Green's banks on IBS technology for new restaurant

Green's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, one of London's most prestigious fine dining names, has appointed Intelligent Business Systems to install a full EPOS solution at its new Cornhill site in the grade II listed former Lloyds Bank headquarters.

Originally established by Simon Parker Bowles in the early eighties in London's west end, Green's has installed a combination of POSLink touchscreen technology, PC POS bar and waiter station terminals with biometric fingerprint log on. There are multiple kitchen printers for different areas of the two kitchens and StockLink online has also been installed to give the management a virtual head office and a customised web-based loyalty solution.

This is the second Green's opened by Simon Parker Bowles, who has the backing of fellow shareholders, Lord Daresbury and Lord Vestry.

"Green's effectively has two operations on the one site. We have a 250 capacity banking hall bar called 'The Runner', a reference to the bank 'runners' who ran Bank of England bonds, and a 136 cover mezzanine restaurant. They are serviced by two kitchens and two bars and over 60 staff," said Green's business development director, Shane Munro.

"While the restaurants have rightly built their reputation on fine dining, fresh seafood, exceptional wines, whiskies and champagne, service is equally as important in terms of the accuracy and speed of taking and delivering orders. IBS has helped us achieve this as well as giving us the necessary business tools to build on our successful launch, including on-line loyalty and account cards," he said.

"Green's is a superb, proven brand and we're delighted to be involved in this exciting launch. Our EPOS solution will help provide the Green's team with the tools for an efficient and effective front of house operation, whilst also giving them the ability to add value to their customer relationship activities through POSLink's promotional and loyalty module," said Gareth Powell, managing director of Intelligent Business Systems.