Budget POS for starting food truck?

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Quick question for the community:

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

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

Ann Harris 👑 Master

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Amber Foster

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Aug 17, 2025

I've been using Cumulus Retail for 6 months and it has been working well for us

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Jonathan Park

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Aug 27, 2025

Cost us about $180/month all in. Worth it.

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Lauren Powell

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Aug 31, 2025

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

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Willie Martinez

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Sep 1, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Clover Quick Service, it has been working well for us

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Jennifer Carter

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Sep 22, 2025

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

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Jack Henderson

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Sep 27, 2025

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

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Raymond Chen

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Oct 7, 2025

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

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Jack Collins

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Oct 18, 2025

Check out the location tracking setting, that might help.

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Scott Patterson

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Oct 24, 2025

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

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Jennifer Young

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Nov 4, 2025

Cost us about $81/month all in. Worth it.

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Nicole Carter

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Nov 5, 2025

Training took about 5 days for our staff.

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Diane Anderson

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Nov 10, 2025

I've been using Celerant for 15 months and it has been working well for us

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Rachel Sullivan

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Nov 20, 2025

Check out the battery efficiency setting, that might help.

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Nicole Young

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Nov 22, 2025

The mobile payments is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Kenneth Scott

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Nov 28, 2025

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

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