
You should visit at least once a month to check on your goods and you should collect on sold merchandise as you replace or exchange items, making sure that you have signed and detailed invoices for all items paid for or replaced. If nothing sells on your visits then it's time to ask the retailer for input as to what their customers think of your items and check to see that they haven't overpriced the items unrealistically. If their retail pricing is out of line with the rest of the store it's time to pull your display and find another location as they're using your items to down sell theirs.
The key is to constantly move the merchandise around so your display is fresh for both the retailer and their customers. The relationship you build with the retailer is key to not only selling your stuff but to determine what their clients are interested in especially with handcrafted items.
Don't forget to craft a thank you gift for the salesperson or owner in the store to wear when you set them up as an account.
And DON'T SELL your items in local craft fairs and flea markets.. You can't play both sides of the fence in your backyard. Nothing worse that a store owner hears from a customer "Oh I saw Her/Him or that design down at the flea market Sunday" If you display at a craft fair then mark your items as "FOR DISPLAY ONLY our Custom Designs are available at the following locations" If a customer wants one of your designs ask them which store they would like to purchase from then take the item and all the customer info to that store for them to pick it up at. This way you will establish your reputation with the customer as being a legitimate recognized designer available from their reputable local retailer - and the store owner will know your not under cutting them for a quick sale but bringing them perhaps a new customer. Same goes for Internet sales, if your going to sell online then you need to setup a different persona than the one you have in stores, brick and mortar aren't going to support an online designer unless they are super famous or have the hottest item that no one can live without "now and today" and then when the fads gone so are you.
Hope that helps..
I explain that my services pay for my families food, shelter and clothes - much the same that their business pays for theirs. Unfortunately I'm not Microsoft or Google that I can operate without the income from my services to them for extended periods beyond our original agreements payment terms....
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I explain that my services pay for my families food, shelter and clothes - much the same that their business pays for theirs. Unfortunately I'm not Microsoft or Google that I can operate without the income from my services to them for extended periods beyond our original agreements payment terms. I like them personally and value them as a client but to continue serving I will need an advance deposit, today, on the account equal to 4 hours of our support services and would like a commitment as to when the balance on the account will be brought current.
That's as polite as I can get. --- The next step
in the dialogue, after the commitment hasn't been honored, is that I like them and won't leave them in the weeds so I'll help them find another service to support their systems that can offer them different payment terms that I'm not able to offer and would like a check, today, for the balance on the account.
For some reason in the small business computer world where we support and coordinate the multiple software and hardware arrangements that track and monitor the income, marketing and reporting of their businesses, saving them many dollars, we're treated and regarded less than professionally and more often than not paid last.
It seems that because an operator has paid for the hardware and software that all the rest is supposed to come free, including the support calls at all hours and days. However when we offer as part of the original service specifications either a monthly support fixed fee or a pay as you go, the choice in 99% of our agreements is the pay as you go. More than once we've heard "I'll just call you if we're stuck cause my (nephew, grandson, neighbor, etc.) is a whiz on computers.
I agree, if you're expecting that important a call forward to your secty to respond. During meeting mute the phone & check your messages during breaks.
Presentors however should be cognisant of the need to schedule more breaks.
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I agree, if you're expecting that important a call forward to your secty to respond. During meeting mute the phone & check your messages during breaks.
Presentors however should be cognisant of the need to schedule more breaks.
We support our Local Fire Dept, Village Events, Sanata's Helpers & Shrine Hospitals with benefit dinners and doantions.
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We support our Local Fire Dept, Village Events, Sanata's Helpers & Shrine Hospitals with benefit dinners and doantions.
Facebook and Instagram (with quality photography) links to your own eCommerce and blog website ( lots of reasonable ecommerce wordpress themes to create your own at the least cost for the biggest bang). Once up and running - Start a donation campaign based on every purchase so much goes to a...
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Facebook and Instagram (with quality photography) links to your own eCommerce and blog website ( lots of reasonable ecommerce wordpress themes to create your own at the least cost for the biggest bang). Once up and running - Start a donation campaign based on every purchase so much goes to a LOCAL food bank or children's backpack program. Show the amount (picture of the check) you've donated monthly on your website. That should keep you busy if you have a quality, well designed product and maintain contact and ask for likes & referrals from your customers.