Compeat, with Ctuit Radar vs. Lavu

Compeat is very well suited for large, sit down dining restaurants and can be too much for smaller scale establishments.

Incentivized

For a small company with little inventory, Lavu is a great simple POS system. For a larger company or a company where items are always changing, I would not recommend Lavu as more transactions increases room for error and ultimately takes away the time one doesn't have to figure out how to reconcile something. Customer service is not always able to fix the problem right away and can take months getting back to you on the reasoning behind a discrepancy in reports.

Incentivized

• It is a reliable accounting system, I like the fact that all transactions are recorded and not possible to change it after it is posted.
• Inventory is very useful and you can scan items to help with the counting.
• DSR are pulled automatically from our POS System
• Bank Reconciliation is pretty easily be done and the bank extract can be imported into the system, Compeat matches transaction automatically.

Incentivized

• The Lavu system is incredibly easy to use in both front and back of house operations. The format of both sides is very intuitive.
• Lavu makes it very easy to add real life application to teaching inventory control, schedule control, etc.
• The fact that it is cloud based makes life much easier. I can make changes on the fly and they update very quickly.

Incentivized

• Reporting Reporting Reporting
• Customer Service
• Lack of AUTO IMPORT FEATURE TO ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

• Split check credit card transactions, seem to have issues with some of the checks not closing out properly or being charged correctly
• Servers being allowed to run server summary even though they have unpaid checks (not supposed to happen)
• Have had the system go out on a weekend and took 20 plus minutes to get back online
• Calling the help desk on the weekend is a joke, takes 45 to 90 minutes to get help

Incentivized

Much better and more willing to "build" a product that works for our company.

Incentivized

Square has a simpler interface but lower quality reporting for accountants.

Incentivized

• It helps us keep our costs manageable, we can keep our theoretical costs within 1% of our actual costs.
• Creating shopping lists and par levels makes purchasing less daunting and saves hours in time.

Incentivized

• LAVU has fit perfectly into both the business and teaching usage areas for me. I feel I got an extra return on investment.

Incentivized