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Squirrel Systems Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . .Vancouver, B.C. – May 22, 2004 - Celebrating 20 years as a leading provider of restaurant management systems for independent and chain restaurants, including restaurants and food and beverage operations in hotels, resorts and clubs; Squirrel is pleased to announce the release of their 20 th Anniversary Edition at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago (May 22-25, 2004).
Squirrel began operation in 1984 by introducing the first touchscreen point of sale system designed specifically for the restaurant industry. Innovation has continued through the years with awards for hardware design, the Microsoft® Retail Developer Award for software design and recognition for an outstanding service product offered through the Squirrel Solution Center – 24 x 7 Live support. Squirrel’s 7 year terminal performance guarantee is also unique in this industry.
Squirrel’s Research & Development and Solution Center are based in Vancouver. With sales offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver as well as a reseller network that covers most major North American cities and many locations in the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Squirrel is a global solution provider.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Squirrel provides a feature set that extends the functionality of Squirrel’s award-winning point of sale product. Some of these include: one screen interface for quick service, guest survey capabilities, host fault tolerance, emergency terminal mode, improved terminal diagnostics, comprehensive front of house, back of house and database security, take-out & delivery, high speed payment processing and much more.
Squirrel’s 20th Anniversary Edition also includes Squirrel Basics™. Squirrel Basics is an addon bundle that includes Basics Food Cost, Basics Time & Attendance, Basics Waitlist and Basics Loyalty. As a special introductory offer, Basics will be offered (until September 30, 2004) at no additional charge to restaurant clients purchasing Squirrel for the first time or upgrading their Squirrel Classic System to the 20th Anniversary Edition.
As part of many great restaurant teams, Squirrel Systems has helped to improve the ROI’s of countless Squirrel clients over the last two decades. "All of us at Squirrel are extremely excited and proud to be celebrating our twentieth anniversary. We have accomplished a lot during this time and believe that we are delivering great value to our tremendous customers. Our intent is to continue to listen to their requirements and respond accordingly with the very best in products and services for the industry,” says Barry Logan, President of Squirrel Systems.
ABOUT Squirrel SYSTEMSSquirrel Systems is a leading total solutions provider of management systems for independent and chain establishments, including restaurants and food and beverage operations in hotels, resorts and clubs. Headquartered in Vancouver, Squirrel Systems and Squirrel Systems Canada are privately held companies. In its 20 years of profitable operation Squirrel has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence by meeting and exceeding the needs of over 10,000 customers with 50,000 installed Squirrel workstations. As the first company to introduce touch-screen ordering into the restaurant market, it has a long track record as an innovator. To learn more about Squirrel, visit www.Squirrelsystems.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Linda Gillis
Director, Marketing
Squirrel Systems
Tel: 604.412.3300
Email: lgillis@Squirrelsystems.com
