Square for Retail, configured for cideries

Square describes Square Retail POS as "the all-in-one system built to manage inventory, sales, and customer data." Bottles and cans are tracked as retail SKUs. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cideries.
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Payment solutions for cideries & meaderies

How each solution supports cideries & meaderies

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Restaurants

For cideries & meaderies: Organize tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Square describes its restaurant POS as "a business technology solution built for single- and multi-location full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, fast-casual restaurants, bars, breweries, and multi-concept restaurants." Tabs and flights run in the taproom with seasonal menus. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cideries.
  • Recommend the Square plan and device mix that fits your service style
  • Build menus, modifiers, taxes, service charges and tip settings before opening day
  • Configure floor plans, printer and KDS routing, and team permissions
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Square for Retail

For cideries & meaderies: Connect bottles, cans and tasting-room merchandise to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Square describes Square Retail POS as "the all-in-one system built to manage inventory, sales, and customer data." Bottles and cans are tracked as retail SKUs. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cideries.
  • Import and clean up your catalog, including variants and barcodes
  • Set up vendors, reorder points and purchase orders
  • Connect in-store and online stock so you don't oversell

Square Loyalty

For cideries & meaderies: Create a rewards program around tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise, with earning rules tied to how customers shop. Square describes its loyalty tools as a way to "build a loyalty program with custom points and rewards" and "run one-time or recurring promotions offering bonus points." Rewards encourage repeat taproom visits. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cideries.
  • Design a reward structure that fits your margins and visit frequency
  • Set up enrollment prompts at the POS, kiosk and online checkout
  • Pair loyalty with automated marketing campaigns
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Recurring Billing

For cideries & meaderies: Schedule and manage payments for wine clubs and beverage memberships, including renewals and customer account balances. Roots sets up recurring billing so memberships, clubs and subscriptions charge on schedule, with tokenized cards and automatic retries. Cider and mead club memberships renew automatically.
  • Design plans, billing dates and cancellation terms
  • Write clear sign-up disclosures to cut disputes
  • Set up retries and failed-payment notices
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Square Marketing

For cideries & meaderies: Build opt-in campaigns for tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Square says you can "send unlimited one-time and automatic email campaigns with prebuilt, customizable campaigns" and send one-time and automatic text message campaigns. Release announcements go out by email and text. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for cideries.
  • Segment your customer list and set up the core automated campaigns
  • Write campaign copy and offers for your seasonal calendar
  • Set up consent capture for text marketing at checkout
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Square for Retail questions

Questions brewery owners ask us before switching.
Square retail tools cover checkout, item catalogs and inventory. Roots helps organize the catalog, hardware and reporting for your store.
Yes. We help organize item names, categories, variants and SKUs, then plan the Square import and inventory checks.
Bring your item list, SKUs, stock locations and checkout equipment. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for cideries & meaderies and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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