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A large-scale food festival powers 13,000 guests with zero downtime

Guy Fieri fist-bumping a vendor at a SpotOn POS station at Guy’s Flavortown Tailgate

Big crowds, zero patience

Guests came for the food and the music, and nobody wanted to stand in line for either. Independent vendors were staring down a single, unforgiving afternoon rush, where one slow transaction or dropped connection was all it took to lose a sale and a fan’s goodwill.

Faster lines, no downtime

A dense network of point-of-sale devices kept checkout fast and connected across the grounds, with new vendors up and running in minutes. Built-in offline mode kept transactions moving the instant the internet dropped, while real-time tracking gave organizers a live view of every line. Vendors focused on the food, not the tech.

Key results

  • 6K

    transactions

  • 1,500

    transactions per hour

  • 0minutes

    of downtime

Guy Fieri, Celebrity chef and restaurateur of Guy’s Flavortown Tailgate, in an interview
Point-of-sale

“This is super easy… It’s about as user friendly as it comes!”

Guy Fieri
Celebrity chef and restaurateur
Mark Walz, Chief Technology Officer of SpotOn, in an interview at Guy’s Flavortown Tailgate
Offline mode

“Most POS systems fall apart when they go offline. SpotOn’s offline mode is different. It just works, internet or no.”

Mark Walz
Chief Technology Officer, SpotOn

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