Restaurants & Cafes Success Stories

In the historic town of Windsor, 60km west of Sydney, is Australia’s Outback Bakehouse, a specialised cafe and pie shop. Established in 2010, it was originally opened by the owner to assist in the distribution of more pies for his father’s much larger and well-established family bakery in Dural, NSW.

In the beautiful historic town of Stroud, NSW, you will find an old-fashioned milk bar & café providing quality café food, coffee, tea, milkshakes, gelato, and a huge range of lollies and gifts.

Business owners need to consider many factors when opening a new business. For Bear and Bean Espresso House owner Yianni, it was how he could run a growing cafe while saving money and servicing his customers.

Unlike most EFTPOS solutions, there are no card fees to manage with Zero Cost™ EFTPOS. Instead, the terminal automatically adds a surcharge to your customer's total. "We love our Smartpay EFTPOS solution. They are so easy to deal with. All the surcharging calculations come pre-programmed, and that's a big time saver by itself."

The Star Hotel in Yackandandah has seen many fortunes made since it opened its doors in 1863 during the Goldrush. Today, the Hotel owners Matt and Kim Frauenfelder are saving a small fortune - $25,000 per annum – simply by switching to Zero Cost™ EFTPOS.

Tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, tequila – Si Senorita Bar in Fitzroy likes to keep things traditional, says Bar Manager Cati. But there is also a time and place for making changes too, she adds, especially when that change can save your business thousands of dollars. “After switching from the bank’s standard EFTPOS to Zero Cost™ EFTPOS, we were saving about $10,000 to $12,000 a year."

Singles add up in cricket. And in the hospitality trade, so too do card transaction costs. That’s why the Cricketers Arms, a popular hotel near the SCG, decided to introduce a no-fuss surcharge using Zero Cost™ EFTPOS from Smartpay. One simple change; one massive result.