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...
Windows Update Deferral

Windows Update Deferral

How to ensure Windows Updates don't interrupt your operations. Windows Update Management for Squirrel POS. One of the conveniences of Microsoft Windows is that it keeps itself updated with the latest security patches and updates. However, this can cause significant...

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Sanitization & Reassurance for Restaurants

Sanitization & Reassurance for Restaurants

As consumer confidence wavers, people look to restaurants as a beacon in the return to normalcy. Think back to all those birthdays, anniversaries, or a fun night out. The moments that matter often take place in restaurant dining rooms, pubs, hotel bars, or cafes. With...

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Know Your Guests and What They Want

Know Your Guests and What They Want

We've written before about the importance of loyalty programs to extend the guest experience outside your physical location. An essential component of designing a successful loyalty program is knowing who your guests are and what they prefer. While many already have a...

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Restaurant Take-out Innovations

Restaurant Take-out Innovations

Through this article we will look at a few interesting examples of how restaurants have transformed their take-out offerings to stay efficient during this period of reduced sales and satisfy customers through innovative technologies. We will also look at some general...

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Contactless Payment for Restaurants

Contactless Payment for Restaurants

Contactless payment for restaurants is not a new technology. However, with the recent impact of COVID-19 and the focus on sanitary practices, more and more establishments in the US are realizing it's a necessary addition to their service models. Contactless payment is...

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Virtual Kiosk Contactless Solution

What are Virtual Kiosks? Through a 100% touch n go order and payment platform, self-service virtual kiosks allow restaurants to process contactless payments and orders. Virtual kiosks are breaking ground in the contactless solutions market and are increasingly finding...

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Recommendations for Restarting Your PoS

Recommendations for Restarting Your PoS

As regions and markets start to re-open dining rooms, we have some guidelines on how to ensure your Squirrel PoS is operational and functioning correctly. This useful guide will help you restart your PoS and includes a series of tests to verify that all aspects of...

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Product Bulletin: End-of-Sale of WS10LX Terminal

Product Bulletin: End-of-Sale of WS10LX Terminal

While Squirrel Systems makes every effort to minimize product changes that affect your operation, product refreshes are needed from time to time to keep the product current with new technology and features, and to address component obsolescence from our suppliers....

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