International food store POS

A POS system for ethnic grocery stores, in the language your team knows best.

Asian supermarkets, Polish delis, African and Caribbean food stores, Middle Eastern grocers and halal shops share the same needs: imported lines, specialist suppliers, loyal communities and staff who work best in their own language. POS2026 is built around all four.

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In short

A POS system for an ethnic or international grocery store must cope with imported lines, specialist suppliers and a team that may not work best in English. POS2026 runs in more than 47 languages, supports multiple currencies, records purchases from importers and wholesalers, and tracks money owed by regular customers, all in a browser-based app with a free trial.

World food shops are often family businesses serving a close community. The person on the till might be the owner, a cousin, or a new arrival who speaks English as a second or third language. Customers ask for products by the name they grew up with, deliveries come from importers who do not keep to a weekly schedule, and many regulars are trusted to settle up at the end of the month.

A standard English-only till makes all of this harder than it needs to be. POS2026 lets each shop choose the app language from more than 47 languages, keeps the catalogue organised however your customers shop, and tracks both supplier purchases and customer credit. The core grocery features are covered on our grocery store POS page; this page focuses on what makes an international store different.

Why world food shops switch

What an international grocer juggles every week.

The range, the suppliers and the customers all come from further afield, and a basic till was not designed with that in mind.

  • Staff who think in another language

    Family members and staff may read English well enough, but a till in their first language is faster and leads to fewer mistakes.

  • Imports that arrive when they arrive

    Container and importer deliveries rarely keep to a neat cycle. When a favourite brand of rice or flour runs out, it can be weeks before it is back.

  • Packaging from many countries

    Imported goods carry labels in different scripts and barcodes from their country of origin. Finding the right item quickly is not always easy.

  • Credit for the community

    Families who have shopped with you for years expect to pay later. Trust is high, and so is the total on the book by month end.

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Change the interface language; the records stay the same.

01 · 47+ languages

Run the app in the language your team knows best.

Choose the app language in the settings from more than 47 options. The menus and screens change; your products, sales and records stay exactly as they were. That means the app can be switched to suit whoever is working the till that day.

Before you commit, open the language list in the free trial and confirm the languages your team needs are there. Product names are whatever you type, so you can name lines the way your customers ask for them.

More than 47 languages

Pick the one your staff read most comfortably.

Fewer mistakes at the till

Staff work faster in a familiar language.

Your own product names

Use the names your community already knows.

How 47+ Languages works
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Imported or local, every line has a barcode, a photo and a category.

02 · Imported lines

Imported goods, organised and scannable.

Most imported packaged goods carry a barcode, so once a product is in the catalogue with its barcode it scans like anything else. A photo on each product helps staff match the item in a customer's hand to the right line, even when the label is in a script they cannot read.

Organise categories the way your customers shop: by region, by type such as rice, spices, flour and frozen, or both. Sacks of rice and flour can be sold as separate products by pack size, and a halal meat or fish counter can sell by the kilogram using units.

Scan imported barcodes

Add the barcode once and it scans at every sale.

A photo on every product

Match foreign-language packaging at a glance.

Sacks, packs and kilos

Sell by pack size or by weight.

How Products works
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An importer delivery, checked and recorded as a purchase.

03 · Importers and suppliers

Importers, wholesalers and suppliers abroad.

Record each order from an importer, a specialist wholesaler or the cash and carry as a purchase. Delivery status shows which orders are still in transit, which matters when lead times are long. When the goods arrive, stock rises and the cost price is on record.

If you trade in more than one currency, for example with a supplier abroad, multi-currency settings let you add other currencies alongside your base currency, with conversion rates applied so your figures stay consistent. Try it in the trial with the currencies you use.

Long lead times tracked

See which imports are ordered and not yet delivered.

More than one currency

Base currency plus the others you trade in.

Purchase history

Compare what each importer charged over time.

How Purchase works
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The monthly tab, totalled without a notebook.

04 · Community credit

Credit for the community, kept clear.

When a family takes shopping on credit, record the sale against their customer record. The Due List shows every outstanding balance with its deadline, and reminders prompt a friendly word before an amount becomes awkward to raise.

Each customer's history lists every purchase and payment, so if a question comes up about what was bought months ago, the answer is there in seconds.

Every balance in one list

Who owes what, and since when.

Gentle reminders

A prompt before amounts fall due.

Customer history

Purchases and payments, kept for each family.

How Due List works

The modules you will use

The POS2026 modules an international grocer uses most.

The same connected platform every shop gets, with the global features doing extra work.

Getting started

Set up your world food store.

Start with the language and the lines you sell most, then build out from there.

  1. Begin the free trial and check the language list for the languages your team uses.
  2. Set your base currency and add any others you trade in.
  3. Create categories by region, by product type, or both.
  4. Add your best-selling imports with barcode, photo, price and cost price.
  5. Add your importers, wholesalers and the regulars who buy on credit.
  6. Set low-stock levels on imports with long lead times, then start selling.

Questions

Common questions.

Straight answers for shop owners, based on what POS2026 actually does.

Which languages does POS2026 support?

More than 47. The full list is in the app's language settings, and the free trial is the easiest way to confirm the languages your team needs before you subscribe.

Can different staff use different languages?

The language is chosen in the app settings, so it can be set to suit whoever is using the till. Changing it does not alter your products, sales or records.

Will imported product barcodes scan?

Yes, once the product and its barcode are in your catalogue. Add the barcode from the packet the first time you stock a line, and it scans at every sale after that.

Can I sell halal meat by weight?

Yes. Give the product a kilogram unit, weigh it on your own scale and enter the weight as the quantity. POS2026 does not connect to scales, and halal certification remains your and your supplier's responsibility.

Can customers pay in another currency?

Multi-currency settings let you add other currencies with conversion rates. How you use them depends on your account set-up, so test it in the trial with the currencies your shop handles.

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A till that speaks your team's language.

Start your free trial, choose your language and add the imports your customers come in for.

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