Omnivore Steps Up New Restaurant POS Technology Addition

Restaurants these days have an increasingly large amount of technology that could be on their side. Between mobile payments, mobile ordering systems, and a host of others, there are many new options for businesses to add.

These new tools, however, come neither easily nor cheaply, and that’s a point that Omnivore is lookin gto fix.

Omnivore started when Mike Wior was working with Chris Sullivan—co-founder of Outback Steakhouse—on the construction of the MenuPad.

MenuPad was its order-at-the-table option of the time, and its development led Wior to note something important: there was a significant opportunity afoot for point of sale (POS) integration systems in restaurants.

As Wior put it, every time a new technology was tried, it in turn required a new integration. Each new integration came with its own set of bugs and accompanying hassles, which in turn meant separate tests and separate solutions.

What was needed was a more modular approach, something where the new systems could be added quickly, and that was where Omnivore could step in.

Since Omnivore is cloud-based, it can allow new systems to connect directly to Omnivore, and give restaurant owners the chance to test apps before staging full installations, and installations become much simpler as a result. Thus businesses can bring in the full range of new tools much more rapidly and without the time, cost, and lost opportunity that previous installations meant.

This is great news for restaurants, unequivocally. There are so many new possible technologies to bring in, but businesses are understandably hesitant about making the jump. Customers want the new technology, but businesses want to be sure it will work first.

With Omnivore—which plans to be in between 15,000 and 20,000 locations by the end of 2017—it’s easier to put these systems in and take them out if need be. It’s tailor-made for restaurants eager to bring in new technology but unwilling to suffer the disruptions and potential losses therein.

Omnivore isn’t quitting there, and is expanding its repertoire. With such a system in place, it may not be long before the advance ordering, advance paying, and all those other systems we enjoy in some places are essentially universal.