Guides
LOOP's in-depth guides on AI POS, inventory, loyalty and Vietnamese F&B operations.
AI Restaurant POS, The Complete Guide for Multi-Outlet F&B
What an AI-powered restaurant POS actually does, how it differs from legacy POS, and how Vietnamese F&B chains use it to cut waste and grow margin.
Restaurant Inventory Management, A Practical Guide for Chains
How to run F&B inventory like a finance discipline: recipe deduction, central kitchen transfers, daily variance, and the dashboards that catch shrinkage.
Restaurant Loyalty & CRM, Beyond Stamp Cards
How to design a restaurant loyalty program that actually drives repeat visits, points vs. tiers, opt-in flow, and the metrics that prove it works.
Vietnam F&B Operations Playbook, From Single Outlet to Chain
Operating a multi-outlet F&B business in Vietnam: legal, e-invoice, delivery aggregators, staffing and the day-2 problems no one warns you about.
Best Café Management Software in Vietnam (2026)
An honest ranked shortlist of the cafe management software Vietnamese owners actually run in 2026, features, price, and who each one fits.
Best Restaurant Management Software in Vietnam (2026)
A ranked shortlist of restaurant management software for Vietnamese full-service venues, KDS depth, aggregator handling, e-invoice and price compared.
Billing Software for Vietnamese Eateries, A 2026 Buyer's Guide
Comparison of the billing software (phần mềm tính tiền) Vietnamese small eateries and quán ăn actually use, VietQR, HĐĐT, mobile-first and price.
Restaurant Chain Management Software, Vietnam 2026 (AI-First Guide)
The definitive 2026 guide to chain restaurant software in Vietnam, why single-outlet POS breaks at outlet three, why AI is now a buying requirement (not a nice-to-have), and how LOOP + PEKO close the POS-to-diner loop competitors can't.
KiotViet Alternatives for F&B, Vietnam 2026 (Honest Comparison)
KiotViet is a retail-first POS that F&B chains outgrow at outlet three. Here are the honest alternatives for restaurants, cafés and chains in Vietnam, what each does well, where each breaks, and why LOOP + PEKO close a loop the rest can't.
Buffet Restaurant Software, What's Different and Who Wins (Vietnam 2026)
Buffet POS isn't just regular POS with a fixed price, table timers, headcount billing, waste-per-station and refill alerts decide whether the model is profitable.
Cloud Kitchen Software for Vietnam, Multi-Brand, Aggregator-Only Ops
Cloud kitchens run multiple brands out of one prep line, with 100% of orders coming via aggregators. Here's the software pattern that holds at 10+ brands.
Restaurant POS Cost in Vietnam (2026), Total Cost of Ownership Guide
What restaurant POS software actually costs in Vietnam in 2026, subscription, per-device fees, hardware, e-invoice, payment processing and hidden line items.
Handheld POS Devices for Restaurants: A Buyer's Guide
What a handheld POS device is, when a Vietnamese restaurant actually needs one, and which Android-based models work with cloud POS like LOOP in 2026.
Restaurant Receipt Printers: ESC/POS, Bluetooth, Network
What restaurant receipt printer (máy in bill) to buy in Vietnam in 2026, connectivity, paper size, kitchen vs counter, and which models pair with cloud POS like LOOP.
Kitchen Display Systems (KDS): Why They Beat Kitchen Printers
What a kitchen display system (KDS) is, how it differs from a kitchen ticket printer, and why VN F&B chains over 3 outlets all eventually switch.
VietQR for Restaurants: How It Works and What POS Should Do
How VietQR (NAPAS QR) payment works at a Vietnamese restaurant, what dynamic QR adds over a static printed QR, and how LOOP reconciles it per ticket.
MoMo Integration for Restaurants: POS, Loyalty, Refunds
How a Vietnamese restaurant integrates MoMo for payment, loyalty top-ups and refunds, and what LOOP automates so the cashier doesn't juggle two apps.
ZaloPay Integration for Restaurants: Pairing With Zalo Mini App Loyalty
How ZaloPay integration works at a VN restaurant and why pairing it with a Zalo Mini App loyalty program beats running them as two separate things.
GrabFood POS Integration: One Queue, One Recipe, One Settlement
How GrabFood integration with a restaurant POS should work in 2026, direct API vs aggregator-of-aggregators, unified kitchen queue, and per-order commission visibility.
ShopeeFood POS Integration: What's Different From GrabFood
How ShopeeFood integration with a restaurant POS works, what's different from GrabFood, and what merchants should require in 2026.
iPOS Alternatives for F&B, Vietnam 2026 (Honest Comparison)
iPOS is strong on F&B + hardware bundles but penalises growth with per-device pricing and ships no native AI or AI retention layer like PEKO. Honest alternatives for Vietnamese restaurants and chains in 2026.
POS365 Alternatives for F&B, Vietnam 2026
POS365 is cheap and generalist, fine for a single outlet, weakest on KDS and recipe-level inventory at chain scale. Here are the F&B-first alternatives in Vietnam 2026.
POSAPP Alternatives for F&B, Vietnam 2026
POSAPP is fast for a single quán on a phone but not architected for chains. Here are the F&B-first alternatives for Vietnamese operators planning to scale in 2026.
AI for Restaurants, The 2026 Operator's Playbook (Vietnam)
What AI actually does for a Vietnamese restaurant in 2026, demand forecasting, anomaly detection, voice operations, closed-loop loyalty, with measured outcomes from the LOOP merchant base.
Multi-Outlet Restaurant Operations, Playbook for 3–50 Venue F&B Chains
How successful 3–50 outlet F&B chains in SEA centralise menu, inventory, staffing and reporting without flattening per-venue judgement.
AI POS Voice & Text Commands: The Complete Operator Library
Every voice or text command a Vietnamese F&B operator actually uses to run LOOP, reporting, pricing, promo, inventory, staffing.
Delivery Aggregator Unification: GrabFood, ShopeeFood, Be in One Queue
How SEA F&B chains stop tablet-wall chaos by unifying GrabFood, ShopeeFood, Be (and foodpanda for ID/SG/MY/PH) into the POS.
SEA Restaurant Payment Rails: VietQR, PromptPay, PayNow, QRIS, DuitNow
Country-by-country guide to the QR and account-to-account payment rails F&B operators must support in SEA.
F&B POS Migration Playbook: Switch Without Losing a Service
Step-by-step migration playbook from KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, POSAPP, Square or Toast to a modern AI POS, zero downtime.
F&B Customer Retention Economics
How a closed-loop diner identity lifts second-visit retention, and how to measure the lift honestly on your own data.
