Forty years ago, on the children’s TV show Sesame Street, Kermit the Frog lamented to his young audience that “it ain’t easy being green”. While the beloved Muppet was referring to his own hue and to being “different” rather than to environmentally friendly practices, his observation no longer rings true in the latter sense of the word, either.

Unlike point of sale applications touted just a short time ago, more and more solutions on the market today take into account sustainability and environmental responsibility. Systems that use far less power than those available just a few short years ago are emerging. Point of sale hardware that allows the most detailed of receipts and other documents to be generated without an abundance of wasted paper, is becoming mainstream. Point of sale software, too, is also catching the environmental stewardship bug. Such offerings as Version 12.5 of Cash Register Express retail point of sale software and Restaurant Pro Express point of sale software, new from pcAmerica, enable retailers and restaurateurs to e-mail receipts to their customers–an entirely welcome ‘green‘ alternative to paper-based documents. Merchants and food service operations can also utilize the software to email purchase orders to vendors, again conserving paper.

“Eco-friendliness” will only increase in importance as time goes on. Retailers and restaurateurs that demonstrate their commitment to the environment through the use of “green” point of sale systems stand to benefit not only from power and paper savings, but from earning the loyalty of customers who are seeking innovative ways to save the planet.

To find out how to make your pos system more eco-friendly contact pcAmerica.