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From 25 June 2026, eligible children’s meals will have a temporary 5% VAT rate. Hospitality operators need to review menus, update EPOS settings and ensure consistent reporting across sites. Early preparation will help avoid errors and disruption during the busy summer period, particularly for multi site businesses managing centralised systems.

This article explains how EPOS and kitchen management systems should truly integrate, beyond simply displaying orders. It explores structured data mapping, real time synchronisation, and the differences between native and bolt on architectures. By understanding these foundations, hospitality operators can improve reliability, reporting accuracy and resilience, leading to stronger performance and better operational decisions.

Rising wages and operating costs mean UK hospitality kitchens can no longer afford inefficiency. Kitchen management systems replace paper tickets with structured digital workflows that reduce errors, food waste and labour time lost to rework. By integrating orders, prioritising tickets in real time and delivering operational insight, solutions like Lolly’s KMS help operators improve throughput, control costs and protect margins while maintaining service standards.