Pictures...of the food. Someone orders 3 Big Macs? Press Big Mac button 3 times.
Holy cow. ..my grand kids have toys like that. One is called a See And Say. ....
Wonder how they handle cash? This is very depressing to know this. Shouldn’t have asked.
>>>Pictures...of the food. Someone orders 3 Big Macs? Press Big Mac button 3 times.<<<
Close, but no cigar. We use touch screen Point Of Sale machines, which are actually a computer terminal, with a cash drawer. It is directly networked to Corporate, as well as the in-house office computer.
There MIGHT be a pic, but most are captions; when touched, then the keypad is used to enter how many, the tender, etc. There are about 4 layers of sub-screens, as well. In addition, they are the time clock, among other miscellaneous functions.
It is not for the workers’, nor even mainly the business owner’s benefit, but Corporate’s: makes it MUCH harder to fudge the monthly franchise percentage-fee due them. It also helps Corporate manage their warehouse stocking needs.
It also allows them (and the owner) to have instant data access to what is selling, during which hours, for better inventory & labor cost controls; and gives near instant feedback on advertising & promotions.
Example, If 25 orders contained chicken nuggets, at 2 oz per order, then what happened to the other 3 pounds of nuggets that were in the freezer yesterday?
Same day/time period this week & last week, while a new promotion was advertised on the weekend, can be compared for effect in near real time.
Those registers are not because the cashiers are stupid, at least not where I’ve been working part time the last 5 years...we don’t keep the stupid ones, any more than we do the lazy or rude ones.
We (and Corporate) can even bring up stats on orders during any particular time period that includes number of orders, average price per order; man hours, gross receipts, and average labor cost/order; and an overall efficiency percentage. Also included are stats on drive-through, including time spent stopped at the menu board before an order is taken; how long they’re at the window; and how long it took to actually make the order.
Don’t disparage the cash register because it “has pictures instead of cash-keys”.
you have to be able to count to 3...