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Low CC Processing rates AND excellent reporting? K Bar K Ranch chooses SalesVu’s iPad POS System

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K Bar K Ranch (KBKR) is a pasture in Pottsboro, TX that has mastered the art of producing naturally fed, humanely raised, high-quality meats. With more than 1,300 acres of land, 20+ years of experience, and a cowherd of more than 400 head, KBKR has managed to pioneer the “black baldy” calf. Cattlemen, butchers and customers alike prefer the hybrid black baldy because it’s beef is faster growing and more tender than other calves. KBKR is an establishment that consistently brings high-quality products as well as innovation to the field of cattle farming.

KBKR felt the need for a mobile POS solution about 3 years ago when they began selling their meat at the Frisco Farmers Market in Frisco, Texas. At the time, they were using a notepad and calculator to track their sales, which proved to be incredibly slow.

“We have 5 or 6 people trying to keep up as orders are entered and product is picked out of 6 different freezers,” says Scott Galyon, KBKR Manager. “It is a very hectic process on Saturday mornings.”

KBKR was looking for a way to streamline their checkout process and reduce some of the chaos involved in making sales. These days at the Frisco Farmers Market, you can find KBKR using two devices that run SalesVu’s iPad POS software and business is booming.

When he began searching for a mobile POS system, KBKR owner Kent Black started by looked into Square, who charges a fee of 2.75% of credit card sales for processing.

“I noticed that SalesVu only charged 2.7% so I started looking into [that],” said Black. “I was impressed by all the features SalesVu offered both on the iPad as a POS device as well as the reporting software available online.”

KBKR was also interested in the real time data syncing and the ability to sell products by decimal quantity, which was not offered by other services. “If you are selling meat, you have the price per pound for each product stored in the POS system,” explains Galyon. “Most items are sold by the pound. The packaged meat item is weighed at time of sale and that weight must be entered out to two decimal places (e.g., 5.85 pounds).”

Black and Galyon like that they’re able to view all their reports online. They enjoy the option to see their orders by individual product or group of products (e.g. steaks, roasts, brisket vs beef).

They also appreciate that the mobility of an iPad POS helps them seamlessly make deliveries.

“We have what we call co-op orders which we deliver during the week,” says Black. “A customer from a remote location or neighborhood can collect a group order from their friends and email that [list] to us. We can enter that order into the iPad in advance and collect the products into a package. Then when we deliver, we just pull up [their order], enter the payment and it is complete.”

Mobility in the field, low credit card processing rates and impressive sales reporting is what keeps KBKR with SalesVu. We thank KBKR for their continued patronage and look forward to continuing to serve them well! For more information about KBKR visit kbark.com or see their Facebook page.

Posted in Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Retail POS

SalesVu’s iPad POS System seamlessly integrates Lone Star Kolache’s six locations!

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Lone Star Kolaches (LSK) was founded ten years ago by Massey and Allen Wallace. This Austin, Texas bakery specializes in “those delicious Czech pastries known as kolaches.” Today, you can pick up these delectable treats at any of LSK’s six locations – all of which are fully integrated with SalesVu’s iPad POS software.

Before switching to SalesVu, LSK used standalone cash registers that were “very archaic.” They considered a few other restaurant POS solutions but after an excellent recommendation from a local coffee shop, they chose SalesVu because of the many features offered and low cost of getting started.

“Switching from the old style cash registers to a mobile POS system was a no brainer,” says Allen Wallace, “Besides being more user friendly with the cashiers, the ability to run reports and track sales from the home office has improved the efficiency of our organization tenfold.”

Wallace’s favorite SalesVu feature is the multi-location management report. He finds it very convenient to be able to track sales per location as well as sales per product – then easily export that data to an excel spreadsheet.

These reports have given the Wallace family “better eyes” to see which products are selling best and which are not. It has also greatly improved their efficiency in managing the menus for their six different locations.

Whenever they run into technical trouble, Wallace says kindness and patience of SalesVu’s support staff has been a “godsend.”

“Thomas is always there when we need him and he’s demonstrated enormous patience dealing with a couple of computer illiterates like us.”

Although they aren’t able to generate an exact figure on their savings, Wallace says that the credit card processing rates with Mercury Payment Systems and the POS solution with SalesVu is “definitely less money than a lot of the competition.”

We are thrilled for the opportunity to continue to provide LSK with the exceptional business management software they require to run their business.

For more information about Lone Star Kolaches, visit any of their six Austin locations or click one of the following icons:

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Customer Management, Restaurant POS

ECommerce Website allows ease of ordering at Brian’s Brew

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Brian’s Brew (BB) is an establishment that serves coffee, espresso drinks and breakfast items to the downtown Austin area. The coffee beans served here are roasted in a brick oven over a mesquite wood fire, courtesy of Summermoon Coffee Roasters. BB provides free delivery services to offices in the downtown area, and also offers a coffee solution to high-rise apartments.

BB sought a mobile POS solution because they wanted to have a consistent system that worked both in the shop and while out catering.

“It is nice to be able to charge a card from anywhere in downtown,” said owner Brian Burns.

After researching Intuit and Breadcrumb, as well as trying Square, Burns decided to use SalesVu.

“We chose SalesVu because we spent a lot of time looking for a good POS and SalesVu was the best one at the best price!”

Burns says he likes that SalesVu’s reporting feature helps him monitor which items are selling best and which need to be promoted further or removed from the menu completely. Also, he enjoys being able to track BB’s catering and in-store sales online, from anywhere.

With the use of SalesVu, BB has also been able to establish an ecommerce website that has helped their customers place orders online and pick them up in the store. Burns says that SalesVu has saved them an average of $1,100 per year!

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For more information on Brian’s Brew, visit them in Austin, view their w ebsite or click any of the icons below to follow them on social media.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged ECommerce Website, Restaurant POS, Retail POS

Tiburon Golf Club gets an ace for convenience using SalesVu’s iPad POS System

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Tiburon Golf Club (TGC) is a semi-private 27-hole facility that handles events such as business outings, graduation parties and league tournaments in Omaha, Nebraska. They not only offer golf lessons with a PGA professional, but have an on-site sports bar where you can eat your favorite American dishes at any time.

Always working to stay a step ahead of their competition, TGC owner Bob Hill Jr sought a mobile POS solution so their facility could process credit card sales on beverage carts. TGC has three carts that rotate around the 27-holes and they needed to incorporate a system that could manage multiple tabs from different devices. Using SalesVu’s iPad POS solution, TGC has been able to keep the beverage carts running consistently and conveniently on the course while managing different tabs and processing credit cards on the spot. Hill remarked that this software has made it easy to host corporate events because guests can charge multiple drinks on their tab from different locations on the course and have just one receipt to deal with at the end of the day.

Before deciding on SalesVu, Hill downloaded Intuit and other similar software programs but chose SalesVu after speaking with our technical support team.

SalesVu’s reporting feature has helped TGC tremendously as well. Their accountant has been able to use the detailed sales reports to allocate the company’s budget more efficiently. This has also allowed Hill to easily monitor sales trends and make business decisions based on the reports.

Hill says that TGC “loves the software because it works very well.” They were thrilled when they could use SalesVu to process credit cards on the beverage carts while still maintaining the golf-course specific software they use elsewhere on the property. Hill says their next ventures with SalesVu will be to explore the QuickBooks integration and launch an ecommerce website.

For more information on Tiburon Golf Club, visit their location in Omaha, Nebraska or follow their social media accounts by clicking the following icons.

Posted in Health Clubs, Retail | Tagged Credit Card Processing, ECommerce Website, Retail POS

Inexpensive inventory management from SalesVu iPad POS System helps Denver Bicycle Cafe break away from it’s competitors

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Denver Bicycle Café (DBC) is a very unique establishment that opened as a bike shop, tap house and coffee house in November of 2011. DBC regularly changes their selection of beers on tap in order to highlight the variety offered by local Colorado brewers. In addition, DBC provides a diverse array of coffee beans from local roasters and places a great deal of importance on their hands-on brewing process. Aside from all the delicious drinks available at DBC, they also operate as a full-service bicycle shop that offers both repairs and sales. DBC is set apart from their competitors because they pride themselves on having approachable, front of shop mechanics that are available to chat with you in order to understand your repair, as well as offer on-the-spot instructions and a selection of common tools for the do-it-yourself personalities.

iPad POS Solution

Prior to adopting SalesVu, DBC was using an old-fashioned cash register for their point-of-sale transactions. Being as new as they were, DBC sought a cloud-based POS solution that was compatible with Android platforms and that is what drew them to SalesVu.

After investigating ShopKeep and Square, DBC concluded that other solutions “didn’t have the functionality they needed” and decided to go with SalesVu for their business management needs instead.

“SalesVu is the only inexpensive POS solution that had advanced features like inventory management and employee payroll for timekeeping.” said Peter Roper, manager and co-founder of DBC.

DBC loves that SalesVu’s inventory tracking works flawlessly, and they are looking to integrate the ecommerce feature to their website as the next frontier.

SalesVu is a necessary component of running DBC because without it, they would have to reinvent their whole processing system. To run a business, Roper says you need “electricity, water and your POS system.” SalesVu is ecstatic to be the preferred choice of POS solution for DBC’s business management needs.

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Posted in Health Clubs, Restaurants and Bars, Retail | Tagged Inventory & Management, Restaurant POS, Retail POS

Sugar House Coffee selects SalesVu iPad POS System for inventory management

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Sugar House Coffee (SHC) has been providing it’s community with a destination gathering space since 2002. During breakfast they offer freshly baked pastries, bagels, local eggs and a variety of vegan friendly and gluten free options. For lunch they have paninis, sandwiches, wraps, hummus plates and more. This coffee house, café and catering service has crafted a delicious menu with locally sourced ingredients for the community of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Before SalesVu, SHC’s POS Solution was a “very outdated” PC with Coffee Shop Manager but they wanted to move to a mobile POS so they could sync the devices in the shop with their devices on the go for catering. After researching other systems, SHC General Manager Emily Potts “liked that SalesVu had the same fee whether it was a swipe or manual entry. The fact that they offered free support 24 hours a day was a HUGE plus in my eyes.”

After exploring different solutions and asking many questions, SHC chose to trust SalesVu with their business management needs.

“We chose SalesVu because of their customer service foremost,” says Potts. “SalesVu’s associates were so helpful in answering all my questions and taking suggestions from me.”

SHC loves that SalesVu’s restaurant POS solution allows them the option to print receipts or send them by email. Inventory management has been beneficial for SHC as well because all products can be modified from a smart phone and prices can be adjusted easily and in real-time.

“We are always getting different pastries from our baker and I need to be able to add a product quickly,” says Potts. “I also love that there is an employee time clock on the POS – it’s nice to have everything on the same program. It makes payroll quick and easy.”

SalesVu’s services have saved SHC over a thousand dollars a month on merchant fees, and its user-friendly interface has helped speed up the processes of customer ordering and employee training. SHC is excited to integrate SalesVu’s eCommerce feature with their current website and incorporate QuickBooks as well.

For more information on Sugar House Coffee, visit their website, Facebook page or follow them on Twitter.

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Inventory & Management, Restaurant POS

SalesVuiPad POS System brings restaurant POS to the cloud at Cloud Cafe

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Cloud Café (CC) is a tech-oriented espresso and teahouse that caters to the technology subculture in Katy, Texas. This establishment serves everything from bubble tea to coffee, to Italian soda and much more!

“We’re a hidden gem in our area,” said Denae Dehoyos, General Manager at CC. “We are well known for our espresso based coffee drinks, as well as latte art, and the science behind making amazing coffee!”

CC sought a mobile restaurant POS system for versatility when dealing with different kinds of transactions. Whether they’re in the shop or out at an event, they wanted a system that could effectively and quickly take care of their most important priorities: great customers and great drinks.

Cloud Café has been a customer of SalesVu since their opening. They love the iPad POS system because it allows the use of up-to-date technology which most of their employees already have.

“As we are an all tech-savvy staff at the cafe, we enjoy having up to date technology at our fingertips – literally! It’s so much easier to just have a tablet or iPad (most of us here already own at least one) that we can pop a card reader on and handle our business,” said Dehoyos.

In addition, the reports feature has helped CC organize all of their purchase data by category. They enjoy being able to compare sale statistics in the form of graphs or charts in order to make the best financial choices for the company. The ease of reporting has saved CC “tons of man hours” that would be spent collecting data and entering numbers. Now they can put their minds to work on better, more innovative ideas for the company.

“It just makes so much more sense to save the man hours involved in numbers and marketing,” said Dehoyos. “[With SalesVu], reports are done how I want, in less time and without having to pay someone to do it for me.”

Cloud Café considered Square, as well as a “big, ancient and clunky POS machine that would cost a ton of money”, but decided to go with SalesVu for their business management needs instead.

“We already have phones and tablets handy. Why spend the money on old technology?” said Dehoyos, “We saved tons of money not having to hire an accountant for the company alone. SalesVu makes it easy to let anyone manage the finances.”

Using SalesVu, CC is able to give certain employees different permissions for managing POS transactions. Each month, CC holds a contest among its employees for who has the highest average ticket price for a prize.

“This is a fun and easy way to boost our own sales and we can check their progress easily and without confusion,” said Dehoyos. “It also encourages our employees to perform better on the job.”

For more information on Cloud Café, stop by their location in Katy, Texas or visit any of their social media pages:

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cloudkaty
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/cloudcafekaty
– Instagram: http://instagram.com/cloudkaty

Posted in Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Accounting & Bookkeeping, Credit Card Processing, Restaurant POS

SalesVu’s iPad POS System Intuitive Interface benefits SLG’s Art Boutiki

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SLG’s Art Boutiki and Gallery is a combination of a comic shop, art gallery and live music venue that proudly stands in San Jose, California. The Boutiki is a “brick-and-mortar store” of SLG, a comic publishing company founded in 1986.

As a publisher, SLG frequently travels to trade shows and comic conventions so they needed a point-of-sale system that would be consistent on the road as well as in their San Jose location.

After considering Square and trying out Imonggo, SLG eventually decided to go with SalesVu.

“SalesVu offered the most functionality for the price and had an intuitive interface that was easy to get new employees up-to-speed on,” said Dan Vado, Supreme Commander of SLG.

Volunteers usually operate SLG’s point-of-sale transactions during events, so being able to use SalesVu software without much training was a greatly advantageous. In addition, the ability to process credit cards while away from their location increased SLG’s sales immensely.

For more information about SLG’s Art Boutiki and Gallery, visit their website www.artboutiki.com, look up their Facebook page or follow them on twitter @artboutiki.

Posted in Beauty and Wellness, Professional Services, Retail | Tagged Credit Card Processing, Customer Management, Retail POS

SalesVu iPad POS System Helps Shades of Sugar Make Sweet Improvements

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Shades of Sugar (SS) is a small bakery that provides custom cakes, cupcakes, cookies, cake balls and many other confections to the Richardson, Texas area.

Autumn Surface, SS owner, found herself in need of a mobile restaurant POS system because she wanted to be able to sit down with a customer to discuss cake ideas, and then ring up the sale at the same table. The shop’s previous owner had a massive traditional POS system that took up their entire counter. When Surface took over the shop, she was on a tight budget and didn’t want to pay “thousands” to maintain the current system or purchase a new mobile solution.

After struggling to keep up with employee hours, sales trends, expenses and invoices, Surface researched systems like Revel and ShopKeep and eventually decided to use SalesVu.

Shades of Sugar has been able to appropriate the Restaurant POS system to track sales in the front of the bakery as well as oversee employee hours and inventory in the back. Viewing reports helps SS see sales trends and make data-driven decisions about which cakes to sell and which to discontinue.

“I like that at any given time I can pull a report and see exactly what is happening financially at the bakery,” said Surface. “I can input my recipes and it will keep track of my inventory and my employees clock-in using SalesVu. It truly does everything! SalesVu has combined all of those [features] into one easy application and made my time mine again, so that I can do what I enjoy doing, BAKING.”

Lastly, moving to an mPOS system has helped Shades of Sugar seamlessly deliver products by allowing them to finalize a sale when it reaches it’s destination. The adoption of SalesVu has made business management at SS easier than ever.

“I like everything about SalesVu,” said Surface. “I am so glad that it keeps up with the front and back end of the bakery. I am busy all the with baking, so I like that SalesVu will keep up with all the stuff I don’t have time to keep up with.”

For more information about Shades of Sugar, please visit www.shadesofsugarbakery.com, like them on Facebook or on Twitter @shadesbakery.

Posted in Professional Services, Restaurants and Bars | Tagged Accounting & Bookkeeping, Employee Scheduling, Restaurant POS

Ease Your Inventory Management Pains with SalesVu iPad POS System

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Tracking inventory and managing your supply chain may not be exciting to you, but you know it’s a vital part of running your business. And that’s why it’s exciting to us. We live for making businesses thrive. We’ve taken the Inventory and Supply Chain Module our clients rave about and made it more comprehensive.

Our Inventory and Supply Chain Management Module allows you to keep track of inventory levels and notifies you when products drop below their custom threshold. Products will automatically be deducted from your inventory based on any type of sale, whether it be in-store or on your website. The module also accounts for orders made through recurring billing or invoicing. Allocate product status as available, preparing to ship or awaiting customer pickup. Create PO’s to automatically send to vendors when product thresholds are reached. Run detailed reports of your profit margins and COGS. Maybe you have multiple stores (or are hoping to). This module allows you to transfer inventory between locations and track transfer history for your records.

This module integrates with our ECommerce solution and barcode and SKU systems to further simplify inventory management.

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“It’s completely worth it to have amazing functionality like the reporting and inventory — a lot of great tools that make our job a lot easier. We love that we receive alerts when a product has dropped below a certain amount. We don’t have to guess, go to the shop, ask our employees; we know right away.” – Colleen McConeghy, Yo’Cheese. Read the Yo’Cheese Story>>

For more information, contact a SalesVu representative at [email protected] or call 888-900-5819

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ECommerce Website, Inventory & Management, Recurring Billing

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