Two businesses, one back office
Retail counter + restaurant module on the same account.
NinoPOS handles combined retail-and-food businesses (a shop with a snack counter, a hardware store with a coffee corner) with separate POS flows for each side and shared accounting underneath.
Running a mixed business today
- Retail and food run on two different apps
- Daily totals reconciled by hand
- Stock and recipes overlap in a mess
Running a mixed business on NinoPOS
- Counter POS for retail; restaurant module for food
- Single accounting, single P&L
- Stock + recipes managed together
Everything your mixed business actually needs
Purpose-built tools — not a generic POS with the wrong defaults.
Counter POS for retail side
Barcode scan, M-Pesa, multi-tender — same as a pure retail shop.
- Barcode scan
- M-Pesa
- Refunds
- Receipts
Restaurant module for food side
Tables, KOTs, modifiers, splits — same as a pure restaurant.
- Tables
- KOTs
- Splits
- Kitchen display
Shared accounting
Both sides feed one chart of accounts and one P&L.
- Single P&L
- Chart of accounts
- GL & journal
- Tax reports
Combined stock
Recipes for the food side; barcoded stock for retail; one warehouse.
- Barcoded retail stock
- Recipe deduction
- Combined warehouse
- Re-order alerts
Per-side reports + combined
Retail margin, food margin, and the combined business — all live.
- Retail vs food split
- Combined P&L
- Daily takings
- Tax reports
How a mixed business runs on NinoPOS
From the first order of the day to the closing report — one workflow, one screen.
1. Set up retail catalogue
Barcoded products with stock.
2. Build the food menu
Recipes for each dish.
3. Trade both sides
Retail at counter; food via restaurant module.
4. M-Pesa for both
Same Daraja credentials, same reconciliation.
5. Stock deducts together
Barcoded stock for retail; recipes for food.
6. One report at end of day
Per-side and combined.
Local payments, currencies, and connectivity — sorted out of the box
Every mixed business on NinoPOS gets M-Pesa Daraja, multi-currency, full offline mode, and WhatsApp customer messaging without a single plugin or add-on.
- M-Pesa Daraja STK push for instant payments
- TZS, KES, UGX, RWF, USD — multi-currency invoicing
- Offline mode for areas with unstable internet
- WhatsApp for receipts, reminders, and orders
- Local tax (VAT) reporting baked in
Frequently asked questions
Specific to mixed (retail + food) operations.
Can I trade retail and food on the same account?
Yes. The retail POS and the restaurant module sit side by side; staff use whichever is appropriate for the sale.
Will I have separate or combined reports?
Both. Per-side reports plus a combined P&L are available out of the box.
Do I pay for two licences?
No — mixed business is a single subscription.
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