Drinks - Hot Or Cold? - Using Drinks Dispensers

Beverage machines cover a whole range of drink dispensers equipment. Drink dispensers are available for all businesses not just restaurants but also for conference centres, rest rooms, staff rooms, care homes and hotels. Juice bars will benefit from a chilled drink dispenser and outdoor caterers will find hot water boilers invaluable for drinks and washing up. A coffee machine will enable you to offer your customers a range of coffees, from espresso to lattes.

Hot water boilers are available in LPG or gas versions and prove invaluable for outdoor caterers. Not only can they be used for making hot drinks and cooking tasks but also for washing up tasks,too. Gas hot water boilers are great when mains electricity may not be available such as camping with Scouts, Guides or youth groups. Plug in hot water boilers are very much valued by church groups, WI and fund raising groups where constant hot water is required. Plumbed in hot water boilers are increasingly popular in staff rooms or rest rooms in busy local authority departments where staff are constantly coming and going and the use of a kettle is inefficient.

A chilled drink dispenser will keep cold drinks at optimum temperature for dispensing. It will also serve as a merchandiser so customers will see the cold drinks ready to serve and be tempted to buy, thus increasing sales.

A coffee machine can be a simple jug and hotplate filter coffee machine in a pub or a shiny espresso machine in a high street coffee outlet. A filter coffee machine will ensure you have a ready supply of hot coffee or fresh brewed tea on the go ideal for after meals in pub diners or smaller sandwich shops and cafes. These are really easy to use and jugs of coffee can be taken direct to the table for refills.

A coffee machine or espresso machine can be used to create many different styles of coffee, from cappucinos with the frothy milk topping to lattes. These machines normally have a steam wand and a frothing wand, dependent upon style and make, which allows for the creation of many hot beverages. Hot beverages look great served in special coffee glasses or specifically designed crockery cups.

Choosing A Till For Your New SME Business

Choosing cash handling equipment for small businesses can seem daunting. You need to know that your cash register or EPoS systems will be easy to use whilst the business is in it's infancy. An important factor is also that the tills will be able to grow with your business in the future. It's no good having to buy new tills as your business develops. EPoS terminals offer point of sale for retail or hospitality businesses. They can be simple cash tills or more complex touch screen versions.

EPoS terminals are cash tills that are 'backed up' by PC technology. EPoS stands for Electronic Point Of Sale. We've all seen these EPoS tills in action at checkouts in supermarket outlets or in our local restaurant as a touch screen till. They are basically a computer system with an easy to use interface for the business this may be a scanner and monitor screen for retail outlets or a touch screen for restaurants and bars. These EPoS terminals are increasingly more affordable as the technology has become more popular and available. So for a new small business costs are not prohibitive and yet the control and management of your business will be much enhanced by using a reliable and future proof EPoS system.

It is prudent for small businesses to buy a reliable and easy to use cash register even if you decide to go for one of the simpler cash tills on the market. Cash registers will give you a safe and easy way of taking payments from customers. Any cash register will enable you to record your sales for accounting purposes. The more complex tills will allow you to keep an eye on sales of particular products, track stock and give receipts to customers. Receipts are also a good marketing tool allowing your company and any sales/advertising message to be promoted to customers. For cash handling you may also want to consider security devices such as note detectors or under counter safes.

EPoS systems and many of the more complex tills will give you greater control in your business. They will help you with stock control and stock auditing, sales data, wastage, managing promotions and offers and keeping an eye on staff sales / voids. EPoS terminals can even be linked to credit card payments, hand held electronic order pads, advertising screens and cash and carry warehouse ordering systems.

Make sure you get advice and build a good relationship with your cash register salesperson. Ensure sure you ask about after sales support and training and that you buy a system,which is future proof. Buy the best solution that you can afford but take into account your future business needs, too.