How to switch grocery POS systems without closing for a day
A step-by-step plan to move products, customers and stock from your old grocery POS to a new one, run both for a day, and never close the doors.
Notes from the grocery desk.
Practical guides for owners and managers: the rules that changed this year, the codes on your produce, the maths on your case packs. Checked, dated and written for a busy counter.
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Bilingual receipts and product names for ethnic-market POS
How to run your POS in two languages: per-cashier screens, product names in any script, receipt printers that handle Chinese, Arabic or Urdu, and RTL.
The 2026 SNAP staple-food stocking rule: an audit guide for markets
From November 4, 2026, SNAP stores must stock 7 varieties in each staple category. How ethnic markets can audit shelves and stay authorized.
Case vs unit pricing: buy by the case, sell by the can
How to price items you buy by the case and sell by the unit, how a POS converts stock, and worked margin examples for grocery and ethnic markets.
SNAP soda and candy restrictions in 2026: what your register must do
State SNAP soda and candy restrictions start across the US in 2026. Dates by state, what changes at checkout, and how to set up your POS.
Label scales and price-embedded barcodes, deli to register
How deli, meat and produce label scales encode item and weight in a barcode, how your POS reads it, and how to set it up without pricing errors.
PLU codes explained: how produce codes work at grocery checkout
What PLU codes are, why organic codes start with 9, how to set them up in your POS, and how to train cashiers to ring produce fast.
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The GetGroceryPOS Grocery Desk: the team that onboards stores. Regulatory facts link to the government source with the date we checked it.
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When rules change. Each guide shows its last-updated date; SNAP guides are rechecked when FNS or a state publishes changes.
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