2024.2
- Added Guestline Rezlynx integration so baskets and tabs can be charged to rooms.
- Airship integration is here, enabling you to capture customer value. Feed your transactional information into Airship’s CRM for additional segmentation and analysis of your customers’ spending habits.
- Added a Tronc master hours worked report to the report engine.
2024.1
- Show historic pricing information when viewing stock items, modifiers and ingredients.
- Added option to display either long or short EPoS item names on customer receipts and display screens in-venue.
- Staff profile page UI improvements.
- Added a Tronc master gratuity report to the report engine.
2023.11
- Unified references to Stock Batches (previously known as ‘Products’) and EPoS Modifiers (previously known as Post Item Selection Configuration).
- Improved templates in the Stock Import/Export section.
2023.10
- All Item Sales By Date Range Report improved to include potential revenue and ideal GP figures.
- API: new endpoint for payments.
- New report for Gift Card analysis.
- New report for Stock Usage analysis.
2023.9
- EPoS Item export now contains category name, cost price and GP% – great for at-a-glance GP reassurance!
- Improved clarity around labour costs user permissions.
- Increased customer information storage capacity for Deliverect compatibility.
2023.8
- CIC can now take online orders in currencies other that GBP.
- CIC orders can now optionally carry a configurable administration fee.
2023.7
- Full Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Tag Manager (GTM) support for customer activities within your Customer Interaction Centre (CIC).
- Item Sales Report can now be filtered by till.
- Labour Costs Report can now be exported in CSV format.
- Stock orders can now be exported in CSV format.
- Holidays Taken Report now includes salaried staff.
- Stock Ingredient Movements Report has been upgraded to build in the background allowing support for larger data sets.
2023.6
- Kobas Cloud now supports clients in the Republic of Ireland region.
- Cash log can now be exported in Sage 200 format.
- Stock Usage Comparison Report export now includes every detail accessible within the GUI.
2023.5
- New integration! Kobas can now feed team hours into Fourth.
2023.4
- PISCs renamed to Modifiers and Stock Products renamed to Batches.
- The Stock Averages report has become the Stock Ingredient Movements report which has an improved UI, includes theory volume sold, and displays usage breakdown per ingredient.
- MVO (Multi Venue Operators) now receive CIC tips distributed among them in proportion to the value of their goods on the overall bill.
2023.3
- Report engine improved to support very large (20MB+) exports in CSV format via the FTP or S3 transports.
- Multiple KDS bump bar layouts are now supported.
- Preoday integration now supports tips.
- Various Irregular Hours Workers enhancements in line with UK case law changes.
- Modifier (PISC) manager now supports external ID storage to aid with third party integrations (particularly with Fourth).
2023.2
- External EPoS Item (PLU) ID can now be bulk uploaded by our team at account setup time.
- KDS Creator improvements: search bar, engagement toggle, multiple venue support.
2023.1
- The Stock Usage Comparison report now expresses usage variance monetary value in terms of the average actual stock value in the period.
- It is now possible to automate Staff discount voucher allocation for incentives/perks.
2022.12
- The Cash Log report now breaks down deposits redeemed by payment type (e.g. cash, card etc).
- The All Item Sales report now shows detailed PISC (modifier) sales usage improving visibility of PISC popularity and association with PLUs.
2022.11
- Holiday calculations for irregular hours workers has been updated in line with the recent Supreme Court Ruling on the matter.
- The EPoS Item (PLU) list can now be filtered by menus.
- KDS Counter support added to Kobas Cloud – display names can differ from stock ingredient names.
2022.10
- The Stock Usage Comparison Report can now be exported in CSV format.
- UK employer’s National Insurance contribution estimates reduced from 15.05% to 13.8% from November 2022 in-line with UK government changes.
2022.9
- UK Holiday pay contributions updated to support recent changes in guidance around Zero Hours Contracts.
2022.8
- KDS build creator launch including popular item counters.
- Sales Breakdown Report launched including Service Times (e.g. Lunch & Dinner) management and reporting.
2022.7
- Staff leaving dates can be set in the future to automatically disable access from that date.
- Daily Sales By Order Report (DSBOR) results can now be exported as a CSV.
2022.6
- Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) support added to Kobas Cloud. Any user can elect to enable MFA, and administrators can mandate MFA on a per-permission level basis.
- Daily Sales By Order Report (DSBOR) results can now be exported as a CSV.
2022.5
- EPoS can be configured in Cloud to hide the “Pay Remaining On Card” button to encourage staff to accurately enter tip information into the point of sale.
2022.4
- Labour cost estimates updated to be aware of the changes to UK employer National Insurance contributions. Support for Irish SSC included in this update.
- UK “Temporary Reduced” (12.5%) VAT rate deprecated; all items automatically moved into the 20% standard VAT rate.
- A powerful new Report Engine has been introduced, allowing scheduled HTML, Excel or CSV reports to be emailed, or transferred by FTP or into an AWS S3 bucket.
- Kobas now support Gift Cards, allowing your customers to purchase vouchers to give as gifts to family, friends and colleagues.
- Stock Order emails now show status: opened, delivered, bounced, complained.
2022.3
- Calorie and nutritional information support added – CIC online ordering now includes this information for your customers.
- CIC online ordering now permits zero value orders – ideal for promotions and giveaways!
2022.2
- Venues can now be configured to prevent end of trade Till Z being run if there is any outstanding tab credit.
- Labour Costs Report has been changed to include venues with cost of labour, regardless of whether that venue also has revenue. The Head Office venue however is not included on this report.
- Stock order emails now have their “reply-to” set to the ordering venue’s email address so they will receive any queries or updates about the order.
2022.1
- Gift Cards can now be sold from within the CIC and redeemed in-venue on Kobas EPoS.
2021.11
- Last-In, Last-Out (LILO) Stock control system launched.
- Administrators can now delete Closing Tasks so they can be re-submitted.
2021.10
- Improvements to privacy controls ensuring only specific senior users can review/amend HR records for junior staff members.
- Stock order emails now show your company account reference number.
- The EPoS Discount “Sell x items for £y” now supports up to 20 items for a single price (was 10).
- Loyalty Reports are now generated “offline” (behind the scenes), allowing larger reports to be generated in the background while you continue your work elsewhere.
- For easier bulk VAT rate adjustments, we’ve added an option to filter EPoS Items by tax rate.
2021.9
- EPoS VAT receipts are now attached to online order confirmation emails.
- Cash Log Report now breaks down sales by VAT rate.
- Historical Stock Usage can now be filtered over a date range and/or by team member.
2021.8
- Printers can be configured to print Order Summary Dockets. This provides a summary of the whole order, including allergen advice, when requested by KDS or EPoS – great for a printer on the pass or at a collection/delivery point.
- EPoS Items and Modifiers can now be explicitly marked as containing no allergens.
- New Temporary Reduced VAT Rate added ahead of the forthcoming 12.5% rate from 1st October 2021.
2021.7
- Daily Sales By Order Report now reveals online ordering sources and identifiers for CIC, Preoday and Deliverect Orders, breaking the latter down by vendor name (e.g. Deliveroo/Uber Eats). Report can be filtered by order source.
- To better support cashless trading, Closing Tasks no longer require a cash bag declaration if all tills are cashless.
2021.6
- Multi-venue ordering support added – Kobas now allows food hall and other multi-vendor sites with shared seating to have a single, unified customer ordering platform.
2021.5
- Paymentsense Connect PDQs can now be managed via the Kobas Cloud Venue Manager.
- KDS State and Station manager added to the Kobas Cloud Venue Manager – visible to KDS beta users only at this stage.
2021.3
- EPoS Clock-In times are now synchronised to Kobas Cloud without waiting for Clock Out – so now all partial time information is available when performing your Closing Tasks.