STRATEGIC PARTNERS
February 7, 2024
Nekter Juice Bar has tapped Qu as its POS partner to bolster reliable and scalable growth across its 300 locations open or in development.
"Growth is a huge step for any restaurant brand and it's critical to manage it responsibly for long-term success," Steve Schulze, co-founder and CEO of Nekter Juice Bar, said in a press release. "As we take our brand into the future, Qu's omnichannel approach to simplifying the technology ecosystem is in perfect alignment with our goals."
The chain will standardize on Qu's platform to manage all order channels and unify guest, order and menu data. In addition, it will leverage Qu Flex kiosks to improve guest service and labor efficiencies. Qu Flex serves as both a guest-facing kiosk and a traditional POS, allowing team members to quickly pivot between roles based on demand and labor availability.
Qu's underlying cloud-native software platform provides an innovative solution that allows franchisees to work more flexibly and generate additional sales opportunities while maintaining the brand standards that guests expect. Instead of a fragmented technology stack, Qu offers a unified omnichannel ordering universe for operators and guests. By seamlessly connecting the ordering, operations and brand functions—Qu delivers the real-time data needed to drive loyal, repeat customers and healthy revenues.
In addition to a robust and stable software foundation, Qu's Flex kiosk offers POS capabilities with the same order and payment flow but adds the functionality of a kiosk without additional hardware and space costs, said Niko Papademetriou, co-founder of Qu. Franchisees will be able to shift their POS systems to a self-service order taker when staffing is tight or otherwise engaged.
"Our goal is to offer brands and their franchisees the flexibility and control they need to grow and still offer guests the best experience," he said in the release. "The combination of our cloud-based platform and Flex kiosk greatly simplifies operations for both franchisees and their employees," "We are excited to partner with Nékter, a company committed to ethical growth. This is an ideal relationship that blends technology with people, further emphasizing Qu's value of helping brands grow responsibly."
