Best POS for a new food truck?

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Hey everyone,

Best POS for a new food truck?

I'm running a food truck in San Antonio, TX and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!

Raymond Chen 👑 Master

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Rachel Rivera

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211 posts

Jun 29, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Harold Mitchell

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Jul 2, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Brittany Kim

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187 posts

Jul 9, 2025

For food_truck, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Carlos Hughes

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235 posts

Aug 14, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Nicole Young

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227 posts

Aug 31, 2025

The compact interface is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Rebecca OBrien

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202 posts

Sep 1, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Sean Stewart

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Sep 6, 2025

For food_truck, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Gregory Bailey

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Sep 11, 2025

I've been using MarketMan for 17 months and it has been working well for us

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Angela Baker

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Sep 22, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Eugene Bennett

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205 posts

Sep 29, 2025

Check out the menu flexibility setting, that might help.

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Scott Reed

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218 posts

Oct 7, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was contacting support

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Brenda Lewis

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Oct 9, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Carlos Ford

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Oct 27, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Brenda Walker

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243 posts

Oct 28, 2025

The compact interface is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Carlos Jenkins

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257 posts

Oct 31, 2025

This is why we switched to Compeat. No regrets.

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Sharon Richardson

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234 posts

Nov 12, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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