Opening a Juice Bar? Here are the 4 Best Technology Investments !
You’re opening a juice bar, and the timing is certainly right! The value of the juice and smoothie bar market in the United States was 2.36 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 and is projected to grow. So, your business plan is complete, and you’ve found the perfect location. But now you need the technology to drive your business. If not only serving handmade juices but also running a successful business is your goal, here are the four best technologies you need to operate the best juice bar in town.
1. A Cloud Point of Sale Solution
Point of sale (POS) systems come in every size and configuration. Whether you’re running a traditional on-site location, food truck or small food cart, choose a POS system for juice bars that fits your business model. Most juice shops require a certain amount of flexibility, so select a POS that can operate on and offline. If the goal is to start with one shop, cart, or food truck and then expand, look for a POS system that is scalable and can grow with your company. Select a solution that gives you access to data and reports in real time, so you can see how the business is performing on a given day, shift or hour. These analytics provide you with insights into labor timekeeping, so decisions are made on hard data, not guesswork.
Additionally, cloud management gives you the flexibility when opening a juice bar to manage your menu and monitor your business from home or on vacation as well as on-site. Cloud-based POS for juice bars make it easy to add, remove, or adjust menu items and pricing as needed. With just a few clicks, you can add promotions like a buy-two-get-one-free offer or feature special items, anytime, anywhere using a PC, laptop or device connected to the internet
2. Online Ordering
Opening a juice bar and managing it successfully means meeting your target audience where they are. Juice lovers are of every age and demographic, but just like customers of other restaurants, this health-conscious audience relies more and more on fast, convenient online ordering.
When opening a juice bar, you have three options to offer online ordering: use a third-party online ordering and delivery platform such as DoorDash or UberEats, accept orders yourself, or a hybrid solution that offers the best of both worlds. These options all have their strengths and weaknesses. For instance when using a third party, you’ll pay fees to post menus on their sites and pay a portion of profits to use the service. Some of these fees can be substantial, especially for eateries still recovering from the pandemic, but your juice bar menu will reach a broader audience, and you don’t need to pay your own drivers. However, some POS systems do not integrate with these delivery platforms and can create more work for employees, as they will have to enter orders as they are received. It is vital to select a POS solution that integrates and keeps business operations simple, and efficient.
Our system integrates with an online ordering platform that accepts orders directly. This solution keeps customer data in house, and keeps charges to a minimum. With this online ordering strategy, your shop retains total control over the customer experiences from start to finish: accepting the order, preparation, and delivery or pickup.
Looking to cover more ground? Get the best of both worlds with a POS system that does both! Many POS solutions including tyllPOS from NCC offer an option to run both integrations in tandem. Allowing you to offer in-house online ordering from your website, as well as 3rd party ordering. Giving your customers more options and bringing in more orders.
3. Intuitive Order Entry
Another vital element your POS should have is user-friendly intuitive order entry. As a new business, you will be working and training new employees, on everything from your business culture to order creation along with order placement and payment processing. It’s a lot for a new team to take in, so you need a user-friendly and intuitive system. This will benefit you from the start of your business to well into the future with new hires. Our tyllPOS solution is custom coded to make order entry and management a breeze with easy to follow prompts and uniform page layouts. Leaving you more time for other business operations like customer engagement and inventory management.
4 . Cost Effective Solutions
Finding a POS system within your budget can be a struggle when you’re starting out. It’s essential to find a POS that works with your business and your budget, which can be hard when so many low-cost solutions are priced marginally, putting you in a tight spot if the price isn’t a good fit. Thankfully many POS providers and resellers are now offering a new way to make POS systems cost-effective. With an intuitive SaaS model, juice bar owners can pay a low monthly fee for their POS solutions that keep from breaking the bank. These solutions are ideal for start-ups and established businesses alike, keeping upfront costs down so you can spend your money on other vital business operations.
A Juice Shop POS System that Checks All the Boxes
NCC’s tyllPOS is a powerful juice shop POS designed to keep your store operational and flexible—making business efficient and profitable. tyllPOS features robust functionality so business operations are managed efficiently, online ordering is full integrated, service is quick, and costs are kept low. Get started today!
