Cashless Canteen System
What is Cashless Canteen System
A cashless canteen system is a specialized type of cashless payment setup used primarily within institutional environments like schools, universities, corporate offices, and factories. This system replaces traditional cash-based transactions with electronic methods, streamlining the process of buying food and beverages within the canteen or cafeteria setting.
Prepaid Accounts or Digital Wallets: Users (students, employees, etc.) can top up their accounts using bank transfers, credit/debit cards, or even mobile payment apps. Funds are then stored digitally and can be used within the canteen.
Point of Sale (POS) Systems: These are integrated with the cashless system to allow quick and easy checkouts. Users can simply scan a card, enter a PIN, or use biometric authentication (like fingerprint scans) to make a purchase.
Online or Mobile App Ordering: Some systems offer the convenience of pre-ordering meals through an app or website, which helps reduce wait times and can offer more customized meal choices.
Meal Booking and Management: Allows for the management of meal plans, special dietary requirements, and advance meal bookings, which can be particularly useful in school environments where meals might need to be planned and paid for in advance.
Reporting and Analytics: Canteen operators can track sales data, manage inventory more efficiently, and generate reports on consumer habits, preferences, and spending patterns.
Security and Fraud Reduction: By reducing or eliminating the need to carry cash, these systems decrease the risk of theft and loss, both for the users and the canteen operators.
Efficiency and Speed: Transactions are quicker than cash transactions, reducing queues and wait times during busy periods.
A cashless canteen system enhances operational efficiency, provides convenience for users, and offers a safer and more secure way to handle transactions within institutional canteens. It also supports better financial and inventory management for the canteen administrators.
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Revolutionizing Corporate Dining with Allxs:
A comprehensive cashless payment solution tailored for corporate canteens. Our system integrates seamlessly into your workplace ecosystem, providing a fast, secure, and convenient dining experience for employees while offering robust management tools for canteen operators.
Cashless Payments for Speed and Convenience
With our integrated payment system, employees can pay for meals using digital wallets, loyalty points, or vouchers. This eliminates the need for cash or card payments, reducing transaction time and enhancing the dining experience.
Loyalty and Rewards Programs
Incentivize employees to engage with the canteen by offering loyalty programs where they earn points on purchases. Points can be redeemed for discounts, free meals, or exclusive perks.
First-Party Data Collection for Insights
Leverage data to understand employee preferences, optimize menu offerings, and streamline canteen operations.
Integrated Inventory Management
Streamline inventory processes with real-time stock tracking and automatic updates with each transaction.
Dedicated Corporate Web App
Offer employees a centralized platform to view menus, place orders, and track loyalty points.
- Order Ahead: Employees can pre-order meals to avoid queues.
- Customizable Menus: Tailor offerings based on employee preferences.
- Seamless Experience: Accessible on any device, with no downloads required.
Why Implement a Cashless Canteen System?
A cashless canteen system goes beyond simplifying transactions; it creates a more efficient, engaging, and enjoyable dining experience for employees while providing valuable insights for canteen operators. Here’s why it’s a must-have for modern corporate environments:
Canteen Point of Sale
Our cloud based canteen Point of Sale keeps all your locations in perfect sync with up to the minute business intelligence. The cashless canteen app enables the client to launch an online and a mobile store directly integrated into their cashless canteen point of sale and inventory system.
Integrated Payments
Cashless payments are fully integrated, automating the reconciliation process. Cashless Payment options include closed loop card payments, biometric authentication or our unique QR generated by our progressive web app on your phone valid for 10 seconds per payment attempt for enhanced security.
Live Product, Voucher and Price Administration
Add new products and make price changes live. Once updated on the back office, all canteen POS systems are instantly updated. Product specific vouchers, discount vouchers and authentication vouchers are available. Set voucher validity by date, time of day, outlet, and product.
Canteen Self Service Kiosk
The canteen Pos Application can be deployed as a canteen self service kiosk with its easy-to-use interface. Users can tap device, place the order and receive receipts for collection. Collections can also be authenticated through QR, card and biometrics.
Pre-Order Engine
This feature differs from app ordering. The pre-order system is for in advance order management by week, month or longer if desired. This system manages rotating menus by date and group. Collections are integrated into the canteen POS and can be authenticated by card, QR or biometrics.
Payment Automation
Closed loop payment system with host to host banking integrations for seamless payments, top ups and settlements. Payments can be processed using cards, biometrics, mobile phone or Credit/Debit cards. Top up account with bank cards, EFT and ATM. Cash ups are automatically reconciled and settled by Pos and outlet with respective reporting.
Closed Loop Payments
Customers load value onto their virtual account using EFT, bank cards or ATM. Once inside the closed loop transactions are represented using virtual currency until settled to the vendors through our host to host integration. A settlement file is created which the banks server collects and executes based on the instructions in the file.
In App Payments
Pay with your phone by scanning your unique app generated QR code at the Point of Sale. This QR code is only valid for 10 seconds, after which it is invalid and a new code needs to be generated. This is for enhanced security preventing any screenshots of your code from falling into the wrong hands.
Credit Cards and Debit Cards
Bank card acquiring is directly integrated into our Point of Sale terminal, ensuring a seamless payment experience and automatic reconciliation.
Biometrics
Biometric authentication is available as an option for cardless cashless payments and collections.
Unit of Measure Management
Receive in cases and sell in pre-configured units defined by product and supplier.
Virtual Warehouse Management
Ensure that your inventory is depleting from the correct stock while always having a birds’ eve view of all available stock across the operation.
Requisitions and Transfers
With the entire system live in the cloud, minimum par levels can be set to automatically issue requisitions as sales are processed on the point of sale. Never run out of stock of anything again.
Suppliers, Purchase Orders and GRN’s
Manage your suppliers, purchase orders and good received notes from your back office or integrate into your existing procurement system
Live Business Intelligence
Access live business intelligence to help drive sales and minimise losses. Push expiring inventory using our integrated promotional tools.
Canteen App Ordering
Fully integrated multi outlet environment with a single basket ordering experience. Directly integrated into each outlets canteen point of sale and inventory system.
Canteen App Account Management
Live access to available balance and rewards points. Itemised purchase history for your canteen app orders and purchases at canteen point of sale. Set personal preferences for communication, dietary restrictions and top up account right on your phone.
Click and Collect
Payments and collections are authenticated with unique QR code generated for 10 seconds to ensure added security, biometrics or NFC card with the option of a PIN.
Special Offers and Digital Receipts
Paperless solution offers all communications via a selection of digital channels, including live special offers from relevant outlets, digital receipts and low balance alerts.
Progressive Web App
The canteen app is delivered as a progressive web app which, when launched from the users’ home screen, loads instantly, regardless of the state of the network, ensuring an instant, reliable experience for the users. Progressive web apps are installable and live on the user’s home screen, with no an app store. They offer an immersive full screen experience and can even reengage users with push notification.
In App Promotion
Promotions are static in app banners announcing menus, specials and can be delivered in text or rich media.
In App Special Offers
In app offers are product linked with a purchase option. These offers can be delivered as per the users’ personal preferences using push messages, email, sms and in app messages.
Digital Receipts
Digital receipts are delivered as per user preferences and can be configured to deliver basic receipts or tax invoices..
Low Balance Alerts
Low balance alerts are delivered as per user preferences, notifying the user when their closed loop account has fallen below the user prescribed minimum account balance.
