Restaurant POS Procurement

Already Know What POS
You Want? We Negotiate
the Deal for You.

Toast, Clover, SpotOn, SkyTab — tell us which system you're evaluating. We approach the vendor as a volume buyer, negotiate pricing and contract terms, and bring you back something better than their standard offer.

Toast
We negotiate with them
Clover
We negotiate with them
SpotOn
We negotiate with them
SkyTab
We negotiate with them
The Core Idea
Every vendor's rep is optimized to close you at the highest margin. We're optimized to get you the lowest cost.
What We Negotiate
Software price · Hardware bundles · Implementation fees · Processing rates · Contract terms
Our Fee
$0
We earn from the vendor relationship. You pay nothing extra.
The Problem with Going Direct

What Happens When You
Call Toast or Clover Yourself

❌ Going Direct to the Vendor

  • You're one operator — no leverage
  • Rep's goal is maximum margin, not your savings
  • Processing rates presented as "standard" (they're not)
  • Implementation fees rarely waived
  • You don't know what's actually negotiable
  • Locked into long contract before you realize it

✓ Going Through Jabi

  • We bring volume — vendors move on price
  • Our goal is your lowest total cost
  • We negotiate processing as a separate lever
  • Implementation fees frequently waived or reduced
  • We know exactly what each vendor will flex on
  • Contract reviewed before you sign anything
How It Works

The Jabi Procurement
Process — Start to Finish

1

The Wishlist Call

Tell us your system preference (or shortlist), number of locations, monthly volume, and what your current deal looks like. 20 minutes.

2

We Go Negotiate

We approach your target vendor — and their competitors. We negotiate software, hardware, implementation, and processing as a package.

3

You See the Numbers

We bring back two or three proposals side by side. You see what each vendor offered and what we got them down to. You pick the winner.

4

We Manage the Rollout

Contract review, hardware delivery, installation coordination, training, and go-live support — across all your locations.

What's Actually Negotiable

Most Restaurants Leave
Money on the Table Here

Vendors present their pricing as fixed. It isn't. Here's what consistently moves when Jabi is at the table.

💻

Software Subscription

Monthly per-terminal and per-location fees. Volume pricing for multi-unit groups. Free months for annual prepay. These are all negotiable, especially for chains.

🖥️

Hardware Bundles

Terminal, KDS, kiosk, and handheld pricing. Bulk pricing for 5+ terminals. Extended warranty terms. Hardware often has the most room to move.

⚙️

Implementation Fees

Setup, installation, and onboarding fees that vendors quote at $500–$2,000+ per location. Frequently waived or significantly reduced for multi-unit deals.

💳

Processing Rates

The biggest lever. Toast Payments and Clover/Fiserv default rates are almost never the best you can get. We negotiate processing as a separate deal or find a better processor altogether.

📋

Contract Terms

Length of commitment, auto-renewal clauses, early termination fees. We review every contract before you sign and flag anything that could cost you later.

📈

Rate Lock Provisions

Some vendors will lock your processing rate for 12–24 months. Worth pushing for — protects you against rate creep after the honeymoon period ends.

The Processing Angle — This Is Where It Gets Interesting

Your POS Vendor Wants
to Own Your Processing.
You Don't Have To Let Them.

Toast pushes Toast Payments. Clover pushes Fiserv. Both make significant margin on processing — often 0.5%–1.0% above what's competitive. On $200K/month in card volume, that's $1,000–$2,000 in unnecessary fees every single month.

Some systems (SpotOn, SkyTab) allow independent processing. Some (Toast) require their processor but allow rate negotiation. Jabi knows which systems give you processing freedom and how to get the best rate regardless.

  • Toast Payments — negotiable, but locked in
  • Clover / Fiserv — often the worst default rates; most negotiable
  • SpotOn — processor-agnostic; we find you the best rate
  • SkyTab / Shift4 — competitive native processing; still negotiable
Calculate What You're Actually Paying →
Typical Processing Savings
$100K/mo volume · 0.5% improvement
$500/mo saved
$250K/mo volume · 0.5% improvement
$1,250/mo saved
$500K/mo volume · 0.5% improvement
$2,500/mo saved

These are illustrative savings at 0.5% rate improvement. Actual savings vary. A free audit shows your exact opportunity.

Tell Us What You Want.
We'll Make It Happen.

One call. We take it from there.