Lightspeed POS system for the foodservice and hotel industries in Switzerland
The Lightspeed POS system: order, pay and analyse in one system
The Lightspeed POS system (Lightspeed Restaurant, K-Series) is a cloud-based POS solution for the foodservice and hotel industries in Switzerland. With Lightspeed POS, your team takes orders directly at the table, splits bills by guest, and the amount is automatically sent to the card terminal. The foodservice POS system works offline: if the internet goes down, the tills and printers keep running.
The Lightspeed POS system is introduced by Vendomat, Lightspeed Diamond Partner and Swiss family business with over 35 years of experience.
Lightspeed Diamond Partner
Family business with over 35 years of experience
Over 2'700 POS systems
looked after by Vendomat today
Service in and from Switzerland
The Lightspeed POS system at a glance
Ordering at the table
Your team records orders at the table, at the bar or on the terrace and sends them directly to the kitchen or bar.
Splitting bills
Bills can be split by person, by item or proportionally.
Paying with Lightspeed Payments
The POS system and card terminal are connected. Guests pay by card, Tap to Pay or Scan to Pay, including with TWINT, PostFinance, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Also works without internet
Lightspeed POS is offline-capable: tills and printers keep running, and in an emergency the card terminals automatically switch to their SIM card. Once the connection is restored, the data is synchronised automatically.
Menu, prices and locations
You manage new dishes, prices and seasonal offers yourself in the back office, centrally for multiple locations and with separate prices per location.
Grows with your business
The number of tills depends on your licences; devices and users are not limited. A master till passes its functions on to the secondary tills.
Keeping an eye on your payments
You can view sales in the back office, and the key metrics on the go in the Lightspeed Pulse app.
Accounting and integrations
With PINIT, takings 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.
One bottle of wine. Three guests. Separate bills.
With the Lightspeed POS system, you can split bills by person, by item, or proportionally across several guests. This way, a bottle of wine ordered together can be divided, while other items are billed separately.
Watch the video to see how easily this works in everyday till operations.
What Vendomat takes care of with your Lightspeed POS system
Vendomat supports foodservice and hotel businesses in German-speaking Switzerland and Italian-speaking Switzerland, with its head office in Schönbühl BE and a branch in Locarno TI. We set up your Lightspeed POS system and remain available to answer your questions afterwards.
- Consultation: free of charge, online, on site at your business or in our showroom in Schönbühl
- Training: online for the back office, on site for operating the till
- Installation: configuring the hardware, installing it on site and making the basic settings in the back office, and, if needed, the network
- Support: for questions by phone, via remote maintenance or on site at your business
- On-call support: available 365 days a year for urgent matters, including weekends and public holidays
- Extensions: Lightspeed Payments, PINIT, self-order terminals and vend.AI vouchers (voucher system) that work with your till
How the Lightspeed POS system is set up in your business
Whether you are opening a new business or switching from an existing system, the setup takes place in seven steps.
- Consultation and needs assessment: online or on site at your business. We look at your processes. For a new business, we plan the right equipment; when switching, we check which devices you can keep using and which data you can transfer.
- Quote: You receive a quote tailored to your business.
- Online back office training: Anyone working in the back office at your business learns in advance how to create items, menus and prices in the Lightspeed Back Office themselves.
- Hardware configuration: We configure the devices and agree on the installation date with you.
- On-site installation: We install the system in your business.
- On-site training: Your staff learn how to operate the POS system directly on site.
- Go-live: Your Lightspeed POS system goes into operation. After that, we are of course available to answer any questions.
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Understand sales figures without searching through reports
How are beverage sales developing? Which item groups are in greater demand? With the Lightspeed AI Agent, you ask your questions directly in the back office and receive clear answers based on your available sales reports.
- Identify sales trends for individual item groups
- Compare sales figures across different periods
- Have reports displayed as charts
Guests pay without waiting for the card terminal
With Scan to Pay, your guests scan the QR code on the printed interim bill and pay directly from their smartphone. This saves your team the trip to the table with the card terminal.
- Pay the entire bill or individual items
- Choose an individual partial amount
- Add a tip, without any additional app
Once the outstanding amount has been paid in full, the table is closed automatically in the POS system.
Less manual work between the POS system and accounting
With the connection of Lightspeed to PINIT, revenues and payment methods are automatically taken over from your POS system and processed in a structured way. This reduces manual exports and duplicate data entry.
- Transfer POS data to PINIT automatically
- Support administrative workflows with the cash book and document management
- Prepare data for accounting and fiduciary services
Vendomat will work with you to clarify how the connection fits your existing workflows and your accounting.
Guests order for themselves. Your team is relieved.
With Lightspeed Order Anywhere, your guests open the digital menu on their smartphone and place their orders independently. The order goes directly to your Lightspeed POS system. This relieves your team of order taking, for example on a busy terrace.
- Order food and drinks at the table via QR code
- Accept online orders for collection
- Order directly in the browser without an additional app