Cartana is for technologically underserved small and mid-sized businesses including restaurants, salons, after school programs and others across the United States.
Cartana has developed one platform to serve every small to mid-sized business.
We have reinvented the traditional POS functions with NEW technologies, and developed innovative functions that are essential to small businesses in the ever-changing world. We currently serve companies like restaurants, schools, non-profits, and salons with one platform for operations, customer management, and marketing - all that are simple to use - to help them become more competitive in their local market and more efficient in growing their business. And, Cartana continues to develop products and services for other types of small businesses. Don't see your business type below? Contact us and we can quickly customize a solution for you.
A typical full-service Mexican restaurant can be hard to manage - with a complex menu and different types of services. Providing fine dining, full bar services, walk-in, carryout, online orders, delivery, plus catering and special events - managing everything can be overwhelming. Cartana solves all of these problems in one cost-effective platform.
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Asian restaurants have a long history in the United States, from concentrations on pickup and delivery services all the way to fine-dining options. Thai, Chinese, Sushi, Ramen, Hibachi, Japanese, Pho, Burmese - all need a simple restaurant system that is cost-effective and easy to run.
These traditionally family-run businesses are in need of efficient and fast phone ordering systems that capture and track customer info for easy follow-up for future orders - all at a low cost. Typical Asian restaurants need one integration with third-party delivery services. Simple management tools for special events are essential. Cartana is the go-to solution for Asian restaurants.
Sushi and Hibachi are some of the most popular new restaurant types for families - both carryout and deliveries across the US. For sushi restaurants, one order may need to be sent to multiple locations between the sushi station and main kitchen with dedicated printers. Sushi chefs may be commissioned and their commissions need to be calculated with ease at the end of each day. Cartana provides solutions for all these problems.
Learn MoreThe interest in Mediterranean restaurants is growing in the US, and new restaurants are opening every day. But, the options for Mediterranean restaurants to properly run and promote their business are not great - until now. Cartana has special features to help Mediterranean restaurants immediately thrive in the neighborhoods where they are located. Cartana is already embedded and marketing to local diners in your area, and can bring them in quickly using marketing tools.
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For the last 20 years, Thai restaurants have become a favorite for families and business gatherings across the United States. There is a growing number of Thai-fusion restaurants springing up in every major neighborhood and community. Thai food is flavor-filled and includes many ingredients. With lots of fresh ingredients needed, if they are ever unavailable, the stock of the items needs to be immediately turned off, in real-time, across the entire restaurant, website, and POS systems. Solving this and other difficult challenges Thai restaurants face, make Cartana the top choice for Thai restaurants.
Learn MoreThe Indian population is growing across the United States, and the wide variety of Indian food can be seen in the growing number of Indian restaurants appearing. From buffet, to dine-in service, and delivery, managing an Indian restaurant may also include managing a small grocery on the same premises.
Promoting this type of specialty cuisine to local surrounding neighbors is critical to the success of their business. Cartana not only provides operational applications that are simple to use, but also marketing solutions to drive local traffic to Indian restaurants.
Among minority-owned restaurants, Burmese Restaurants are growing in popularity across the US and have become especially popular in particular cities like Indiana, New York, and Buffalo. The Burmese cuisine has a smaller customer base compared to more widely known other Asian cuisines. Gaining new guests locally to try a Burmese restaurant is difficult and can often be expensive. But with Cartana, Burmese restaurants have a powerful partner for their business to operate and reach out to local residents around their restaurant. Plus, our sales associate team not only provides technology and marketing solutions but always goes the extra mile to help owners understand how to establish and grow their business.
Learn MoreThe burger and sandwich business is big in the U.S. and very competitive. There are many chains and franchises. Competing with national leaders locally requires a local restaurant to be efficient and nimble, without investing heavily in expensive solutions. From time-controlled lunch menus to flexible pre-scheduled catering for large client events - the owners of local burger and sandwich shops need to manage these complexities in order to compete with the giants around them. Cartana's comprehensive omnichannel retail solution gives local burger and sandwich shop owners all the tools they need to thrive in their markets.
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Fish and Chicken restaurants provide simple appealing meals and their l locations provide a local meetup and gathering for nearby residents to experience American comfort food at an affordable price. Their popularity is driven by quick service and convenience of ordering single item order to a variety of combo meal menu compositions. Cartana provides a simple solution to manage constant menu changes, combo meal management, offers of daily promotions, and digital coupon distribution. With Cartana, Fish and Chicken restaurants can manage the business seamlessly at a low cost.
Learn MorePizzerias need easy menu customization and a variety of meal offerings - both for their kitchen and for the customer to build through online orders. Menu modifiers are critical for pizza ordering. The systems Pizza shops use need to support a variety of ingredient choices, not only for the customer to build their pizza, but also to accurately price calculation on every order. Cartana's All-In-On POS is integrated with your landline phone to capture call-in phone numbers immediately to help take orders quickly, plus leverage our seamless integration with online orders and delivery management - in house or third party delivery. Running a pizza shop with the Cartana platform is as easy as it gets.
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Food trucks rely on event management and contact through their website, as well as dependable POS systems for order management and payments in the truck. Cartana provides a website that can be customized for food truck operators to publish event and location information, market events to existing customers, and manage menus while on the move. All of this comes with the Cartana cloud POS with mobile payment support.
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Your restaurant is expanding to new locations and Cartana grows with you. Without one system in place to manage all locations with one powerful solution - growing your restaurant can be painful and hard to run. However, Cartana manages all of your locations for you, giving you one place to log in and make menu changes, make pricing updates, and run reports for each location or all locations together.
We also provide the ability for you to manage all locations through one simplified website and URL, or run each restaurant location with a different website - it's all up to you. With easy connections to third-party delivery services at a lower cost, and the easy acquisition of new customers, we help restaurants with multiple locations scale their business quickly and cost effectively.
Schools, after-programs and non-profit organizations often do not have a lot of money to support expensive IT infrastructures, so they need a website to organize their events, member registration, and collect donations and tuition all at a low cost. Cartana provides one simple platform for schools and non-profits to register members, schedule events, and collect tuition and donations. A dedicated customizable website can be set up to work with the Cartana solution as well as payment acceptance in a secure and always-available environment. Also, our virtual assistant can take phone calls, forward voice calls, and broadcast messages (voice or text) to members within an organization. Cartana is the one simple solution for schools and non-profits.
Learn MoreBeauty Salons, hair salons, nail salons and medspas of all types need a simple solution for booking, product sales, loyalty programs, coupon promotion and customer management systems - all in one place at a very low cost. For hair and nail salons online scheduling and the ability to sell retail products is critical. Cartana's customizable website design is feature-rich for beauty salons and their customers, providing all these features and more. Cartana POS combines the needed operational support and payment acceptance solutions to help you run your business easily and grow your salon.
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Coffee and Beverage shops have heavy competition, making it important for them to compete with large national brands. Cartana can help you stand out locally with gift card programs, loyalty programs, integrating your website with social networks, plus easy online ordering and in-store product sales. All this is provided in one simple platform at a low cost.
Learn MoreIf you don't see your exact business above, contact our team today to learn how our team can help your exact restaurant or retail business. The Cartana platform is available for many other business models, and we are continuously developing new features and solutions to help small businesses.
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