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Restaurant owners know that the point-of-sale system is the backbone of a business. It handles everything from taking orders and payments to inventory management, and from customer data collection to financial reporting. That’s why it’s so important to choose a point-of-sale system that is proven, efficient, and effective.

​Aldelo Express is a cloud point-of-sale system that has gained popularity among restaurant owners due to its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface. Plus, Aldelo Express supports dozens of natively developed point-of-sale features and modules, and provides access to valuable third-party integrations.

Here are some of the reasons why Aldelo Express is a superior point-of-sale solution for restaurants:

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Running a restaurant comes with its fair share of challenges, and choosing the right point of sale (POS) system is undoubtedly one of the most critical decisions a restaurant owner can make. In recent years, there has been a surge in POS companies offering seemingly irresistible low onboarding costs to attract merchants.

​However, these seemingly appealing deals can often lead to a trap that's difficult to escape from when it comes time to change POS systems…

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The food industry is constantly evolving, and with that comes the need for more convenient and efficient guest services. In recent years, contactless payments have become increasingly popular. More and more customers now expect contactless payments when ordering from a restaurant, and even when buying food and drinks from non-traditional vendors such as food trucks and at concerts or fairs.

​Here are 4 ways that contactless payments are essential for modern restaurants, especially in today's fast-paced world…

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There are hundreds of reasons why Aldelo Express POS is a valuable point of sale solution for modern restaurants. When combined with Aldelo Pay or approved Aldelo Partner merchant services, merchants obtain access to dozens of native Aldelo Express features, modules, and software solutions such as:

• Self-Service Kiosks
• Digital Kitchen Display System (KDS)
• Interactive Rear Displays
• Masa+ Online Ordering and Payments
• Labor Scheduling and Time Card Modules
• Inventory and Recipe Module
• Delivery Module
• Hostess Reservation Module
• ​Unlimited Software Releases
• Unlimited Software Upgrades
• 24/7 Live Technical Support
• and More!

Here are some of the top ways Aldelo Express POS is a great return on your investment:

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As a restaurant owner, you are always looking for ways to attract new customers and keep your regulars coming back for more. One way to accomplish this is through the implementation of a loyalty program with one or several campaigns. A loyalty program rewards customers for their repeat business, which leads to increased customer retention, increased customer satisfaction, and ultimately, increased revenue. In this post, we will review 5 steps to successfully implementing a restaurant loyalty program and how you can make more money with restaurant loyalty programs.​

Step 1: Identify Your Goals and Objectives

Before implementing a loyalty program, it's important to identify your goals and objectives. What do you hope to achieve by implementing a loyalty program? Are you looking to increase customer retention, boost customer spending, or both? Once you have a clear idea of your objectives, you can begin designing your program.

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Restaurants have a lot of competition in the market. Increasing gift card sales can be an excellent way to serve existing customers and attract new customers. Gift cards can help restaurants generate revenue in advance, interest-free, and create loyal customers who keep coming back. Here are some key ways that gift cards will increase revenue for your restaurant.
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1. Promote Gift Cards In-Store and Online

One of the easiest ways to increase gift card sales is to promote them in-store and online:

• Have gift card signage prominently displayed at the point-of-sale
• Make sure that physical gift cards are visible and easily accessible to customers
• Promote gift cards on your website and social media channels

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For over twenty years, Aldelo has dedicated itself to merchant success by developing innovative point of sale solutions that enable restaurant owners to optimally operate their business. ​Today, restaurant owners who choose ultra-competitive Aldelo Pay or approved Aldelo Partner merchant services obtain access to the Aldelo Express Cloud POS restaurant technology platform and solution suite that supports:

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​Aldelo’s suite of products and solutions meet any restaurant application and are also ideal for quick-service, bars, food trucks, pizzerias, golf clubs, pop ups, food courts, stadiums, and more.

When merchants require help, users have access to Aldelo’s “live” 24/7 technical support network via email or phone. Aldelo’s knowledgeable and trained staff are always available and ready to assist users with their needs.

​Unlike many other point of sale developers and vendors, merchants using Aldelo Pay or approved Aldelo Partner merchant services have 24/7 access to Aldelo technical support. Merchants also have access to hundreds of product training videos so their staff can truly become POS “experts” and run their business more efficiently.

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1. Know Your Market

Getting to know customers in your area is essential to running a successful point-of-sale business. In addition to the restaurant owner’s name and contact information, some questions to ask include:

• What is your current POS system? (ECR, Cloud, or Windows-based?)
• Do you have a lease? How long is left in your lease term?

Maintaining a close relationship with restaurant owners in your market not only keeps your business top of mind when they decide to explore new POS solutions, but helps you better understand what features customers are looking for and areas of their operation they are looking to improve. Aldelo assists resellers with providing prospective merchants with a compelling TCO (total cost of ownership) and ROI (return on investment) analysis utilizing the restaurant's actual data.

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The best way to experience the powerful Aldelo Express POS platform is through a live demo. By simply reaching out to Aldelo, resellers and restaurant merchants alike can discover the cloud POS solutions and features accessible with Aldelo Pay and approved Aldelo Partner merchant services.

Aldelo merchants obtain access to hundreds of point-of-sale solutions for the modern restaurant:

• QR code-based online ordering and digital payments
• Self-Service Kiosks

• Smart kitchen display systems (KDS)
• Interactive multimedia customer display screens

 

• Native inventory and recipe module
• Digital labor scheduling and employee communications
• Automatic software updates
• Automatic cloud-based data syncs across all terminals

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• One-on-One merchant onboarding support
• 24/7 technical support
• And more!

By requesting a “live demo” of the Aldelo Express POS platform, restaurant owners see first-hand how simple, thorough, and intuitive Aldelo Express really is – and learn about the modules, applications, and features they can implement at any time, to support their unique business needs.

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Successful restaurant owners are typically known for their determination, entrepreneurial business sense, and warm hospitality extended to customers. Yet even the most seasoned restaurant owner can be challenged by an ever-changing customer market, rapidly-developing technology, and an unpredictable economy.

That is why Aldelo makes modern cloud point-of-sale technology easily accessible to every restaurant owner. Through Aldelo Pay and approved Aldelo Partner merchant services, Aldelo simplifies the POS acquisition process for restaurant owners, offering access to a full-featured Aldelo Express POS platform and suite of solutions at an ultra-competitive cost.

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​The end of the year brings increased business and excitement as restaurant owners and staff work hard to serve an influx of customers and prepare for the coming year. For business owners, reflecting on the past year and writing down specific and measurable goals for their business makes them more likely to succeed in the coming year.

Aldelo is committed to helping merchants succeed. Unlike some point-of-sale software vendors whose direct contact ends after the system is installed, Aldelo supports restaurant owners throughout their initial year of use and beyond. Aldelo does this to ensure that merchants utilize the Aldelo Express native POS solutions, modules, and features that help their business thrive and grow. Plus, Aldelo merchants receive unlimited software updates and feature releases year-round, ensuring they are always operating with the latest-version POS software.

​Here are 5 considerations for restaurant owners as they prepare for the coming year:

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Aldelo resellers represent a robust cloud-based restaurant POS technology platform accessible through “freedom of choice” merchant processing services and non-proprietary POS hardware. The result is ensuring that restaurant owners avoid hidden fees and obtain access to Aldelo Express POS software and related modules, including native Masa+ online digital services.

Through Aldelo Pay and approved Aldelo Partner merchant services, resellers that offer Aldelo Express POS provide merchants access to industry-leading cloud-based solutions, as well as:

• The Masa+ Online Ordering and Digital Payments platform
• A variety of built-in POS modules and features
• Access to the Aldelo Express third-party integration network
• 24/7 technical support from Aldelo
• Unlimited software updates
• One-on-one merchant onboarding support

By offering modern POS solutions and services with no hidden fees or costs, Aldelo resellers establish long-lasting merchant relationships built on transparency, value and trust.

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Whether you’re opening up a food service business for the first time or are a seasoned restaurant owner, selecting the right point-of-sale system for your restaurant can be a time-consuming and confusing task. With so many solutions available on the market, it seems like the options are endless, especially when considering how companies charge for services, processing providers, and POS hardware.

​Here are the top 5 things to consider when purchasing a new point-of-sale solution:

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Aldelo has always been, first and foremost, a restaurant point-of-sale software developer. Whether it’s responding to merchant feedback to enhance existing POS applications, or introducing new native solutions such as the Aldelo Express Inventory Module, Aldelo’s full-time team of software developers is committed to providing restaurant owners and referral partners with “complete access to leading restaurant technologies.”

To best serve new and existing restaurant owners looking for affordable full-featured point-of-sale solutions, Aldelo Express POS supports “freedom of choice” processing. The result is allowing more restaurant owners to benefit from Aldelo Express’s full-featured cloud POS solutions while using credit card processing services that best suit the needs of their business.

​Selecting the ​Aldelo Express POS technology platform means implementing a complete merchant- and customer-facing POS ecosystem using non-proprietary hardware and a single cloud back-office environment. Aldelo Express POS hardware options are seamlessly interoperable and synchronize data so that information is readily available on any device, allowing merchants the freedom to select hardware they feel is best for their operation. Whether utilizing iPads, Android Tablets, or Android-based Mobile Handheld devices, every Aldelo Express terminal is capable of supporting a complete restaurant operation. 

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​This October 28, 2022, the PCI Security Standards Council will officially close the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) program. For restaurant owners and credit card merchants, this means finalizing the transition from the PA-DSS program to its successor, the PCI Secure Software Standard. This will enable restaurant owners to continue adhering to PCI Security Standards Council standards in everyday business transactions.

Established by five major credit card companies, the Purchase Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) are a set of regulations for all businesses that accept credit cards and continue to be modified as payment processing and data systems evolve. While not legally enforced, adherence to PCI DSS standards is extremely widespread and can result in multiple financial penalties, up to and including denial of credit card processing for merchants who do not comply.

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Digital payments are everywhere, and yet less than 28% of the merchant population achieve compliance with the latest Purchase Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Requirements for meeting PCI DSS standards range anywhere from maintaining a secure network via firewall protections to properly managing payment transactions and sensitive cardholder information, such as through EMV-based digital payments.

By following the latest Purchase Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), restaurant owners secure electronic payment transactions made in-store and online, protecting their customers’ personal payment data, reducing chargebacks, and avoiding other financial pitfalls for their business. Because while not legally enforced, ignoring PCI DSS guidelines has significant consequences: restaurants can face multiple financial penalties up to and including denial of credit card processing, as well as put themselves and their customers at risk of digital payment fraud.

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​An essential to any modern restaurant, gift cards are responsible for thousands of dollars of the average restaurant’s annual revenue and generate new customers every year when bought and shared with family and friends.

To help restaurants retain loyal customers and share their brand with more members of their community, Aldelo Express Cloud POS supports physical and digital gift cards seamlessly integrated into its cloud-based point of sale terminals and back-office solutions.

But through Masa+ online ordering and digital payments, Aldelo enables restaurant owners to provide enhanced gift card services through their restaurant’s online webstore. As a natively developed Aldelo Express integration, Masa+ empowers customers to purchase and reload their gift card values online and share gift cards with family and friends via SMS text message. 

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For many business owners, switching to a new point of sale system is an expensive, but necessary, investment. Learning a new restaurant technology and management system brings a learning curve for both managers and employees. Generally the losses and delays associated with implementing a new POS system are justified with enhanced operational efficiency and overall system cost-effectiveness.

Owners/operators that make the switch to Aldelo Express Cloud POS, on the other hand, deploy a complete restaurant technology solution in minutes, and receive unparalleled POS value over the life of the system. Plus, with familiar user interfaces (UIs) across all devices, restaurant staff transition to using the iPad- and Android-based system in just days, not weeks, saving the business time and money.

​For many business owners, switching to a new point of sale system is an expensive investment that takes time and commitment. Owners/operators that make the switch to Aldelo Express Cloud POS receive unparalleled value and deploy a complete restaurant technology solution in minutes.

​The cloud-based POS system is the result of over 20 years of point of sale software development for restaurants of all types and sizes. With secure data encryptions and automatic data syncs on both iPad and Android devices, owners confidently manage single- and multi-store operations from a single back-office environment. This includes settings for kitchen display systems, remote handheld devices, online ordering, and digital payments.

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​In the last several years, point of sale salespeople have faced increased competition from credit card processors integrating their services with POS software solutions.

As a result, ​restaurants that are seeking to acquire a point-of-sale solution tend to struggle to make confident decisions because solutions and features beyond basic POS functionality are priced separately or are intertwined with varying credit card processing rates and fees.

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​​Restaurant owners seeking to acquire a new point-of-sale solution tend to struggle to make confident decisions. This is because solutions and features beyond basic POS functionality are often priced separately or intertwined with varying (and confusing) credit card processing rates and fees. And if this isn’t confusing enough, many POS providers tout “free” POS hardware that is often bundled with the entire solution, making it difficult for merchants to quickly and accurately compare one POS solution to another.

Merchants purchasing a new software solution may believe they are getting a better deal up front when they choose a POS system with “free” POS hardware. But, in the long-run, they tend to pay much more than the fair market value.

​Restaurant owners that reconcile their “free” hardware with increased costs often believe they are simply amortizing the cost of the hardware over a period of time at a fair rate. However, the actual cost of “free” hardware often ends up costing the merchant much more, since they are really paying for their hardware through higher credit card rates, monthly POS payments, or feature and service fees. Eventually merchants conclude that there really is no such thing as “free” POS hardware.

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Major metropolitan communities are the best – and most challenging – places for restaurant owners. With dense working populations, multicultural communities, families, and schools, successful restaurants serve a loyal customer base with great food, reliable service, and fair prices. These businesses provide quick morning breakfasts, easy lunches to-go, after school snacks, and ready-to-eat dinner options available via dine-in, takeout, delivery, or pick-up to meet the needs of their customer base.

But because of the density of the population and the multitude of small businesses and restaurants, major metro communities are a challenging place for point-of-sale ​resellers to vie for new merchants. Many resellers struggle to define their value proposition in a competitive market, and they find that merchants also struggle to determine how to differentiate one POS solution from another. Providing merchants with a powerful leading-edge POS solution that is sold under a simple and transparent model eliminates confusion and complexity and allows merchants to compare one POS solution quickly and accurately to another.