Business POS guides / Soft drinks depot / Cash and payment records
PRACTICAL POS GUIDE · KENYACash and payment records for soft drinks depot POS in Kenya
This guide to cash and payment records for soft drinks depot explains the daily checks. Check cash tender and change for a soft drinks depot sale, and keep manually recorded M-Pesa or card references distinct from verified provider integrations.
Cash and payment records for soft drinks depot: confirm the basket first
Two Soda crate units at the illustrative KES 1,200 price and one Juice carton at KES 850 total KES 3,250. Real prices, discounts and entered tax settings can change the amount. Verify the actual checkout total before asking for payment.
Cash tender example
| Item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| 2 × Soda crate | KES 2,400 |
| 1 × Juice carton | KES 850 |
| Basket total | KES 3,250 |
| Cash tendered | KES 3,350 |
| Change to customer | KES 100 |
Keep these payment states separate
- For cash, count the tender and return the correct change.
- For a manual M-Pesa record, confirm the payment in the merchant’s own service before entering its reference.
- For a manual card record, use the merchant’s authorised card process and keep its confirmation; do not enter card numbers or security codes into this worksheet.
- If confirmation is delayed, investigate before recording another sale or treating a typed reference as verified.
- Reconcile payment records against the merchant service and the POS sale once.
What is connected in this release
Cash checkout and manually entered payment references are supplied. Automatic phone prompts, card processing and eTIMS submission are not connected. A reference typed by a cashier is a record, not a provider callback or payment confirmation. This page cannot send a prompt, accept a payment or confirm a transfer.
Apply the same unit check to payments
Name the drink size and whether it is sold by bottle, pack or crate. A crate's beverage content and its reusable container are different things.
Product fit for this business
Use defined whole units and packs. The software is not a complete specialist ERP or double-entry accounting system.
All amounts and product movements on this page are illustrative. The public demo uses sample records. Use an isolated test installation for rehearsal and replace sample prices and counts before real trading.
Try the workflow before choosing your setup
The launch software licence is KES 4,999 once for one business installation, including its branches and tills. Hardware, installation, hosting, support and future upgrades have separate terms. These planning guides do not activate a licence or deploy an installation.