Clover feature · Retail
A practical walk-through of inventory management on Clover for pet stores: what happens, who does what and what to set up first.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
Merchant Fund Express configures this Clover capability with your devices, menu and team, so it is working from the first shift.
Inventory management gives a pet store a running count of what is on the shelf.
For a pet store, the detail that matters is this: food and supplies need SKUs and variants (brand, size, formula) with barcode scanning. Grooming and training services are sold as separate items alongside retail.
live animals are checked first, then the register is opened.
food, treats and supplies are scanned, and recurring food customers are recognized.
grooming or training appointments are booked.
food counts and live-stock notes are logged.
In a pet store, a count that updates with every sale is the difference between reordering and scrambling.
Guessing what is on the shelf costs money twice: once in the item you ran out of and once in the one that sat. A running count turns reordering into a routine instead of a scramble.
A Station Duo at the main counter with a barcode scanner, a customer-facing screen for loyalty sign-up and a Flex for grooming checkout.
Our team ships hardware configured, then comes on site to place it, connect it, build your items and train your staff. We stay on the line through your first service.
Entering stock once and never receiving new deliveries, so counts drift from reality within weeks.
It matters more in a pet store because pet stores sell a long tail of food, treats, toys and supplies, with regulars who come back every few weeks for the same brand and bag size.
Heavy and bulky items with sizes and brands. Food is often repeat; customer records and loyalty reward repeat purchases.
food, supplies and services.
shows loyal customers.
for heavy bags.
Live-animal sales may carry special rules; ask an advisor about local requirements.
Pet food is the quiet engine of a pet store: customers buy on a cycle and return as long as the bag is in stock. Tracking the top ten foods by brand and size, offering a loyalty reward on bag purchases and treating grooming and training as separate service lines gives a clearer picture than a single total.
As explained by Merchant Fund Express. Updated 2026.
Yes. A barcode scanner speeds up receiving and counts.
Yes. Alerts tell you when an item needs reordering.
Tips can be attributed to the employee who provided the service.
There is no price list on purpose. Your quote is built from your monthly card sales, your average ticket and the devices you need, so call (305) 384-8391 and we will price your actual setup.
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Yes. Loyalty rewards repeat purchases, which suits food and litter customers who buy on a cycle and are tempted by a big-box competitor.
Yes. Loyalty rewards repeat purchases, which suits food and litter customers who buy on a cycle; a reward that arrives after a set number of bags keeps them from drifting to a big-box store.
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.
