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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our restaurant

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Jack Henderson 👑 Master

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Scott Reed

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218 posts

Aug 3, 2025

This is why we switched to SumUp. No regrets.

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Sharon Foster

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195 posts

Aug 12, 2025

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

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Marcus Bradley

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223 posts

Aug 12, 2025

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

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Jonathan Taylor

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Aug 15, 2025

Cost us about $194/month all in. Worth it.

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Brittany Moore

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212 posts

Aug 20, 2025

This is why we switched to Square for Restaurants. No regrets.

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Nancy Sanders

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217 posts

Aug 25, 2025

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

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Dennis Brown

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208 posts

Sep 15, 2025

Check out the kitchen display system setting, that might help.

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Rebecca Bennett

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211 posts

Sep 16, 2025

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

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Heather Brooks

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Sep 17, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app

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Emily Rodriguez

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211 posts

Oct 3, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Rachel Sullivan

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220 posts

Oct 11, 2025

Had the same problem, support was hit or miss when I contacted them.

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Amy Reed

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207 posts

Oct 21, 2025

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

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Jessica Price

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220 posts

Oct 21, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Catherine Jenkins

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193 posts

Oct 21, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections

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Steve Hall

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191 posts

Oct 22, 2025

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

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George Clark

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202 posts

Nov 1, 2025

I've been using Thrive POS for 8 months and it has been working well for us

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Brittany Moore

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212 posts

Nov 12, 2025

The kitchen display system is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Jennifer Young

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218 posts

Nov 27, 2025

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

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Eric White

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Nov 28, 2025

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

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