Card machine guide · Cafes & quick service
For burger joints the Clover Station Duo is the usual starting point: combo meals, kitchen display and kiosk upsells. The sections below cover sizing, the usual traps and what installation looks like.
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At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for which credit card machine is best for a burger joint: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
For most burger joints we start with the Clover Station Duo. The Duo is the full countertop system: two screens, a built-in printer, tap, chip and swipe, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, and fingerprint login for staff. We lead with the Duo rather than the Station Solo because the Solo does not accept contactless tap, which most burger joints need.
Burger joints run on combos, with a steady lunch and dinner and a drive-thru or pickup line that the counter feeds.
Combos (burger, side, drink) with swap options and upsell prompts. A meal button that auto-adds a side and drink saves time and keeps average ticket healthy.
Mostly cards and taps, with kids' meal orders and family tickets that are larger than a single sandwich.
Grill, fry and wrap stations all need different tickets. Item-level routing sends fries to the fry station instead of printing everything everywhere.
A Station Duo at the counter, a Kitchen Display at the line and an optional Kiosk to take pressure off the cashier during peak hours.
Installation is a visit, not a shipment: a technician places and tests each device, programs your menu or services with you, connects printers and drawers and practices a full transaction with every person who will use it.
| Role | Device | Why it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Station Duo | Counter |
| Add-on | Kiosk | Self-ordering for the rush |
| Add-on | Kitchen Display 24" | Line board with item routing |
Configuring combos as three separate items instead of one bundle makes reports unreadable and upsells harder.
grill and fryer are heating while the first orders are keyed with temperature and toppings.
combos carry most orders, and add-ons like bacon or an extra patty are modifiers.
families and drive-thru style orders mix, and a handheld takes payment at the car or table.
item counts are compared to buns and patties used.
Grill, fry and counter stations. Route burger items to the grill display and sides to the fry display so each cook sees only their own work.
Burgers have a base, a cook temperature, toppings and sides. Use modifier groups for temperature and removals so the ticket prints what the grill needs to read.
The grill is the constraint, so the useful numbers are tickets per hour and how many orders sit waiting for a single item. When one station is the bottleneck, routing that station's items to its own display makes the line honest, and combos priced as single buttons raise ticket size without slowing the register.
Merchant Fund Express is the team behind your terminal: we install on site, train your staff and answer the phone after launch. When you want funding or equipment financing, it is available from the same company.
Yes. A Kiosk presents combos with swap options and sends the order straight to the kitchen display, so staff do not re-enter it.
Item routing lets you send each item to the station that makes it.
At Merchant Fund Express, use short item lists, modifiers instead of dozens of buttons and a second station or handheld for peak. We set up and rehearse it with your team on site.
Call (305) 384-8391. We help you troubleshoot, switch to a backup device or arrange a replacement, and we plan a backup connection when we set you up.
Our team installs on site, configures your items and trains your staff, then stays available by phone after launch.
Yes. Item-level routing sends each item to the station that makes it.
A handheld lets staff collect and print a receipt at the window or car.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
