Technology Building Blocks For Building Your Restaurant
The platforms and solutions in this Podcast are the top five solutions that you should consider when starting or talking about starting a restaurant. Restaurant Point of Sale Systems The bedrock of technology and revenue [...]
Social Media Overview
Social media plays a huge roll in our landscape. Understanding your message and your channels can make or break your business. This episode reviews the larger players in the social media game, and tips [...]
NorthStar Tradeshow Recap
And We're Back! The NorthStar team just finished up a flurry of tradeshows and we're excited to bring back everything we've been learning and sharing over the past couple months. We're not done though! [...]
Upcoming NorthStar Events and Tradeshows
We're Hitting the Road! Find CBS at a Trade Show Near You! ISV IQ Show February 28, 2017 Santa Ana, CA Learn More Foundations Forum March 1, 2017 [...]
5 Steps to Tackling a Restaurant Tradeshow
Love them or hate them, restaurant trade shows are a way of doing business. We have many events coming up this year, and we would love to see you (check out our list of events [...]
The New Age of Restaurant Point of Sale (POS)
With all the new POS options out there today, it can be a little overwhelming. What does the lingo mean? Why should I care about what’s up and coming and how should I plan for [...]
NorthStar POS Platform Adds Integration to Three of the Largest EMV-Ready Payment Processors
Custom Business Solutions (CBS), developers of an iPad-based Point of Sale System, announced EMV certification for its NorthStar POS platform with three of the restaurant industry’s largest payment providers: First Data, Heartland Payment Systems, and [...]
The 4 Big Movers and Shakers: 2016 In Review
While we all were recently celebrating the ball dropping in New York ringing in 2017, our friends over at the Restaurant Technology Guys were busy putting together a podcast recapping all of the biggest happenings [...]
5 Mistakes Your Making When Implementing New Technology
A new technology roll out can be a big investment. New point of sale, new KDS, or anything new can be complicated and mistakes are easily made. We see it all the time. Some of [...]
The Lego Paradox
The Lego Paradox Building structures from concrete with amenities and parts that don’t connect is can be quite tempting. As the builder you think you are getting the best solution for each area but sometimes [...]
Order Entry iPad Application Software v4.0.3 (App Store Release) Order Entry for iPad
Release Date: 9/20/2016 | Live Date: 9/22/2016 What's New in Version 4.0.3 New Features Multi-site support – supports ordering from multiple sites from a single device Seat number functionality – including requiring a seat number, printing [...]
How Savvy Restaurateurs are Beating Minimum Wage Hikes
Many major cities in the United States have passed new $15.00 minimum wage laws that will drastically affect how restaurant owners are doing business. According to the Restaurant Technology Guys blog, [...]
CBS Northstar’s COO Jeremy Julian to Speak at 2016 VAR IT Conference
Custom Business Solutions’ COO Jeremy Julian will be a keynote speaker at the 2016 Retail IT VAR of the future conference. Jeremy is an expert in mPOS, POS-as-a-Service, and payment security solutions. Visit http://www.retailitvarofthefuture.com/agenda for more details [...]
Northstar will Attend NRA Chicago May 21st – 24th
Join us on May 21st through the 24th at the 2016 NRA Chicago expo. We’ll be demonstrating the power of NorthStar POS and Recipe Viewer. We’re also going to discuss the upcoming $15/hour minimum wage increases [...]
Order Entry iPad Application Software v3.3.19 (Release) Order Entry for iPad
3.3.19 (Release) Order Entry for iPad Release Date: 03/24/2016 | Live Date: 04/06/2016 Bug [OE-5716] - Add tip amount selector keeps the focus after you press ok. [OE-5819] - Open Edge (PPI) gift cards are giving [...]
Order Entry iPad Application Software v3.3.18 (Quick Hot-Fix Release) Order Entry for iPad
3.3.18 (Release) Order Entry for iPad Release Date: 03/03/2016 | Live Date: TBD Bug [OE-5760] - Fixed issue where paying with Gift Card via swipe would show invalid card number error.