Industries · Cafés & coffee shops

A coffee shop POS that keeps the line moving

SeroPOS rings a half-sweet oat latte with an extra shot in a few taps, tracks the beans and milk behind it, and rewards the regulars who come back every morning.

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What you get

Cafés & coffee shops, handled by Sero

Drink modifiers in a tap

Nested modifier groups with upcharges handle size, milk, shots, syrups and temperature without typing notes.

Loyalty points for regulars

Customer profiles and loyalty points let you reward the morning crowd and redeem at checkout.

Cost per cup

Recipe management ties each drink to beans, milk, cups and lids so ingredient cost is tracked as you sell (SeroPOS Pro).

QR and online ordering

Guests can order ahead online or scan a QR code at the table, and orders land in the POS queue.

Runs on what you have

Use an iPad, Android tablet, phone or computer with ESC/POS receipt printers and a cash drawer.

Tips at checkout

Tips are taken at the point of sale and show up in your sales and staff reports.

The products behind it

One company, one login, three products that share their numbers

SeroPOS

SeroPOS

The point of sale built for the rush.

Point of sale for restaurants and retail — tables, kitchen tickets, inventory, loyalty and online ordering on iPad, Android, Windows and Mac.

From $29.99 / month · USD
SeroPayroll

SeroPayroll

Payroll for every province. Right to the cent.

Canadian payroll for all 13 provinces and territories — CPP, EI, QPP, vacation, stat holidays, remittances, T4s and ROEs.

From $25 / month · USD
SeroBooks

SeroBooks

The books, the store, the bank. One ledger.

Accounting that runs the whole business — invoicing, inventory, banking, sales tax, payroll and year-end for Canada and the United States.

From $79.99 / month · USD

Built for the morning rush

A café lives or dies between 7 and 9 a.m. The sale screen in SeroPOS is designed for repeat orders: put your top drinks on the first page, colour-code categories and lay out buttons by drag-and-drop so baristas find a flat white without hunting. Modifier groups walk through size, milk and extras in order, with upcharges added automatically.

Hold and resume orders when someone steps out of line for a forgotten wallet, and split a bill when three coworkers want to pay separately. Mixed tender, discounts and tips are all on the checkout screen, so the queue keeps moving even when payment gets complicated. Receipts can go by email or SMS, which saves paper on the hundredth drip coffee of the morning.

  • Size, milk, shot and syrup modifiers with upcharges
  • Hold and resume for interrupted orders
  • Email and SMS receipts instead of paper
  • Per-category colours and 30 themes

Regulars, loyalty and the order-ahead crowd

Coffee is a habit business, and SeroPOS gives you customer profiles, groups and loyalty points to reward it. Points are earned on purchases and redeemed at checkout, and customer groups let you set price groups for staff or a neighbouring office that buys in volume. The CRM can also track catering leads and follow-ups if you sell boxes of coffee to local offices.

Guests who would rather skip the line can order from your online catalogue or scan a QR code to order from a table. Those orders drop into the web-order queue next to walk-up tickets, so the bar works from one list instead of a tablet propped against the grinder. Online and QR payments run through Stripe or PayPal.

Beans, milk and the real cost of a latte

Margins on a drink depend on grams of coffee, millilitres of milk and the cup and lid. With recipe management on SeroPOS Pro, each drink deducts its ingredients from stock as it sells, giving you ingredient-level costing per item. When oat milk prices jump, you can see which drinks just got thinner before the month closes.

Low-stock alerts and purchase orders to suppliers help you reorder beans and dairy on time, and stock adjustments record spills, expired milk and staff drinks so they do not vanish into variance. The trending and stock reports show which pastries move alongside which drinks, so your bakery order matches the week instead of last month’s guess.

Baristas, shifts and payroll

SeroPOS tracks attendance and shifts and gives you staff performance reports, with role-based permissions so new hires can ring sales without issuing refunds or changing prices. Register Z-reports at shift change tie each drawer to the person who counted it, which makes the opening and closing handover a two-minute job instead of a debate.

For Canadian cafés, SeroPayroll runs hourly payroll with CPP, EI, income tax, vacation pay, statutory holidays and overtime by province, from $25 a month for up to 10 employees. It produces T4s and ROEs, which matters in a business where part-time staff come and go with the school year and every departure needs a Record of Employment.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best POS for a small coffee shop?

Look for fast modifiers, loyalty, tips and hardware you already own. SeroPOS covers those on iPad, Android, Windows and Mac, with Standard at $29.99 USD a month and Pro at $49.99 USD a month for recipe costing and QuickBooks or Xero sync. A 14-day free trial lets you test it on a real morning rush.

Can I run a loyalty program in SeroPOS?

Yes. SeroPOS includes customer profiles, customer groups and loyalty points, with redemption at checkout. Loyalty is included on the Standard plan. You can also use price groups for staff or corporate accounts, and the built-in CRM tracks campaigns and follow-ups if you sell catering or office coffee.

Does SeroPOS support mobile order-ahead for cafés?

SeroPOS includes an online catalogue with cart and checkout and QR self-ordering. Orders flow into the web-order queue on the POS alongside in-person orders. Online and QR payments run through gateways such as Stripe and PayPal, while counter payments use a card terminal like the Global Payments T650p.

Can I track the cost of each drink?

With recipe management on SeroPOS Pro, each drink is linked to its ingredients, such as espresso, milk, syrup, cup and lid. Selling the drink deducts those quantities from inventory, giving you ingredient-level food costing. Stock reports and low-stock alerts then help you reorder before you run short.

Does SeroPOS work on an iPad?

Yes. SeroPOS runs on iPad and iPhone through the App Store, as well as Android, Windows and macOS. It connects to ESC/POS receipt printers from Epson, Star and compatible brands, cash drawers and barcode scanners, so many cafés start with a single iPad at the counter.

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