The best place to take an order is wherever the guest is standing.
What Makes Volanté Lite the Moneris Go Mobile POS Operators Need
Walk through any busy Canadian venue at peak time: a patio on the first warm Saturday of the year, a food truck with a line down the block, a pop-up event, a packed dining room. The bottleneck is almost never the kitchen. It’s the handoff between taking an order and taking a payment, tied to a counter that guests have to come to.
For years, the industry’s answer was more hardware. Operators added another terminal, another tablet, another card reader clipped to it. Each one is another device to buy, charge, pair, and troubleshoot. We think that’s the wrong direction. The future of service isn’t more devices. It’s fewer devices doing more.
The smart terminal is already in your staff’s hands. Now it can do everything.
Volanté Lite turns smart payment terminals into powerful, mobile point-of-sale systems. Order entry and payment processing happen together on a single handheld device. In Canada, Volanté Lite runs on Moneris Go smart terminals, the payment hardware that Canadian merchants and their guests already know and trust.
The result is a full POS experience on one device, with no tablet, no separate pin pad, and no juggling between apps.
How the Moneris Go Mobile POS Works in Four Steps
Speed at the point of service comes from removing steps, not adding features. Here’s what a transaction looks like on Volanté Lite.
- First, staff log in with their PIN, select the order type, and start ringing in items.
- Next, they move through the menu on a fast, responsive interface, selecting items and modifiers for the guest.
- Then they trigger secure credit or debit payment right from the active order screen. They don’t need to switch apps or hand off to an external payment device.
- Finally, the guest chooses a receipt preference, and staff move on to the next transaction.
That’s it. The order and the payment live in the same moment, in the same hands.
Why Operators Choose a Moneris Go Mobile POS
It’s designed for line-busting. Volanté Lite lets you serve guests anywhere: patios, food trucks, pop-up events, or tableside. When demand surges, you don’t need to wait for guests to reach the counter. You can bring the counter to them.
It’s all-in-one, with no upfront hardware cost. The POS and payments run on one handheld smart PIN pad, and the device is included in the SaaS subscription. Operators can expand mobile service without a capital purchase standing in the way.
It offers zero-headache on-boarding. The interface is built for quick adoption, even by seasonal or temporary staff. In a tight labour market, a system that new hires can pick up in a single shift is a real advantage.
Built for Operational Efficiency
Behind the simplicity is a set of features designed for real-world operations.
The Unified Order & Pay Engine lets staff take orders and process payments on one compact handheld device. On-the-Spot Receipts print clear, itemized receipts directly from the smart terminal, which gives guests full order transparency and instant confirmation. Secure Payments supports credit and debit to make checkout seamless for every guest. Multi-Venue Access Control lets operators assign devices across different concepts with group provisioning and enforce staff-level PIN security to keep operations tight.
The Handheld Advantage: Moneris Go Mobile POS by the Numbers
The case for mobile service isn’t just about convenience. It shows up in the metrics operators care about most.
10–15 minutes saved per rush. Line-busting cuts guest wait times during peak surges, so operations can process far more orders per hour.
Up to 20% higher tips. Faster checkout and digital tip prompts can raise staff gratuities by up to 20%, which helps with retention when good people are hard to keep.
Up to 35% fewer order errors. Orders go straight from the handheld device to the kitchen, which cuts entry mistakes and costly meal comps by up to 35%.
The Bigger Idea: Service Without a Fixed Address
Here’s the shift we see across Canadian foodservice. Operators are no longer designing service around where the register sits. They are designing it around where guests are.
Operators who win the next few years will be the ones who can scale service up or down on demand. That means opening a satellite station for an event, adding line-busters for a lunch rush, or launching a pop-up without new infrastructure. Consolidating ordering and payment onto one trusted device is one of the simplest, highest-impact ways to get there.
Start Serving Faster with the Moneris Go Mobile POS
Volanté Lite brings ordering and payment together on one device, currently supported on Moneris Go smart terminals in Canada.
Ready to see it in action? Contact us at sales@volantesystems.com to book your Volanté Lite demo.
