Two chefs working the line in an open restaurant kitchen

2 hrs

To a callback from a human

01Arkansas restaurants

The point of sale system your restaurant actually needs

We build your menu before the hardware ships, we stay with you through the whole process and we don't disappear afterwards.

If you are shopping for a POS right now, you are being told four different stories by four different reps, and every one of them ends with a number that turns out not to be the number.

Here is the part they skip. The software fee is the small bill. Card processing is the big one, it shows up every month for as long as you are open, and it is the number nobody wants to write down for you.

And the system itself is rarely what fails. What fails is a menu somebody typed in wrong, a tax group that was never set up for your city, and no one in the building the night you switch over.

Ask any rep, including us, to put your effective rate in writing. Whether they will is most of what you need to know.

Three things, and we will be judged on all three

2 hrs A person, not a ticket number Judd Alsup runs the Arkansas team. He picks up, and he is the one who walks through your door. Local support 0% Stop paying to accept a card Dual pricing moves the cost of accepting a card off your P and L. Legal in all fifty states, and we run the math on your own statement first. Zero fee processing Yours Programmed before the box ships Every item, every modifier, and the tax groups set for your city and your permit. Built and tested before it reaches your floor. Built for you

Systems we sell and compare

Judd AlsupArkansas team lead

“We are with you every step of the way, and we want to see your restaurant thrive.”

Contactless payment on a counter point of sale terminal

Before

Your menu is programmed before the hardware ships

03Systems

Two systems, and what each one is good at

We sell two. We have written down what is wrong with both. If neither one suits your room, you will hear that on the first call, not in month four.

01Shift4 DineThe one called SkyTab until May. Online ordering, QR pay at the table, reservations and loyalty come in the box instead of arriving later as line items.Read

02CloverHardware your staff will recognise and a deep app market. Read what Clover says about who owns the equipment before you sign, because it is not what most reps lead with.Read

03HandheldsFire the order from the table instead of walking to a station. In a room where servers cover distance, this is the change owners feel.Read

04Your own online orderingSo the marketplace taking a third of the ticket is not the only way people can order from you.Read

04The tax trap

Your food and your bar are not taxed the same way

A ribeye and an old fashioned on the same check are taxed twenty two points apart in Little Rock. Run one tax group across the ticket and you are either charging your guests too much or covering the difference yourself at filing.

Combined rates on a restaurant ticket
City	Prepared food	Mixed drink	The trap
Little Rock	10.625%	32.625%	The 2% hospitality tax applies to food and not to mixed drinks
Little Rock private clubs	10.625%	27.625%	City rate halves, membership has to be tracked
Fayetteville	11.75%	16.75%	The supplemental beverage tax excludes beer and wine under 5% ABW
Fayetteville, beer and wine	11.75%	11.75%	Under 5% alcohol by weight, taxed as prepared food

Rates from the City of Little Rock published tax rate sheet, the City of Fayetteville sales tax page and Arkansas DFA, checked 29 July 2026. General guidance, not tax advice. Confirm with your accountant.

Read the Arkansas rules

05By restaurant type

A taproom and a pizza shop need almost nothing in common

Half and half pricing. Pours and cans to go. Sold out at eight. Offline when the signal drops. Find the one that sounds like your place.

Server with a notepad ready to take an order

Full serviceCoursing, table turns, tip pooling

Freshly baked pizzas on a kitchen counter

Quick serviceLine speed, combos, kiosk ordering

Bartender mixing cocktails behind a well stocked bar

Bars and nightclubsTabs, two tax groups, pre auth

Chef sliding a pizza into a traditional oven in a pizzeria kitchen

PizzaHalf and half pricing, delivery dispatch

Close up of a coffee station on a counter

Coffee shopsModifiers, speed, loyalty

Food trucksOffline mode, one terminal, no counter

Breweries and taproomsPours, tabs, retail cans to go

Meat cooking over an open fire on a barbecue grill

BarbecueSold out items, by the pound, catering

06How it goes

What the first three weeks look like

You have probably heard the version where a box shows up and a login lands in your inbox. This is not that.

01We ask what is brokenBefore anyone quotes you anything. Most of these calls turn up a problem that is not the POS at all.45 min

02We build your menuEvery item, every modifier, every combo, and the tax groups set for your city and your permit. Not you, at your kitchen table, at eleven at night.On us

03We install it hereIn your restaurant, with your staff, on the floor they work.In person

04We are there when you flip it onOpening night or a Tuesday mid service. Whichever it is, somebody from our team is standing in the room.On site

05We pick up in week twoWhich is when the real questions start, and when most vendors have already moved on.Still here

Independent cafe owner standing in her own dining room

2 hrs

To a callback, Monday to Saturday

07Where we work

What changes when you cross a county line

The rate on your ticket and the permit on your wall are both set locally. Neither one travels with you.

Little Rock10.625% food, 32.625% mixed drink North Little RockPulaski County, separate city rate Fayetteville11.75% prepared food, HMR plus supplemental SpringdaleWashington and Benton county line RogersBenton County BentonvilleBenton County Fort SmithSebastian County JonesboroCraighead County ConwayFaulkner County Hot SpringsGarland County

2Tax groups on a Little Rock ticket, minimum

Food at 10.625% and mixed drinks at 32.625% on the same check. A system running one rate across the ticket is wrong on every tab.

Read the Arkansas rules

Answers

Questions Arkansas restaurant owners ask

How much does a restaurant POS system cost in Arkansas?

There are four costs, not one: software per terminal per month, hardware, card processing and installation. Processing is by far the largest and it is the one most owners compare last. Our pricing page breaks all four down and explains effective rate, which is the only number worth comparing between two offers.

Do you program the menu, or do I?

We do. Every item, category, modifier, combo and tax group is built on our end before the hardware ships. Handing an owner a box and a login is the most common reason a new POS goes badly, and it is the part we refuse to skip.

Which POS systems do you sell?

Shift4 Dine, which was called SkyTab until May 2026, and Clover. We also publish comparisons against Toast and Square, including the situations where those are the better choice for your restaurant. If we are not the right fit we will say so on the first call.

Will someone be there when we go live?

Yes. Grand opening or a mid service switchover, someone from our team is standing in your dining room on go live night. Things break on that night. A phone support queue is worth nothing to you then.

Why is my bar tab taxed so much higher than food in Little Rock?

Arkansas stacks a state mixed drink tax and an additional mixed drink tax on top of ordinary sales tax, and Little Rock adds its own on restaurant liquor. The 2% hospitality tax applies to prepared food and not to mixed drinks. Two tax groups on one ticket, then. A POS configured with one group gets it wrong.

Can I add a credit card surcharge in Arkansas?

Surcharging card transactions is legal in Arkansas, with conditions set by the card networks including a rate cap, a requirement that it not exceed your cost of acceptance, written notice, and clear disclosure at the point of entry and on the receipt. Debit surcharging is prohibited federally. Cash discounting is a different mechanism and is legal in every state.

Refs

Checked 30 Jul 2026

Rules and rates change. Confirm anything that affects your money with the agency itself or with your accountant. General guidance, not legal, tax or accounting advice.

Where to check this yourself