Author: Burk

Price-Embedded Barcodes Explained

A price-embedded barcode is a barcode that contains the item’s price and weight directly in its numerical sequence, so that scanning it at the register automatically rings up the correct amount without a separate weight lookup.

Does Square Do Purchase Orders?

Square handles sales, tracks item-level inventory, and reports on what sold, but it doesn’t generate POs, doesn’t track them against vendor invoices, and doesn’t automate reordering when stock hits a threshold.

What Is the Best POS for a Deli?

With fast checkout, transparent pricing, hardware that fits a counter setup, and a mature ecosystem of purpose-built tools—Square is the best POS for a deli.

How to Calculate Food Cost Percentage

The basic formula is:

Food Cost % = (Cost of Goods Sold ÷ Total Food Sales) × 100

Cost of Goods Sold, or COGS, is what you spent on the ingredients that went into the food you sold. Total Food Sales is the revenue you generated from selling that food. Multiply the result by 100 to get a percentage.

How Do Food Scale Label Printers Work—And Do You Need One?

The physical setup involves three pieces of hardware—the scale, the printer, and the terminal or tablet running the labeling software—plus the software layer that ties them together.

Food Label Maker vs. a REAL Label Printer: What You Really Need

For any food retail operation running Square, the answer is a Zebra ZD411 or ZD421 running DeliLabel or SwiftLabel as the software layer.

How to Track Food Inventory Costs in Square (with InTrac)

If you are running Square in a food retail setting—deli, butcher, small grocery, prepared foods—and you have not connected a cost tracking layer, the fastest way to figure out whether InTrac fits your operation is a short walkthrough.

Best Label Printers for Square: Zebra ZD411 vs ZD421

If you are figuring out which printer to buy and which app to run, the MarketSquare Tech team can walk through your product mix and Square setup and recommend the specific combination in about 15 minutes.

How to Speed Up Your Deli Counter During the Lunch Rush

If you are going to fix one thing before next week’s lunch rush, fix the labeling step. Labeling is the bottleneck that touches every single order, which means every second saved is multiplied by your total order count.

Does Square Have Recipe Management? How to Add Recipe Costing to Your POS

If you are running Square and your menu has more than a handful of prepared items, the recipe management gap is costing you money you are not seeing. Closing it is a one-time setup, not a recurring fight.