Is a credit on my food bill a bad deal?

Not by itself. It's real money. Read who pays it and what it depends on, then compare it with what processing and support cost you over the same 12 months and after. We'll run that math with you for free.

Do I have to leave my bank or my food distributor?

No. Keep both. This is only about who sells, installs, and supports your point of sale.

Will you support a POS I already bought from my bank or distributor?

Yes. We set up, fix, and train on systems we didn't sell, billed by the hour with an estimate up front. Move your processing to us and support is included on any system we sell.

Where do the distributor offers on this page come from?

From the distributors' and POS companies' own announcements and offer pages, linked below. Offers change, so ask for the current terms in writing.

Don't Buy Your POS From Your Banker or Food Rep

Bought it from your bank?

How a bank sells you a point of sale

Your banker is good at banking. Here's how the POS part usually goes, and what it leaves you holding.

It's a referral, not a serviceThe branch passes your name to a payment processor and earns on the account. The banker's part ends when you sign.

Nobody at the branch has built a menuA banker sees deposits and a loan file. They can't tell you if the kitchen needs a display or a printer, or why the handheld drops orders on the patio.

The box comes from a strangerIt ships from the processor behind the bank, from people you've never met, with a quick-start card and good luck.

Support is an 800 numberWhen it won't print or won't pair, the branch sends you to a hold queue in another state. The branch closes at 5. Your kitchen doesn't.

The pitch is about the accountBank POS offers are built around the processing account, not your counter. Check the first statement against the pitch. Our rate review is free.

Keep your banker for bankingThe loan, the line of credit, the deposits: leave them right where they are. Just buy the POS from people who install them for a living.

Ask your banker before you sign

Who installs it, and who builds my menu?
Who do I call at 8pm on a Saturday, and are they local?
What is my rate, in writing, and is there a contract or an early termination fee?
Is the equipment mine, financed, or a lease?

Buying it from your food rep?

How a food distributor sells you a point of sale

Your rep knows your order guide by heart. Here's how the POS part usually goes, and what it leaves you holding.

It rides on trust you already gaveYears of on-time deliveries earned your rep a seat at your table. The POS offer sits on that trust, not on knowing point of sale.

Your rep sells cheese, not modifiersGreat at pricing a case of mozzarella. Not the person to route a modifier to the expo printer or fix the Wi-Fi your handhelds live on.

The deal is paid in groceriesCredits on your food bill are real money. They also end. When the 12 months are up, the credit stops. The processing doesn't.

Saturday night, you're on holdYour rep is at the lake for the weekend, and they've earned it. Your POS goes down in the dinner rush, and the help is an 800 number.

Programs changeDistributors pick POS partners, and then they change them. Sysco owned its own restaurant POS, CAKE, and agreed to sell it off in 2020.

Your POS shouldn't ride on your food orderA credit that lands on your food invoice is tied to that supplier. Your point of sale should stay put whoever brings the produce.

What the big distributors offer right now

Sysco: Square, through Sysco's Restaurant Solutions program since December 2024. Sysco's announcement lists a processing fee rebate, hardware discounts, and custom pricing.
The grocery credit: Square credits up to $1,000 a month on a Sysco invoice for up to 12 months, up to $12,000. It needs at least $250,000 a year in projected card sales (Square decides), a Sysco account buying over 100 cases a month or a new one, a switch to Square, and staying in good standing. Square pays it, and Sysco's terms say that if Square doesn't, your only recourse is Square. Listed to end December 31, 2026.
US Foods: Lightspeed and SpotOn, through its CHECK Business Tools program since 2024.

None of it is a bad product. Ask who installs it, who builds the menu, and who answers on a Saturday night. Then get the rate in writing and have us put it next to your statement.

Ask your food rep before you sign

Who installs it, and who builds my menu?
Who do I call at 8pm on a Saturday?
What is my processing rate after the credits end, in writing?
If I change food suppliers, what happens to my POS deal?
Is the equipment mine, financed, or a lease?

Do this instead

Buy your POS from people who do POS

Any system we sell, set up the way your business actually runs, by a team you can call by name.

We walk your counter first

Where the stations go, which printers the kitchen needs, and whether the network can carry it, before anything ships.

We build it and train your team

Every item, modifier, tax, and kitchen route, tested at the counter. Your crew learns it on install day, in English or Spanish.

We answer the phone after

On site if you're local to us, remote anywhere else. The same team that installed it, not a hold queue.

Want Square anyway?Get the same Square with reimbursed hardware, setup, and a team on the phone, from the only direct Square dealer in Northern California.Square through EBS → Already bought one?We'll set up, fix, and train on the system your bank or your food rep sold you.POS setup and support →

Don't buy your POS from a banker.