The Restaurant

Leoni’s Focaccia is an authentic Italian sandwich shop in Scottsdale, Arizona — near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. Founded by Italian-born chef Danielle Leoni, the restaurant has earned a loyal following for its freshly baked focaccia bread and premium Italian ingredients. What started as a passion project has become a neighborhood staple for lunch crowds and takeout regulars alike.

The Challenge

Owner Allen, who was already running another business, needed a POS system that could handle Leoni’s fast-paced takeout and delivery workflow without requiring constant IT attention or expensive monthly subscriptions. With a lean team focused on making great sandwiches — not managing technology — the system had to be dead simple, reliable, and self-sufficient.

Most cloud-based POS providers wanted $100–$200/month in subscription fees, plus processing lock-in. For a small sandwich shop, those costs add up fast. Allen needed something that worked offline, ran on existing hardware, and didn’t hold the business hostage to a vendor.

The Solution

Allen chose Floreant POS. The free, open-source system was installed directly on the shop’s existing hardware — no new tablets to buy, no cloud subscriptions to manage. The setup covered everything Leoni’s needed:

• Takeout order management — Quick ticket entry for walk-in and phone orders with the TAKE OUT order type
• Kitchen printing — Orders route directly to the kitchen printer the moment they’re placed
• Receipt printing — Receipts stapled to takeout bags for accurate order fulfillment
• Cash drawer management — Daily reconciliation for the register without complicated end-of-day procedures
• Menu configuration — All sandwiches, modifiers (Extra Cheese, etc.), and pricing managed through the back office

A Leoni’s Focaccia takeout order with the Floreant POS receipt — Albacore Tuna, Soppressata with Extra Cheese. Printed 4/11/19, 2:14 PM. Real operations, real POS.

The Results

With Floreant POS handling the full kitchen-to-delivery workflow, Allen could focus on what mattered — running the restaurant and his other business. No monthly bills from a POS vendor. No internet dependency. No surprises.

“We just needed something that works, prints tickets, and doesn’t charge us every month. Floreant does exactly that.”

Why It Works for Takeout

Floreant POS was designed with order types like TAKE OUT built in — not bolted on as an afterthought. The system handles the full cycle from order entry to kitchen ticket to receipt printing in seconds. For a shop like Leoni’s where speed and accuracy are everything, that simplicity is the difference between a smooth lunch rush and chaos.