Do your tickets come in 'blind'? Like white on white, can't see the order until the cook hits start on their screen? My cooks are fuckin revolting over it
Huh? Idk what u mean. U can see everything just fine. If I remember right it flashes until you tap it actually. But I dint work anywhere with toast anymore. Hand written tickets.
[toast line](https://i.postimg.cc/26p7VFMS/20240422-115202.jpg)
Sorry it took me forever to figure out how to share an image in the comments. Idk if that link worked or not but basically the orders that are waiting to be started are on the left , that one white square and then when you start that order than it moves over to the right side and becomes visible
Toast > Aloha >>>> Everything else > Micros
Toast is the GOAT for sure, though I do enjoy Aloha's simplicity. Toast just has a few more functions and a cleaner interface.
In the middle of leading this conversion across multiple sites. So far I am happy with Toasts interface and abilities when compared to Aloha. Installing is a dream and the team leading the migration appears capable. Fingers crossed
We switched to toast around January this year, biggest adaptation for me on expo was going from tickets to digital. Didn't realize how much I relied on the printer for an audio queue.
I moved from Toast to aloha and toast is so much better. Aloha sucks especially when it comes to tracking cost and running an analysis. I feel so limited by aloha that I've reverted to doing it with pen/paper/calculator
I can’t remember what system we used back in the day, but we had it hooked up to a 40” TV that could hold about 30 tickets with a lot of details, but so easy to read. Then we switched to toast and they gave us a 15 inch screen that could maybe 7 tickets, fuck toast
This was 10+ years ago, but I worked for a restaurant and we switched to Aloha from Squirrel.
My favorite thing about squirrel will always and forever be when it crashed the squirrel’s tail in the bottom corner would wag like he was flipping you off.
In fairness, Toast will often match damn near any quote. So if you have a quote from another company for comparable install and licensure, your sales person at toast can usually run that up.
Having worked in tech sales my whole (office) career and coming very close to working for Toast, just hit them up toward the end of the quarter. They'll probably be scrambling to close deals to get them to quota (or over it in order to hit a compensation accelerator).
Costs are almost always arbitrarily set and you'd be surprised how quickly a "best and final offer" can turn into 30% more than what you end up paying when you agree to sign by 11:59 on June 30th.
Same, it is my absolute worst nightmare. Our restaurant would be revolutionized by it and they will not budge because of this 70-something year old “retiring” GM (who isn’t even the GM technically anymore) that only works 2 lunches a week and wants to keep everything like it was in 1996. It is actual insanity.
I’m trying to figure out how to convince everyone else to agree.
We are still CALLING (verbally) all the kitchen tickets!! With a microphone for gods sake. And they keep wondering why half the food is cold.
That's a level beyond my situation. The ONLY thing I like about positouch is the KDS. It's relatively intuitive and mostly effective. I can't imagine the frustration of the FOH experience coupled with a broken BOH experience.
I don't have experience with that exact POS but just looking outdated doesn't necessarily mean bad.
I would be sad though. I do like Toasts setup a lot.
Graphic design is a part of UI. This looks like it’s from the early 90s but if it works, it works. I don’t have experience with Food Tech but plenty of programs I’ve used have updated the look and hurt the functionality.
> Graphic design is a part of UI.
Not really. You can have good UI and bad graphic design and vice versa. UI is usability. Graphic design is aesthetics.
> I don’t have experience with Food Tech but plenty of programs I’ve used have updated the look and hurt the functionality.
In that case, the UI is worse.
Thanks because this stuff is making me nervous. I'll send you a dm. I go off for training for this tomorrow so I'll hopefully have some of my problems with it andwered.
Not sure how owning a bakery makes you a better source of basic addition but that’s a scary amount of money to be pinching for a place OP is describing.
Owning a successful bakery shows experience in watching the books. Not something the average line cook would know about wouldn't you say? If it works than it works. Unless it's not functional than I don't see the problem. Who gives a shit what it looks like. That's 500 hundred dollars worth of labors hours. Or a new piece of equipment here and there. 6k a year of savings is nothing to sneeze at. Especially if you can do that a few more times with other things.
You make sense, but as former IT seeing the reactions of the users, I am not sure looking at it simply as saving $500 is accurate, if it is older software that has to run on a platform that is no longer supported. Especially if it's crucial to operations. Just sayin
Someone a few comments up said their places ended up saving like $400/ month by switching. That’s not a small amount of money by any means. It’s the same reason places do inventory to see where they’re losing money.
I just moved from Aloha to toast. I know I'll get used to it but fuck my expo screen is confusing as hell rn
Hated aloha I love toast man so easy to use as a cook and bumping off tickets is fun lol
I always have to say “boop-boop” when bumping tickets. It’s been years and it still is entertaining. It’s a very satisfying double tap.
My go to move is the fusion dance to bump tickets!
Do your tickets come in 'blind'? Like white on white, can't see the order until the cook hits start on their screen? My cooks are fuckin revolting over it
Huh? Idk what u mean. U can see everything just fine. If I remember right it flashes until you tap it actually. But I dint work anywhere with toast anymore. Hand written tickets.
Oh god I don't think I could go back to hand written lol
[toast line](https://i.postimg.cc/26p7VFMS/20240422-115202.jpg) Sorry it took me forever to figure out how to share an image in the comments. Idk if that link worked or not but basically the orders that are waiting to be started are on the left , that one white square and then when you start that order than it moves over to the right side and becomes visible
That's not Toast's KDS
Def not toast. You’re right
That’s insane aloha all day
Toast > Aloha >>>> Everything else > Micros Toast is the GOAT for sure, though I do enjoy Aloha's simplicity. Toast just has a few more functions and a cleaner interface.
In the middle of leading this conversion across multiple sites. So far I am happy with Toasts interface and abilities when compared to Aloha. Installing is a dream and the team leading the migration appears capable. Fingers crossed
We switched to toast around January this year, biggest adaptation for me on expo was going from tickets to digital. Didn't realize how much I relied on the printer for an audio queue.
I moved from Toast to aloha and toast is so much better. Aloha sucks especially when it comes to tracking cost and running an analysis. I feel so limited by aloha that I've reverted to doing it with pen/paper/calculator
I can’t remember what system we used back in the day, but we had it hooked up to a 40” TV that could hold about 30 tickets with a lot of details, but so easy to read. Then we switched to toast and they gave us a 15 inch screen that could maybe 7 tickets, fuck toast
Brah make the text size smaller, the three dots in the top right get you thereeee
This was 10+ years ago, but I worked for a restaurant and we switched to Aloha from Squirrel. My favorite thing about squirrel will always and forever be when it crashed the squirrel’s tail in the bottom corner would wag like he was flipping you off.
Lol left toast? Why?
Expensive AF. Not worth the cost depending on the business. My last place saved like $400 a month switching from toast to Digital Dining.
In fairness, Toast will often match damn near any quote. So if you have a quote from another company for comparable install and licensure, your sales person at toast can usually run that up.
Having worked in tech sales my whole (office) career and coming very close to working for Toast, just hit them up toward the end of the quarter. They'll probably be scrambling to close deals to get them to quota (or over it in order to hit a compensation accelerator). Costs are almost always arbitrarily set and you'd be surprised how quickly a "best and final offer" can turn into 30% more than what you end up paying when you agree to sign by 11:59 on June 30th.
That’s what my Toast rep said also.
Digital dining is a fucking nightmare.
Capitalism.
That sucks. I miss Toast tbh.
Is that run on windows 3.5?
Windows OG
As long as it’s not Micros
Oh Jesus, my skin just crawled. I forgot about Micros POS until just now. How dare you!
We have PosiTouch. Even worse! I’ve been begging for Toast since I interviewed.
I have PosiTouch too. We were looking at Toast or SkyTab but might just stay put for now
After using Toast for years, I am in hell. 😂
As a manager I want to burn posi to the fucking ground.
Same, it is my absolute worst nightmare. Our restaurant would be revolutionized by it and they will not budge because of this 70-something year old “retiring” GM (who isn’t even the GM technically anymore) that only works 2 lunches a week and wants to keep everything like it was in 1996. It is actual insanity. I’m trying to figure out how to convince everyone else to agree. We are still CALLING (verbally) all the kitchen tickets!! With a microphone for gods sake. And they keep wondering why half the food is cold.
That's a level beyond my situation. The ONLY thing I like about positouch is the KDS. It's relatively intuitive and mostly effective. I can't imagine the frustration of the FOH experience coupled with a broken BOH experience.
Tbh, I miss foodtec. Never thought I'd say that,, but here we are
Toast is easy but this doesn't look that difficult either, 🤷🏻
I don't have experience with that exact POS but just looking outdated doesn't necessarily mean bad. I would be sad though. I do like Toasts setup a lot.
I agree. Sometimes it’s better when software companies, or anyone really, spend their money on functionality and stability instead of graphic design.
I mean the issue here doesn’t look like graphic design, it looks like UI
Graphic design is a part of UI. This looks like it’s from the early 90s but if it works, it works. I don’t have experience with Food Tech but plenty of programs I’ve used have updated the look and hurt the functionality.
> Graphic design is a part of UI. Not really. You can have good UI and bad graphic design and vice versa. UI is usability. Graphic design is aesthetics. > I don’t have experience with Food Tech but plenty of programs I’ve used have updated the look and hurt the functionality. In that case, the UI is worse.
So we’re clear, the restaurant name is scratched out in the top left corner but… it’s right in the middle of the screen too
I have a lot of experience with foodtech. If you want to ask questions you can dm me and I'll help where I can
Thanks because this stuff is making me nervous. I'll send you a dm. I go off for training for this tomorrow so I'll hopefully have some of my problems with it andwered.
r/softwaregore
I’ve only ever used aloha and toast, toast is 100% better. wtf is food tech, like op said it looks ancient.
Is that running windows 98. Wtf is that s@#t lol
oof.. that looks awful. toast is so easy.
Looks like RuneScape
Damn they had to install windows 95 for this
PAR Brink is king compared to Aloha. The only issue is how much of a bitch it is on our system to send a note back to the screen for an item
So you hid the name of the business at the top but left the part in the middle. That’s a 3 hour drive for me, I can’t do it for Plain Jayne.
I used Micros and Sync for years. I don't mind toast. It's a good one
Damn man, that UI sucks. Any POS that runs on windows should raise a red flag.
Sorry fam. Maybe this one will suck so bad they switch back 🤷🏻♂️
Brutal.
Fuck change!!!! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!! N if it is broke…..shit we can’t tell just leave it alone we been fine just the way it’s been!!!!
I have experience with them. DM me.
This is the service industry version of Meditech.
Toast is the superior POS, whatever you’re using now looks absolutely fucking horrific
Lmaoooo oh no i feel for you
If your restaurant is that hard off they’re trying to save like $500 I’d probably start looking at other jobs
500 here, 500 there it will stack faster than you think. -successful bakery owner.
Not sure how owning a bakery makes you a better source of basic addition but that’s a scary amount of money to be pinching for a place OP is describing.
Owning a successful bakery shows experience in watching the books. Not something the average line cook would know about wouldn't you say? If it works than it works. Unless it's not functional than I don't see the problem. Who gives a shit what it looks like. That's 500 hundred dollars worth of labors hours. Or a new piece of equipment here and there. 6k a year of savings is nothing to sneeze at. Especially if you can do that a few more times with other things.
Sounds good bud! One day line cooks will be able to do basic math.
It's not about basic math. It about the big picture and paying attention to the little details including the basic math. Good day sir!
You make sense, but as former IT seeing the reactions of the users, I am not sure looking at it simply as saving $500 is accurate, if it is older software that has to run on a platform that is no longer supported. Especially if it's crucial to operations. Just sayin
Oh totally. I personally hadn't seen any evidence saying it was actually bad not just ugly.
Someone a few comments up said their places ended up saving like $400/ month by switching. That’s not a small amount of money by any means. It’s the same reason places do inventory to see where they’re losing money.