Square Sees Traction for Its Full-Service Restaurant Payment Service

Payments company Square made a splash earlier this year when it moved into the full-service space with its Square for Restaurants point of sale (POS) system. It's still relatively early days but Square is pretty delighted with the take-up. "We've just been really pleased. We've had amazing reaction to Square for Restaurants so far," Alyssa Henry, Square's seller lead, said at Skift Restaurants Forum on Monday. According to Henry, 60 percent of restaurants on-boarded themselves, and a lot of those taking up the service are also choosing to use other products within the Square family, such as Payroll and Capital. "We see the whole solution really coming together and the restaurants fully appreciating that cohesive solution," Henry said. Tech companies like Square let restaurants concentrate on the customer service side of the business. Henry said this wasn't just happening at back of house but at front of house as well. For Henry, this represents a total revolution with restaurants