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Hey everyone,

Industry trends 2024

I'm running a grocery store in Houston, TX and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!

Robert Perez 👑 Master

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Nancy Peterson

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Sep 23, 2025

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

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Amy Simmons

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Sep 28, 2025

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

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George Ramos

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Oct 8, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Windward Software, it has been working well for us

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Jonathan Taylor

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Oct 9, 2025

Check out the markdown handling setting, that might help.

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Christina Martin

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Oct 10, 2025

The scale integration is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Kevin Watson

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Oct 17, 2025

Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.

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Chris Wood

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247 posts

Oct 22, 2025

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

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Frank Walker

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Oct 23, 2025

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

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Elizabeth Mitchell

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Oct 27, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Poynt, it has been working well for us

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Jason Nguyen

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Oct 29, 2025

Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.

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Harold Mitchell

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Nov 15, 2025

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

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Maria Butler

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Nov 20, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Nathan Garcia

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Nov 22, 2025

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

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Robert Perez

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Nov 24, 2025

Check out the scale integration setting, that might help.

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