iPad Table Service Order Takers

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Table Service in a cafe or restaurant via an iPad or other tablet device is just one of many extensions the Multi Retail EPoS solution has to offer.

Depending on your serving technique this may not be for you, as for example if your cafe or restaurant is pure counter service.

However if you are thinking of opening a cafe or restaurant in your store, wanting to change from counter service to table service or wanting to change from handwritten order pads you should explore what our solution can offer you.

Table Service Advantages

One of the advantages of table service, over counter service is that by leaving the table open for payment at the end, it gives you more opportunities to up-sell, extra food and drink orders can be added to the table until ready to take payment.

The menus and meal options are used by both the till and order takers so one change in the back office alters both. In quiet times you may just want to use the till point, but as tables start filling up you may want to start using the order takers as well.

You can have up to 8 areas listed down the left hand side of the screen with up to 30 tables for each area. The current status of the table is shown on the button. This will display the course the table is on and if a table is free for use.

Kitchen Printer

As soon as orders are placed they will be sent through to the kitchen to be printed. It does not matter how you take the orders the system will sort them into courses for printing.

You have the ability to move tables and to add extra items like drinks or desserts. More complex functions like split billing or taking payments will still need to be done on the main till points.

As well as your meal or drink selection you can also offer options that go with it or how you want it cooked. So for example for a soup you may show choice of bread or for steak whether you prefer medium or well done.

This can also be used for saying you do not want something i.e. no onions in a salad. Where you offer a four or five item breakfast for example this would also let you choose the items from the list offered.

You get a chance to review the order before storing it against the table and sending it to be printed in the kitchen for the chef. Changes of mind can be voided before placing or extra quantity added using the plus or minus buttons.

For more information on our EPoS solution please visit our website at http://www.openretailsolutions.co.uk or contact one of our sales team on 0115 9677 439.

EPoS Kitchen Printers

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The Multi Retail EPoS solution can link to up to 5 different EPoS Kitchen Printers.

These may be located in different preparation areas in the kitchen or used on a bar or front of house counter.

The printers can be setup on your network and printed to by till positions or iPad order takers.

There are two models of printer that we supply for this purpose.

The TM-T88VI thermal printer uses standard thermal roll and would be used more for front of house orders like drinks or cakes.

It has a footprint of just 145(W)‎ x 195(D) x 148(H) mm.

A network point or cable and power socket are required wherever you want to install the printer.

The system also supports the TM-U220B impact printer which uses a ribbon and plain paper.

Space-saving and versatile, it has a footprint of just 160(W) x 248 (D) x 133 (H) mm, and can also be wall-mounted.

A network point or cable and power socket are required wherever you want to install the printer.

As this printer uses a ribbon rather than thermal heat the printout does not fade in the hot kitchen environment.

Two ply roll can also be used in the printer if desired which can then be passed to two preparation areas.

If you have a large kitchen, you maybe also be interested in our kitchen control system.

For more information on our EPoS solution please visit our website at http://www.openretailsolutions.co.uk or contact one of our sales team on 0115 9677 439.