Top Takeaways from the National Restaurant Association Show: What We Learned About the Future of Restaurants

The National Restaurant Association Show is always a highlight of the year for anyone in foodservice — and the 2025 edition made one thing clear: restaurants are embracing change like never before. From how guests engage to how teams work behind the scenes, innovation...

Squirrel Systems Showcases Newest Cloud POS Technology at National Restaurant Show 2025

Squirrel enters its 41st year of powering the restaurant industry. At the National Restaurants Show 2025 (May 17 – 20th  at McCormick Place, Chicago), Squirrel is excited to showcase the latest innovations in hospitality technology.  Trusted by some of North America’s...

Squirrel Cloud Enterprise: A Scalable POS Solution for Multi-Location Restaurants

In today’s hospitality landscape, restaurants face a unique challenge: balancing centralized control with the need for location-level flexibility. That’s where Squirrel Cloud Enterprise steps in—a modern, cloud-based POS platform purpose-built for multi-location brands.

Customer Spotlight: Smitty’s Canada

Smitty’s Canada Launches Enterprise Multi-location Management  "Welcome to Smitty’s, a cherished Canadian dining destination that has been serving up delicious meals and warm hospitality since 1960. With over 60 years of experience, we have grown from a single...

How Restaurants Can Use Technology to Get Ready for Patio Season

As the weather warms and days grow longer, diners start looking for one thing—patio season. For restaurants, this seasonal shift brings opportunity, but also challenges. Managing an influx of guests outdoors, optimizing service flow, and maintaining high standards...
Drive Restaurant Sales Through Employee Contests

Drive Restaurant Sales Through Employee Contests

Want to create an incentive for your staff to upsell certain items? Want an easy way to track those sales? Whether you're looking to sell more of your signature cocktails, seasonal entrees, fresh catch of the day, delicious dishes that don't get a lot of attention, or...

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Canada’s Top Restaurants Use Squirrel POS Systems

Canada’s Top Restaurants Use Squirrel POS Systems

Squirrel Systems provides point of sales solutions for bundles of amazing restaurants across North America, four of which recently cracked the list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants for 2018. The prestigious list, brought to you by Canadas100best.com, showcases the...

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The better side of the EMV leap

The better side of the EMV leap

“As the world’s last major market to still use old-fashioned swipe-and-sign magnetic strip cards, American consumers and merchants are paying a serious price…” —U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: “Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing Data Breaches and...

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MURTEC 2019

MURTEC 2019

Tech-savvy, growth-oriented restaurant companies gather at MURTEC. We see CEOs, Presidents, and Owners with their executive teams across technology, finance, operations and marketing. This is where restaurant groups, franchises and independent operators come to...

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Trends in Hospitality Technology

Trends in Hospitality Technology

With HITEC kicking off yesterday (find us at booth 1525!), we've been busy keeping up with all the hospitality tech out there. If there's one thing we've noticed it's this: there's an overwhelming amount of information, changes and updates. Don't worry! We've...

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