Salloq POS — Changelog

Tip Tracking & Gift Card / Club Redemption

• Added tip tracking across POS transactions, capturing tip amounts at the time of payment for accurate attribution and reporting.
• Integrated tips into existing POS reporting, enabling visibility into totals, averages, and payment-type breakdowns.
• Implemented club and gift card redemption directly within the POS payment flow.
• Gift cards and club balances can now be applied as tender types during checkout, alongside cash and card payments.
• Redemption logic validates available balances and records usage for reporting and reconciliation.

Multi-Store Isolation, Product Import, and Winery Mode (Alpha)

• Implemented store-level isolation for categories and products, allowing multi-location operators to offer different product selections per store.
• Category visibility, product availability, and menu structure are now scoped to the active store context, preventing cross-location leakage.
• Added a product import utility to accelerate onboarding and bulk product setup for new or existing stores.
• Released an alpha version of Winery / Tasting Room mode, introducing a specialized POS flow tailored for wine pours, tastings, and winery operations.
• Winery mode establishes the foundation for wine-specific pricing, product presentation, and future compliance-aware workflows.

Restaurant & Bar Reporting Engine

Introduced a full-featured reporting engine for Restaurant and Bar POS environments, providing deep operational, financial, and performance insights.

Sales Reports

• Daily Sales Summary — Total sales, transactions, average ticket, tips, order type, and payment method breakdowns
• Sales by Hour — Hourly sales, transaction counts, average ticket, and tips for staffing optimization
• Sales Comparison — Period-over-period comparisons with percentage change analysis

Menu Analysis Reports

• Top Selling Items — Best-performing menu items ranked by quantity, revenue, and order frequency (Top 25)
• Menu Item Performance — Detailed metrics including discounts, voids, and comps
• Category Sales — Revenue and percentage breakdown by category
• Modifier Analysis — Modifier popularity, selection frequency, and revenue impact

Server & Staff Reports

• Server Performance — Transactions, sales, tips, average ticket, and tip percentage by server
• Server Tips Detail — Daily cash vs. card tip breakdown per server

Payment & Financial Reports

• Payment Method Analysis — Transaction counts and totals by tender type with percentages
• Cash Reconciliation — Daily cash drawer balancing with tendered, change, and net collected amounts
• Tips Report — Comprehensive daily tip totals, averages, and cash vs. card analysis

Operational Reports

• Voids & Comps — Track voided and comped items with reasons, staff attribution, and lost revenue
• Table Turn Time — Average table occupancy, fastest/slowest turns, and revenue per table
• Order Type Analysis — Dine-in, bar, and takeout performance comparison
• Discounts Report — Discount usage, amounts, percentages, and affected products
• Peak Hours Heatmap — Busiest times by day and hour for staffing and capacity planning

Technical Highlights

• 17 individual reports delivered in this release
• REST API with 15+ reporting endpoints
• Responsive UI with tab-based navigation
• Quick date selectors (Today, Yesterday, Week, Month, Quarter)
• CSV export support for all reports
• PDF generation for key summaries and performance reports
• Session-based store filtering and real-time data fetching

Tip Tracking & Gift Card / Club Redemption

• Added tip tracking across POS transactions, capturing tip amounts at the time of payment for accurate attribution and reporting.
• Integrated tips into existing POS reporting, enabling visibility into totals, averages, and payment-type breakdowns.
• Implemented club and gift card redemption directly within the POS payment flow.
• Gift cards and club balances can now be applied as tender types during checkout, alongside cash and card payments.
• Redemption logic validates available balances and records usage for reporting and reconciliation.

Multi-Store Isolation, Product Import, and Winery Mode (Alpha)

• Implemented store-level isolation for categories and products, allowing multi-location operators to offer different product selections per store.
• Category visibility, product availability, and menu structure are now scoped to the active store context, preventing cross-location leakage.
• Added a product import utility to accelerate onboarding and bulk product setup for new or existing stores.
• Released an alpha version of Winery / Tasting Room mode, introducing a specialized POS flow tailored for wine pours, tastings, and winery operations.
• Winery mode establishes the foundation for wine-specific pricing, product presentation, and future compliance-aware workflows.

Order Hold System Improvements

• Fixed an issue where already-held orders could not be re-held, preventing staff from refreshing hold time during active service.
• Re-holding an order now correctly updates the held_at timestamp instead of returning an error.
• The system now allows refreshing the hold duration on existing held orders rather than blocking the action.
• Added context-aware success messaging, differentiating between initial hold actions and subsequent re-hold updates.

API & Backend Fixes

• Corrected missing file references within Restaurant POS API endpoints.
• Removed the incorrect “already on hold” error condition.
• Enhanced the order UPDATE query to always refresh held_at when an order is placed on hold.
• Maintained safeguards preventing hold actions on completed or cancelled orders.

Happy Hour Pricing, Tablet UX, and Multi-Device Support

• Implemented Happy Hour pricing rules with support for day-based, time-based, and item-specific pricing adjustments.
• Pricing rules can now be configured to automatically activate and expire without manual intervention.
• Adjusted POS interface layout and interaction flow to operate more smoothly on tablet devices, improving usability in bar and restaurant environments.
• Added support for multiple connected devices, including printers, payment terminals, and other peripherals operating concurrently.
• Improved device handling logic to ensure consistent behavior across multi-terminal and multi-station setups.

Manager Overrides, Time Tracking, and Seat-Level Notes

• Added manager override functionality, allowing authorized managers to approve restricted actions directly within the POS workflow.
• Implemented staff time tracking with clock in / clock out support, enabling accurate tracking of employee shifts directly from the POS.
• Added support for per-seat comments in restaurant and bar mode, allowing servers to attach notes or special instructions to individual seats within a table.
• Seat-level comments flow through order handling to improve communication between front-of-house and kitchen/bar staff.

Restaurant Mode: KDS, Modifiers, and Table Workflow

• Implemented a Kitchen Display System (KDS) for restaurant mode, allowing kitchen staff to view, prioritize, and process incoming orders in real time.
• Added product modifiers with structured modifier groups (e.g. size, temperature, add-ons), including support for rare, medium, well done, and similar options.
• Finalized table assignment workflow, enabling orders to be attached to specific tables and managed throughout the dining session.
• Introduced seat-aware ordering foundations to support per-guest item tracking within a table.
• Stubbed initial support for reservations, establishing the data structures and admin hooks for future table booking functionality.
• Stubbed online ordering integration points, preparing restaurant mode for remote ordering and future customer-facing flows.

Key Card Authentication for POS Login

• Added support for key card–based login on the POS login screen, allowing users to authenticate via card swipe instead of manual credentials.
• POS listens for magnetic stripe input and converts swipe data into a secure one-way fingerprint (no raw card data is stored).
• Card fingerprints are validated against active POS users and checked for access to the currently selected store.
• Successful authentication initializes the full POS session, including user role, store permissions, POS mode, and store configuration.
• Traditional username/password login remains available as a fallback option.

Multi-store user access model

• Introduced support for assigning a single user to multiple store locations.
• Enabled portfolio-level access for operators who manage more than one location.
• Preserved existing single-store workflows while allowing controlled expansion.

Active store context handling

• Clarified the concept of an “active store” for the current session.
• Ensured inventory, sales, and tax calculations consistently follow the active location.
• Maintained backwards compatibility with existing operational flows.

Industry-specific POS modes

• Added support for multiple POS operating modes tailored to different industries.
• Laid the groundwork for customized layouts and workflows per business type.
• Allows the same platform to power retail, tasting room, and service-oriented environments.

Manager override enforcement

• Strengthened approval controls for sensitive actions such as voids.
• Ensured overrides respect role-based permissions across locations.
• Improved audit readiness without adding friction to normal checkout flow.

Terminal-first payment flow cleanup

• Standardized reader-driven flows (tap/dip/swipe) to reduce reliance on manual card entry.
• Improved error surfacing for payment failures to help cashiers resolve issues quickly.
• Prepared hooks for receipts to include richer authorization metadata.

Reporting: P&L foundation (multi-store)

• Added a baseline profit & loss workflow: date range + store selection.
• Established export-friendly structure (CSV/PDF/print paths).
• Aligned reporting totals with POS transaction records and expense entries.

Expenses module: vendor-centric workflow

• Vendor selection + search by company/date.
• Sortable/paginated listing for disbursements.
• Add/edit/delete flows designed for cashier-safe usage patterns.

Inventory safeguards for multi-device sessions

• Reduced risk of double-decrement during rapid checkout/refresh scenarios.
• Improved consistency when multiple registers operate on the same SKU.