Squirrel Unveils Next‑Gen Innovations for Canadian Hospitality at RC Show 2026

Founded and proudly headquartered in Canada, Squirrel enters its 42nd year of empowering the Canadian restaurant industry. At the Restaurants Canada Show 2026 (March 8–10 at The International Centre, Mississauga), Squirrel is excited to showcase the latest innovations...

Why Restaurants Choose Squirrel: The Homegrown Leader Powering Hospitality Excellence

In a rapidly evolving hospitality landscape, Canadian restaurant operators need technology partners who understand their challenges, speak their language, and evolve with their business. For more than four decades, Squirrel Systems has been that partner—not just as a...

New Year, New Opportunities: Why Now Is the Time to Upgrade Your Technology Stack

The new year is always a natural reset point—an opportunity for restaurants and retailers to tighten security, modernize operations, and set the stage for stronger performance. But 2026 brings an especially urgent reason to evaluate your technology: major Microsoft...

Top POS Features for 2026: What Modern Operators Expect From a Cloud‑First Restaurant Platform

Restaurant operators in 2026 are navigating margin pressure, shifting guest expectations, and increasingly complex front‑ and back‑of‑house operations. Industry research shows that the most successful restaurants are leaning heavily on cloud‑based, integrated POS...

Unlocking Restaurant Performance with Squirrel Cloud POS Reporting

Running a restaurant today means juggling staffing, profitability, and guest satisfaction— in real-time. That’s why Squirrel Cloud POS goes beyond basic point-of-sale functions to deliver powerful, restaurant-focused reporting designed for managers, GMs, and...
Operational Magic

Operational Magic

The best guest experiences happen when you make running your business look easy. For hotels & resorts, casinos, stadiums, and other large-scale entertainment or leisure enterprises, staging a fantastic guest experience is like staging a fantastic show. You've got to...

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Procesa Network Partnership

Procesa Network Partnership

(June 20, 2018) – Squirrel Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Procesa Network SA de CV as Squirrel’s sole authorized distributor for Mexico. Procesa Network has over 20 years of experience providing technology solutions from leading Hardware and...

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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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