Setting up Thrive POS for the first time

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?

Amy Powell 👑 Master

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James Mitchell

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Nov 17, 2025

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

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Melissa Walker

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Nov 18, 2025

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

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Brittany Moore

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Nov 18, 2025

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

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George Ramos

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Nov 18, 2025

This is why we switched to Cake POS. No regrets.

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Ashley Miller

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Nov 19, 2025

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

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Lisa Nelson

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Nov 23, 2025

This is why we switched to Agilysys. No regrets.

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Scott Adams

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Nov 25, 2025

Check out the quick order screen setting, that might help.

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Susan Wallace

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Nov 25, 2025

Had the same problem, support was knowledgeable when I contacted them.

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Maria Butler

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Nov 25, 2025

The customer display is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Harold Nguyen

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Nov 28, 2025

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

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