Lightspeed POS system for foodservice and hotel industries in Switzerland
The Lightspeed POS system: order, pay and evaluate in one system
The Lightspeed POS system is a cloud-based POS system solution for the foodservice and hotel industries in Switzerland. With the Lightspeed POS system, your team takes orders directly at the table, divides bills by guests, and the amount automatically lands on the card terminal. The guest POS system is offline-capable: If the internet fails, the POS system and printer continue to run.
The Lightspeed POS system has been introduced by Vendomat, Lightspeed Diamond Partner and Swiss family business since 1990.
Lightspeed Diamond Partner
Family business since 1990
Over 2,700 POS systems
run on solutions from Vendomat
Service in and from Switzerland
The Lightspeed POS system at a glance
Ordering at the table
Your team takes orders at the table, at the counter or on the terrace and sends them directly to the kitchen or bar.
Share invoices
Invoices can be divided by person, by item or proportionately.
Paying with Lightspeed Payments
The POS system and card terminal are connected. Guests pay by card, Tap to Pay or Scan to Pay, including TWINT, PostFinance, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Even without the Internet
The Lightspeed POS system is offline-capable: POS system and printer continue to run, and the card terminal automatically switches to its SIM card in an emergency. If the connection is back, the data is automatically synchronized.
Menu, prices and location
You create new dishes, prices and seasonal offers yourself in the back office, centrally in the case of several locations and with your own prices per location.
Grows with your businesses
The number of POS systems depends on your licenses, devices and users are not limited. A master POS system passes on its functions to the subsidiary POSs.
Figures at a glance
You can see sales and sales in the back office, and the most key metrics on the go in the Lightspeed Pulse app.
Accounting and connections
With PINIT, income and payment methods are automatically transferred from the POS system and prepared for accounting and fiduciary services. Solutions such as AbaNinja, Foratable or Mirus can also be connected.
Legally compliant
The Lightspeed POS system is legally compliant and fiscally compliant, regular software updates keep it up to date.
A bottle of wine. Three guests. Separate bills.
With the Lightspeed POS system, you can split bills by person, item or proportionately among several guests. For example, a wine bottle ordered together can be split while other items are billed separately.
Watch the video to see how easy it is to do this in everyday POS system life.
What Vendomat does with your Lightspeed POS system
Vendomat accompanies foodservice industry and hotel businesses in German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland, from Schönbühl BE and Locarno TI. We introduce your Lightspeed POS system and are also there for you afterwards if you have any questions.
- Consultation: free of charge, online, at your location or in the showroom in Schönbühl
- Setup: POS system and network directly in your businesses
- Training: online for the back office, on-site for the operation of the POS system
- Support: if you have any questions, by phone, remote maintenance or at your site
- On-call support: 365 days a year for urgent matters, including weekends and public holidays
- Extension: Lightspeed Payments, PINIT, self-order terminal and voucher system to match the POS system
How the Lightspeed POS system comes into your businesses
Whether you are opening a new business or switching from an existing system, the implementation takes place in seven steps.
- Consultation and inventory: online or at your site. We look at your processes. For a new business, we plan the appropriate equipment, and for a change, we check which devices you can continue to use and which data you can transfer.
- Offer: You will receive an offer that is tailored to your business.
- Back office training online: Anyone who works in your back office will learn in advance how to create items, menus and prices in the Lightspeed Back Office themselves.
- Preparation of the hardware: We prepare the equipment and set the date for installation with you.
- On-site installation: We install the system in your businesses.
- On-site training: Your staff learn how to operate the POS system directly in the business.
- Go live: Your Lightspeed POS system goes into business. After that, we will of course be there for you if you have any questions.
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Understand sales numbers without searching through reports
How is beverage sales developing? Which item groups are in greater demand? With the Lightspeed AI Agent, you can ask your questions directly in the back office and get understandable answers based on the available sales reports.
- Identify sales trends of individual item groups
- Compare sales figures from different time periods
- Display evaluations as diagrams
Pay guests without waiting for the card terminal
With Scan to Pay, your guests scan the QR code on the printed interim invoice and pay directly via their smartphone. This saves your team the trip to the table with the card terminal.
- Pay the entire invoice or individual items
- Choose an individual partial amount
- Add a tip without an additional app
Once the outstanding amount has been paid in full, the table in the POS system is automatically closed.
Less manual work between POS system and accounting
With the connection of Lightspeed to PINIT, income and payment methods are automatically transferred from your POS system and processed in a structured manner. This reduces manual exports and duplicate data entry.
- Automatically transfer POS system data to PINIT
- Support administrative processes with cash book and accounting document management
- Prepare data for accounting and fiduciary services
Vendomat clarifies with you how the connection fits into your existing processes and accounting.
Guests order themselves. Your team is relieved.
With Lightspeed Order Anywhere, your guests open the digital menu on their smartphone and order independently. The order goes directly to your Lightspeed POS system. This relieves your team of order taking, for example on a busy terrace.
- Food and drinks order at the table via QR code
- Accept orders for collection online
- Order directly in the browser without an additional app