POS Canada Headlines

April 2008

Lone Star Bar & Grill selects POS Canada to upgrade their POS systems. “From a small Bar-B-Que stand at the football stadium in Ottawa to 11 locations across Canada today, the Lone Star Texas Grill has been servin’ up the kind of down home cooking loved all over the Southern States.” Lone Star needs a company to help them manage their growing business and allow them to analysis their operations. 

January 2008

Select Sandwich opens its first new concept in Newmarket, ON. Urban Kitchen opens with the Maitre’D POS system supplied by POS Canada. In February 2007 Select Sandwich awarded the contract to deploy the Maitre’D POS System in its 25 locations. Select Sandwich has now successfully launched their new concept store with great success.

December 2007

POS Canada successfully installs Tiger Paw CRM software to manage its operations more efficiently. The software will enable a more effective level of customer support and more effectively deliver our support services to a National client base.

November 2007

PartSource is building Canada’s foremost auto parts specialty chain. Launched in 1999, they are currently operating (67) locations across Canada. A standalone automotive parts and accessories store with approximately 7,000 square retail feet and approximately 15,000 products in-store. PartSource has chosen to implement the POS Canada Digital Surveillance solution throughout their locations. POS Canada will be installing and supporting all sites across Canada. The first 25 locations are complete and there are plans for installations into the rest of the sites in the near future.

August 2007

Zellers of Canada installs (6) test sites of the Maitre’D POS system deployed by POS Canada. HBC/Zellers runs 300 restaurants across Canada and has chosen to deploy and pilot the Maitre’D POS System including (Corporate Polling, Inventory Control, and Wireless Handheld). The systems will run for (6) months on a pilot basis. Zellers is owned by HBC which is Canada’s largest diversified general merchant retailer, with over 580 retail locations and nearly 70,000 associates located in every province in Canada. HBC five banners are: The Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters, Designer Depot and Fields.

May 2007

MR. GREEK first opened its doors to the public in February of 1988. The Danforth location, in the heart of Greek Town in Toronto quickly became known as the busiest Greek restaurant in the city. In the first year of business, MR. GREEK's sales surpassed the expectations of everyone, and it soon became the number one force in Greek cuisine in Toronto. Business continued to boom and four years later, a need for a location was identified in the city's east end. Enter franchising. In 1993, a second location was opened in Scarborough. From there, the word spread, MR. GREEK became popular with the entire community, and now, MR. GREEK has grown to 21 locations in Southern Ontario. All locations use Maitre’D by POS Canada to manage there growing success.

April 2007

Irving Oil agrees to have POS Canada manage the database for their 38 locations in Atlantic Canada. Irving Oil uses Maitre’D POS in each of their restaurant locations in Atlantic Canada and will rely on POS Canada using Maitre’D 2005 E-Global to host and manage the collective database.

March 2007

Vrancor Hospitality opens latest Beaver & Bulldog Pub in Cambridge Ontario

POS Canada has installed the latest in a series of Maitre'D systems in the Beaver and Bulldog Pubs. We have been growing the complexity and range of programs with each new opening of a B&B location now utilizing the web based software e-global by Maitre'D. As the chain has grown, the more advanced utilities have made better and better sense with central head office controls and very comprehensive location management. "More of the management tools will help us as we add locations to the chain" says Tyler McDiermid of Vrancor." The addition of e-global gives the operations team the ability to react to the needs of all locations more efficiently than ever before"

"Speed and quality of service are essential with our detailed menu" says Dave Eisen - GM and founder of the B&B. "We have a long family tradition as restaurateurs and expect the best performance for our customers."

February 2007

Select Sandwich chooses POS Canada to deploy the Maitre’D system to their 25 locations in the Toronto area. In 1979 Select Sandwich established a healthy alternative to the fast food established in Toronto. Brian Kahn pioneered the “made-to-order” fresh healthy sandwich for lunch or breakfast. Maitre’D will enable this growing chain to control the operations of business to a greater degree. Using Maitre’D E-Global all sales and costing can be pushed to head office while the marketing initiatives and menu mix can be downloaded to the stores.

December 2006

POS Canada purchases Wells Hospitality adding to our distribution channel in Canada this acquisition gives us a high level of market penetration in Ontario adding offices in Ottawa, Kingston and Cambridge. “They have been able to establish long and successful relationships with some of the leading restaurants and hotels in Canada. Their product line of POS and Beverage control systems has created a true cost control solution for thousands of clients. The team at Wells is focused on providing exceptional service and support for the products they sell. This dedication to service is the cornerstone of the philosophy behind POS Canada. Together we will be able to provide a larger, more knowledgeable service department creating a turn-key solution to our clients” says Bruce Henderson – Managing Partner of POS Canada.

September 2006

Pizza Delight agrees to have POS Canada manage their database for the locations using Maitre’D 2005. POS Canada working with Head Office Pizza Delight will manage the database and download the data to all stores using the Maitre’D 2005 E-Global software.

April 2006

Choice Hotels signs a preferred vendor agreement with POS Canada. Choice operates over 80 hotels in Canada and is the largest lodging franchisor with over 275 Hotels open and under development, totaling 23,000 rooms. Choice Hotels became Canada’s largest hotel chain in July 1993.

February 2006

AFM Preferred Alliance Group signs a Preferred Vendor agreement with POS Canada. AFM Preferred Alliance Group is the exclusive purchasing service for Canadian franchised properties including: Aston Hotels & Resorts, Howard Johnson Hotels, Knights Inn, and AFM Preferred Alliance Group is a member of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA), the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Assoc. (AHLA), the Manitoba Hotel Assoc., (MHA) the Hotel Assoc. of Saskatchewan (HAS) and the British Columbia and Yukon Hotels Assoc. (BC&YHA) as well as the Hotel Assoc. of Canada. www.afmpag.com

February 2006

Pizza Delight agrees to use POS Canada to provide service and support to the chain of 110 locations. Currently they use Maitre’D in 38 locations with the goal to convert the remaining sites over the coming years. On a go forward basis all new locations will also be opening with Maitre’D provided by POS Canada.
In 1968, pizza was still a pretty new taste to Canadians. Which is precisely why Bernard Imbeault and two of his friends thought the time was right to start a pizza chain.
Today, over 110 Pizza Delight restaurants still make their dough fresh every day, and top their pizzas with there exclusive sauce and custom blend of mozzarella and cheddar cheese. www.pizzadelight.com

November 2005

Prime Restaurants rolls out the Maitre’D inventory program for all their locations 180
nationally. Prime Restaurants is actually three companies (two operating companies -- Prime Restaurants of Canada Inc. and Prime Restaurants of America, Inc.), both owned by a holding company (Prime Restaurant Holdings Inc.) which, in turn, is owned by management. Use this site to find out more about Prime Restaurants and our four main brands: East Side Mario's, Casey's, Fionn MacCool's and the Esplanade Bier Markt. www.primerestaurants.com