31/10/2025
I spent 2 weeks walking around Lyon, visiting 50+ restaurants.
Not as a customer. As someone building a restaurant platform.
I asked owners the same question everywhere:
"What's your biggest frustration with your POS system?"
Here's what broke my heart. 👇
90% of owners gave me the SAME answer:
"The monthly fees. They're killing us."
But here's the kicker...
They'd follow it up with:
"But what can I do? Everyone charges monthly fees. It's just how it is."
That resignation. That acceptance.
Like they'd just... given up fighting it.
One owner in Croix-Rousse told me:
"I pay €340/month for my POS. That's €4,000/year. Do you know what I could do with €4,000?"
Another in Vieux Lyon:
"The contract locked me in for 2 years. I hate the system, but I'm stuck."
And a small bistro near Bellecour:
"I'm too small for the big companies to care about. They never answer when I have problems."
That's when I realized:
The restaurant POS industry isn't built FOR restaurants.
It's built to EXTRACT from restaurants.
Monthly fees. Long contracts. Complex setups. Zero flexibility.
And small, independent restaurants?
They get the worst deal of all.
So here's what we're doing differently:
❌ No monthly fees (restaurants pay €0)
❌ No contracts (cancel anytime)
❌ No complex setup (5 minutes to start)
✅ Built in Lyon, FOR Lyon restaurants
Customers who use our QR quick-pay? They pay €1 convenience fee.
You? Pay nothing.
We only succeed when you succeed.
I'm not building this for investors or board meetings.
I'm building it for that owner in Croix-Rousse.
For that bistro in Bellecour.
For every Lyon restaurant tired of getting squeezed.
If that sounds like you...
Let's talk.
