Your deli and meat-counter scales already print barcodes with the item and its weight. GetGroceryPOS reads them, prices them from your catalogue and puts the right total on the ticket, in pounds or kilos.
Drag the scale to turn it, or use the arrows. Pick an item to weigh it.
prefix · SKU · weight
This is the bananas label from the scale above, digit by digit. You type the same lengths into GetGroceryPOS once.
| Part | Digits in our example | What it means | Where you set it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefix | 2 (20) | Tells the register “this came from a scale”. Many scales use a number starting with 2. | On the scale’s label format, then the same value in GetGroceryPOS |
| Item code | 4 (4011) | The product’s SKU, usually the same as its PLU. | Product SKU in your catalogue |
| Whole weight | 2 (02) | Pounds or kilos before the decimal point. | “Quantity integer part length” |
| Decimals | 2 (36) | The part after the decimal point. | “Quantity fractional part length” |
The butcher weighs, the scale prints, the customer carries the package to the register. Best for meat, deli, seafood and anything pre-packed in store.
The cashier puts produce on a scale at the lane and enters the weight, or the PLU and the weight. Best for loose fruit, vegetables and bulk bins.
About twenty minutes, most of it reading your scale’s settings. Full walkthrough in the help center.
Look at a label your scale prints. Note the prefix (often 20 or another 2x number), how many digits the item code uses, and how many digits hold the weight.
In Business settings → POS, enable the weighing scale and type in the prefix, item-code length and weight digits.
Give each weighed product the same SKU in the POS that its PLU uses on the scale, and set its price per pound or kilo.
Weigh something, print the label, scan it at the register. Check the weight and the line total before your first customer.
10 questions on the shelf
The most common way is a label-printing scale at the deli, meat or produce counter. It prints a barcode that carries the item code and the weight; the register scans it. GetGroceryPOS reads that barcode in your configured format and multiplies the weight by the item’s price per pound or kilo.
It is a barcode made on the spot by a scale: a fixed prefix that says “this is a scale label”, then the item code, then the weight. Some stores call any of them “random weight” or “variable measure” labels.
In GetGroceryPOS the barcode carries the weight (quantity). The price comes from the product’s price in your catalogue, so changing the price in one place changes it at every counter.
You set four things: the prefix, the length of the item code (SKU), how many digits hold the whole part of the weight and how many hold the decimals. Our example uses prefix 20, a 4-digit SKU, 2 whole digits and 2 decimal digits.
Yes. Mark the unit as allowing decimals (lb or kg) and the cashier types the weight, such as 1.37, when ringing up. This suits small stores that weigh at the register on a separate scale.
Label-scale barcodes are built in. If you want a scanner-scale at the lane to send live weight to the screen, bring the model to your demo and we confirm whether it connects in your setup before you buy anything.
Any label scale that can print a barcode with a prefix, the item code and the weight in fixed positions. Most deli and meat-counter label scales can. We list categories and what to check in the hardware guide.
That depends on the scale, not the software. In the US, scales used to sell by weight must meet your state’s weights-and-measures rules (most require an NTEP-certified device, inspected and sealed). In the UAE and Pakistan, follow your local metrology authority. GetGroceryPOS only reads the weight the scale reports.
Tare is subtracted on the scale before the label prints, so the label already carries net weight. Set tares on the scale for your trays and deli containers.
Both. US stores usually sell by the pound (lb); UAE and Pakistan stores by the kilo (kg). The unit is set per product, so you can sell rice by the kilo and cheese by the pound if you want.
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Try “scale”, “EBT”, “import” or “Urdu”.
