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Quick start guide for F&B and Retail teams

Tip for F&B and retail sales teams.

Updated this week

More details are available in the full Smeetz guide:
Knowledge Base – Point of Sale App

Launch the Smeetz Point of sale

1. Open the POS

  • Launch the Smeetz app from the desktop.

2. Log in

  • Log in using the dedicated QR code provided for your POS user. This will grant you access to your designated area.

3. Select your configuration

  • Choose the correct POS configuration assigned to your outlet.

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4. Open a sales session

  • Open the sales session for your POS.

  • Select "total cashfloat" or enter individual cash entries

  • Enter your cashfloat as the opening cash amount and confirm.

Turn on peripherals

  • Turn on the receipt printer

  • Turn on the payment terminal

If the payment terminal is not connected, go to the POS settings and ensure the correct terminal is linked to your device.

To verify the terminal's serial number, check the back of the terminal.

Make sales

1. Add a retail product to the basket

  • If the item HAS a barcode, scan the code with the barcode scanner, and it will be added to the basket

  • If the item has NO barcode, search for it within the sales collections

2. Add to basket

  • Click on the product to add one unit to the basket

  • Tip: Long-press the item to select a different quantity before adding it

  • Tip: Use the calculator icon to manually enter the quantity before adding to cart

  • Then, continue to payment

Cancel items or sales

1. Remove an item from the basket

  • In the order summary, find the item and use the bin icon to delete it

2. Cancel a full sale

  • Use the Cancel order option before finalising the payment

  • Or click the cross (X) icon to close the current order

Apply discounts, offers or voucher codes

1. Use preconfigured discounts

  • After adding items to your basket, go to the payment step

  • Apply the promotion before choosing the payment method

  • Select the promo campaign you want to apply

  • Apply the discount to all items in the basket (it will only be applied to eligible items anyway)

2. Apply gift vouchers

  • After adding items to your basket, go to the payment step

  • Click on promocode

  • Click on gift card

  • Click on scan a voucher, and scan the gift card voucher code with the barcode scanner

Process card payments

  • Click on "card" and then on "confirm payment"

  • The transaction will be automatically sent to the payment terminal

  • To cancel, click “Cancel” in the payment window or press the cancel button on the terminal itself

Print receipts

  • Receipt printer: Receipts are printed automatically after each sale.
    To reprint a receipt, go to Print at the end of the sale and select Only receipt.

  • Payment terminal: A prompt will appear asking the customer if they would like a receipt.

Close your session

1. Close the sales session

  • Go to Settings → Close sales

  • First, you need to indicate in the middle column the amount of cash in the cash drawer to verify if the cash received matches the amount expected by the system.

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  • If the amount you enter differs from what the system expects, this will result in a difference in the last box. In this case, you can add a note from the table on the left to explain the difference and continue.

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  • (Optional) Open the beta version to print a complete closure receipt (beta version)

  • Once done, close the beta version

  • Accept and close sales

2. Log out

  • Sign out via the top-right menu

Managerial actions

Change the receipt printer settings

  • Go to the Settings menu on the POS.

  • Locate the option for receipt printing behaviour.

  • Choose whether receipts should be:

    • Printed automatically after each transaction

    • Printed manually only when selected by the user

Make a refund

1. Find the order

  • Go to the Order List in the POS

  • Search using the order reference or filter by the time of transaction

2. Open the order

  • Click to view the full details of the transaction

3. Cancel the item

  • Use the bin icon and cancel the items to refund

4. Process the refund

  • Click on Refund

  • Choose Card as the refund method

  • Confirm the action to trigger the refund to the customer’s card

  • The refund must be processed from the same payment terminal used for the original transaction. Additionally, the terminal must be powered on and connected at the time of the refund.

  • The physical card/phone is not required. Only the original terminal needs to be online and operational.

  • While the refund is confirmed within a few minutes in the Smeetz back office, the actual transfer of funds back to the customer's card may take several days (4 to 7)

More details are available in the full guide:
Cancel and refund an order on the point of sale

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