Twenty coffees in the queue and not one rung up wrong.
A café or an ice cream shop sells lots of small tickets in very little time, and every second spent hunting for a product lengthens the queue. Tenerife TPV, OK Computer's point-of-sale brand, sets up the screen with your best sellers one tap away, adds a handheld if you have a terrace and links the card terminal so nobody types in amounts. It runs on Glop or Sysme, with VeriFactu and IGIC already set up.
Software and equipment Tenerife TPV installs in cafés and ice cream shops
What POS does a café or ice cream shop need?
A café or an ice cream shop needs a POS built for fast service: a touch screen with the best sellers on big buttons, a receipt printer, a card terminal that receives the amount without it being typed in and, if there are tables outside, a handheld. Tenerife TPV sets it up with Glop when the venue serves mainly at the bar and tables, and with Sysme when it also sells packaged or weighed goods over the counter.
What sets it apart from a restaurant POS is the pace. Here hardly anyone orders a second course or splits the bill: what matters is that the cortado, the half toasted sandwich or the two scoops in a tub are on the first screen, that sizes and extras are chosen with a tap and that the change comes out quickly. That's why the menu is arranged by what sells most, not alphabetically, and it's reviewed with you before installation.
Tenerife TPV loads your products at its workshop in Armeñime, Adeje, and has the system up and running in half a day, outside breakfast hours. It meets VeriFactu with the Canary IGIC, and whoever installs it is the one who answers if the printer stops on a Sunday in August.
What equipment does a café or ice cream shop POS include?
Less than you'd think. A small venue works with a screen, a printer and a card terminal; anything else is added only if it really saves time.
Screen with big buttons
Your best sellers go on the first screen, with a photo or a colour per category. A new employee can take payments alone on day one.
Handheld for the terrace
If you serve at tables, the order is taken outside and shows up at the bar. Nobody queues inside to order for table four.
Card terminal that receives the amount
The POS sends the figure to the card terminal and closes the ticket when the bank accepts it. With two-euro tickets, typing by hand is where the shortfalls appear.
Smart cash drawer
The customer puts the coins in the machine and gets the exact change. Whoever serves the ice cream or the sandwich never touches money.
Scale for anything sold by weight
Takeaway ice cream by the kilo, coffee beans or pastries: the scale weighs and the amount goes onto the ticket without any calculating.
Separate customer Wi-Fi
People connect while they have breakfast, but on a guest network that doesn't reach the POS or the card terminal.
How does an ice cream shop's POS cope on the busiest days?
By being prepared for them before they arrive. In high season new staff come in who don't know the venue and the queue won't wait while they learn, so Tenerife TPV leaves the screen so simple it explains itself and plans how to add a second till point when it's needed.
- Sizes, flavours and extras chosen with a tap, without typing anything
- A second till point that shares products and prices with the first
- Each employee logs in with their own code and at close you can see what each one took
- A UPS keeps the POS and printer on if the power cuts out for a while
Common questions about the POS for cafés and ice cream shops
Glop or Sysme for a café?
Glop, if the café works like a bar: counter, tables, terrace and handheld. Sysme, if it's more like a shop with a counter: bakery, packaged goods, sales by weight or by barcode. Tenerife TPV installs both and decides with you after seeing what you sell and how.
Is a handheld worth it in a small café?
Only if there are tables you serve. With six or eight terrace tables, a handheld saves many trips to the bar and prevents forgotten orders. If everything is ordered and collected at the counter, you don't need one and Tenerife TPV won't include it in the quote.
Can I take card payments for a coffee without losing time?
Yes, with the card terminal linked to the POS: when you press «card» the amount appears on the terminal by itself and the customer taps their card or phone. Tenerife TPV links it with Dojo, Paytef or Glop Pay depending on the software and the bank you work with.
Does a smart cash drawer make sense in an ice cream shop?
It's in venues like this that it shows most: the person serving the food is the one taking payment, there's a lot of cash in coins and several shifts. The machine counts what goes in, gives the change and the close balances without recounting. Tenerife TPV installs Glory, SMARTtill and AT·CASH and works out with you whether it pays off given the cash you handle.
Does the café's POS meet VeriFactu?
Yes. Glop and Sysme have an adapted version and Tenerife TPV sets it up with the IGIC rate for each product. VeriFactu is compulsory from 1 January 2027 for companies and from 1 July 2027 for the self-employed.
How long does it take to install a café's POS?
Half a day. Products, prices and IGIC are loaded beforehand at the Armeñime workshop, so at the venue all that's left is placing the equipment, testing payments and teaching the staff. It's done after the breakfast rush or on your closing day.
Does Tenerife TPV serve cafés and ice cream shops across the island?
Yes. Most of its customers are in Adeje, Arona, Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas, and it also installs in Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Puerto de la Cruz. The call-out is €10 in Adeje, €20 in the neighbouring southern municipalities and €40 in the rest of Tenerife, IGIC included.
Tell us what you sell and how you take payment: we'll tell you which system you need and what it costs.
No two venues are alike: a bar with a terrace, a greengrocer with scales or a chain of five shops need different things. We come and look, suggest only what you'll use and give it to you in writing with hardware, software, installation hours and IGIC. If it suits you better, visit our shop in Armeñime, Adeje.
Tailored, no-obligation quote. We reply Monday to Friday during shop hours. Tenerife TPV is OK Computer's point-of-sale brand (Dalmon Sistemas S.L.).