Liquor Stores Benefit From Data-Driven POS Software

March 31, 2026February 27, 2019 by mpoweruser

Benefits from Data-Driven Point of Sale With the rise and fall of beer, wine, and liquor store sales throughout the year, there are many ways store owners can improve. The most common re-liabilities include competitive pricing and convenient store locations. However, store owners can benefit from a data-driven point of sale to help them make … Read more

Liquor Store Display Ideas: End Caps, 50ML, and more.

March 31, 2026February 15, 2019 by mpoweruser

Visual merchandising is one of the most underutilized sales tools in liquor retail. The way you display products in your store directly influences what customers notice, what they pick up, and ultimately what they buy. Great displays can move slow inventory, spotlight new arrivals, and increase your average transaction value — without a single dollar … Read more

Liquor Store Holiday Promotion Ideas (Year-Round)

March 31, 2026January 23, 2019 by mpoweruser

Liquor Store Holiday Promotion Ideas Consumers purchase all types of products during the holidays. Therefore, holidays are the perfect opportunity to offer a special promotion. Below are a few of the most common holidays that people celebrate. They are in order of the year, starting with Valentine’s Day. New Years is included in the Holiday … Read more

Liquor Store POS: Making Inventory & Taxes Easier

March 31, 2026January 11, 2019 by mpoweruser

January is a quieter month for customer traffic, but one of the busiest behind-the-scenes months for liquor store owners. Physical inventory counts, tax reporting, and end-of-year financial reconciliation all land at once. If your liquor store POS system isn’t making these tasks easier, it’s making them harder — and costing you time you can’t afford … Read more

Liquor Store POS Software Features

March 31, 2026November 20, 2018 by mpoweruser

Liquor Store POS Software Features mPower Beverage offers multiple tools to help our clients succeed. Not only are they standard in our software, we continually update the software based on our clients needs. Here are a few things that mPower offers. Mass Vendor Change Recently, Oklahoma had a few law changes and liquor stores had … Read more

Differences Between Point of Sale Software

March 31, 2026November 5, 2018 by mpoweruser

Differences Between Point of Sale Software There are many point of sale systems on the market today. Some are marketed for every business while others are made for specific markets. When it comes to liquor POS systems, there are very few that are specific to the business, and they compete against the general ones. Here … Read more

Loss Prevention Problem? Consider Upgrading Your Liquor POS System

March 31, 2026May 28, 2018 by mpoweruser

Loss prevention is one of the most serious challenges facing liquor store owners today. Whether it’s employee theft, inventory shrinkage, accounting errors, or poor record-keeping, unaddressed losses can quietly drain your profits month after month. The good news? The right liquor store POS software can dramatically reduce your exposure to loss — and give you … Read more

What to Look For in Liquor POS Software

March 31, 2026February 23, 2018 by mpoweruser

Choosing the right liquor POS software is one of the most consequential decisions you’ll make for your store. The system you pick will touch nearly every part of your daily operations — from how fast you ring up sales to how accurately you manage inventory and stay compliant with state regulations. Not all POS systems … Read more

3 Reasons to Utilize Liquor Store POS Software

March 31, 2026June 15, 2017 by mpoweruser

3 Reasons to Utilize Liquor Store POS Software

Owning and operating a liquor store can present great benefits and alternatively, not so great benefits such as stress. By utilizing Liquor Store POS Software, you can reduce the stress and increase the benefits. Below are 3 reasons to invest, and utilize, a Liquor Store Point of Sale.

Be Compliant within State Liquor Laws

Running a liquor store not only means abiding by local laws, but by state laws as well. Stay compliant by implementing a Point of Sale system that knows your state. Find a POS software that is designed specifically for your space. You want a company that knows your business in and out. This will allow them to quickly learn about upcoming law changes from not only their current clients, but from their in-house research as well.

For example, Pennsylvania passed a law to allow store owners to sell beer as six packs and singles. This law went into effect January 13^th, 2017. mPower Beverage Software was aware of this change and was able to easily integrate the change within their current PAcustomers to be effective by the 13^th.

More Control over Cash Flow

With a proper Liquor Store POS System, you can have more control over your cash flow in a variety of ways. One way is to give your managers and cashiers different roles and rights within the system. Provide your managers the right to override discounts while your cashiers need management approval before applying discounts. Another way to control your cash flow is to utilize reports. Import reports to look for include a daily sales report and need to order reports.

Easy and Accurate Age Verification

Choose a liquor store system that gives you the option to utilize a 2-D Scanner. This scanner not only scans barcodes on product, but the odd barcode on the back of a driver’s license. By using the 2-D Scanner, you are insuring that your cashiers are not only checking every ID, but making sure that the ID is not. The 2-D Scanner will not only check the birthdate on the driver’s license, but it will tell you if that license is expired or not.

A great example of this is the Texas State TABC law. It is illegal to sell, or serve, to someone with an expired license. By utilizing the 2-D scanner you can know that every customer is of legal age and has an active license. If it alerts you otherwise, you can simply not sell to that individual

By utilizing user roles and rights, age verification, and reports, you can start to reap the benefits of utilizing a Liquor Store Point of Sale Software.

Use Liquor Store POS Software to Speed Up Checkout Lines

March 31, 2026June 1, 2017 by mpoweruser

How to Use Liquor POS Software to Speed Up Checkout Lines

Think to a time when your wife (or husband/significant other/friend/etc.) called you while you were on your way home from work. They wanted you to pick up a bottle of Cabernet. You stopped into the first liquor store you saw, thinking it will be a quick trip. While standing in line, you realize it was not a quick trip after all. Your mind may have ended up wondering, “where is the next liquor store,” “why is this line so long,” and “does my wife really need this bottle of Cabernet?”

Today, you are a liquor store owner, or manager, and want to cut down the wait time for your customers. You have been there and want to make the trip quick for them so they continue to come back. Here are a few ways Liquor Store Software can make the line run more efficiently and smoothly for not only your customers, but your employees as well.

The use of barcodes and 2D Scanners.

Using barcodes will allow your employees to quickly scan in items, making the transaction go faster. Additionally, using barcodes eliminates human error when entering a product or price manually.
Using 2D scanners allows your employee to scan the barcode on the back of drivers’ licenses to check for age verification. Additionally, this eliminates human error in reading the incorrect date or not noticing the license is expired.

Search by Item or Product Type

mPower Beverage’s Point of Sale allows your employees to search by item or product type. For example, Jane comes into the store and she wants to know if you have any Absolut in stock. Your employee can quickly let Jane know if the item is in stock and the quantity. If she were to ask what brand of vodkas are in stock, your employee can simply look up [vodka] and let Jane know.

Line Busting

Use a tablet and a scanner to bust up your lines. Take the tablet to the customer and ring in their transaction. You may also assist customers with questions like Jane may have had from before, if Absolut is in stock or what brand of vodkas are in stock.
Additionally, you may use the tablet to take physical inventory count.

More Awesome POS Tools

Quick Keys: Use the quick keys to quickly tender out a customer, add a customer to the transaction, put a transaction on hold, and more.
Automatic discounts: These will be automatically applied during the days and/or times of your choosing for promotions. They will also be applied on on-going discounts such as, two 12-packs for a price of a case.
Email receipts: Save paper! With modern technology and the shopping habits of today, most customers either do not want their receipt, or would prefer it to be emailed to them. Have the option to not print, print, or email the receipt within your POS system.

These are just a few of the ways a modern point of sale system for liquor stores can help you speed up your lines. To learn more about us and how we can help you run your store more efficiently, please contact our sales team at (877) 396-0141 or click here to fill out the contact form.