Hey Square 🇨🇦 F&B sellers!
As the holiday rush approaches, we're bringing our Canadian sellers powerful new tools to help your restaurant thrive during the busiest season of the year. These latest updates are designed to speed up service, simplify compliance and boost efficiency when you need it most whether you're managing holiday parties, handling increased delivery orders or serving crowds of winter diners.
Discover the latest releases from Square on our new Feature Log — designed to help you stay current with product updates and enhancements that support your day-to-day business operations.
📱 Create and Sell Combos: Give your holiday menu a boost with our new customizable meal deals feature. Set fixed base prices for preset options while letting guests customize their combinations to their liking. This powerful tool helps increase your average ticket size while making ordering seamless during those busy rush hours. [Learn more]
Boost your average ticket size by setting up meal deals.
🧮 Simplify Tax Calculations: Automatically apply the correct tax settings without manual toggling or second-guessing. With quantity-based tax exemption, Square streamlines checkout and helps simplify tax handling, so you can focus on serving customers faster. [Learn more]
Simply set up tax rules once and have them automatically applied every time.
🧆 Modifier Quantities: Speed up order entry by allowing customers or staff to select multiple of the same modifier (e.g., 2 eggs, double cheese), whether at the POS, the kiosk or online. [Learn more]
Allow customers or staff to select multiple modifiers.
🚗 Delivery with No Dispatch Fees: We're making delivery more affordable with competitive on-demand delivery fees and no per-order dispatch fees. Our seamless integration with your Square system helps reduce costs compared to other platforms*, making it easier to offer delivery services to your customers during the cold winter months. [Enable Delivery]
*As compared to online ordering platforms Toast, Clover based on publicly advertised pricing as of May 13, 2025.
Square KDS Android: We are retiring Square KDS on iOS devices and moving to Android. Our KDS app for Android devices has the same features as our Apple app, and many new features that we have continued to add. Switching to Square KDS Android means you can use 10″ screens with a lower upfront cost or move to larger screens that show more tickets.
Multi-channel Menu Management Update your menus across all sales channels from one central location ensuring all your menus are up to date. Essential for restaurants operating across multiple platforms and locations.
But wait, there's more! We've rolled out even more new features:
- Enhanced Square Kiosk with faster ordering and improved menu browsing [Learn more]
- Daily sales summary emails with performance insights and trends [Try it out]
- Instant menu migration tool for restaurant-ready POS setup [Try it out]
- Bulk menu editing directly from your Dashboard [Try it out]
- Quick item availability management from POS or Dashboard [Learn more]
Ready to take your restaurant to the next level? Visit our new Feature Log to explore these features and discover even more tools designed to help your business thrive.
🔮What’s Next?
These updates are part of our ongoing commitment to building tools that reflect how Canadian businesses really operate. And these latest improvements are a direct result of your feedback.
From simplifying service to streamlining operations, we’re focused on helping you future-proof your business with tools that evolve alongside you.
Keep an eye out for these ‘Coming soon’ features:
- Seat Management: Track and organize guest movements across the restaurant, streamlining service operations and improving bill management.
- House Accounts: This allows sellers to enable buyers to aggregate purchases into an account and settle the bill later.
💬 Got questions or feedback? We’d love to hear from you, just drop your thoughts in the comment section here. Thanks for growing with Square!