How do I switch from Lightspeed K-Series to a restaurant POS?

Export your items as CSV and upload them in the BookNDish admin. The K-Series column names are recognised, you see a preview of every dish and price, and nothing is written until you press Import.

Will my Lightspeed prices stay correct in a new restaurant POS?

Prices are read from the Price (incl. tax) column in the way your restaurant currency writes numbers. The preview shows each price, and rows it cannot read are listed with a reason, so you can check before you import.

Does a new restaurant POS import Lightspeed accounting groups as categories?

Yes. The Accounting Group column becomes the category, and a dish that already exists in the same category is compared by name instead of being added twice.

Can I keep guest consent when I leave Lightspeed for another POS?

Yes. The guest file must have a consent column, and only rows that clearly say yes are marked as consenting. Blank, no or unreadable values come across as not consenting.

What does not move over when I leave Lightspeed for a restaurant POS?

Sales and payment history, reports, tax rules, modifiers, photos and hardware do not move. Keep your Lightspeed exports for your records and set up tax and printers in the new system.

Switching from Lightspeed

A Lightspeed K-Series alternative: bring your menu across with every price checked.

Export your items from Lightspeed K-Series, upload the file, check every price in the preview, and import.

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01
K-Series exports recognised
Accounting groups become categories, and prices are read the way your country writes them.
02
Set up without a sales call
A guided setup walks you from your country and tax to a first test order.
03
Guests and campaigns
Your guest list arrives with consent as recorded, ready for campaigns to those who agreed.

What comes with you

Your menu: groups, items and prices from the K-Series item export.
Your guests: names, phones and emails, with marketing consent only where the file shows it.
Your gift cards: each balance and expiry, with the code guests already hold.

Moving over in an afternoon

01Create your account with Google, Microsoft or an email address.
02Export your spreadsheets from Lightspeed and import them under Bring your data. A preview shows every change first.
03Print your new QR codes, place a test order from your phone, and open.

How importing works

How it works

Take a restaurant on Lightspeed K-Series that wants its item list and guests in a new restaurant POS.

Export your items from Lightspeed K-Series as a CSV file. In the BookNDish admin, open Bring your data and choose the menu import.
Upload the file. The columns Accounting Group, Item Name, Price (incl. tax) and Variant are recognised, and accounting groups become categories.
Read the preview, check each price against what you charge today, and fix any listed row in the spreadsheet. Then press Import.
Add your guest list with a marketing consent column, and gift cards if you have balances outstanding. The imports run in the background and each reports the rows it skipped.

What you need

CSV files exported from Lightspeed K-Series. Semicolon, comma and tab separators are all read, up to 5 MB and 10,000 rows per file.
An admin login that can edit the menu. Guest imports need an owner or manager, and gift card imports need gift card permission and a plan with gift cards.
A browser on a laptop for the import, and a tablet or phone with a current browser for the till. Check any Lightspeed printers or readers you want to keep with their vendor.

What it does not do

Only categories, items, variants, descriptions and prices come across. Photos, modifiers, tax rules and stock are not read, so set your tax in the admin afterwards.
Order history, payment history, reports and Lightspeed hardware stay behind. The import does not read other Lightspeed products.
Guest and gift card files are read by generic column names. A guest with no phone and no email is skipped, and a new guest needs a phone number.

A Lightspeed K-Series alternative: bring your menu across with every price checked.

K-Series exports recognised

Set up without a sales call

Guests and campaigns

What comes with you

Moving over in an afternoon

How it works

What you need

What it does not do

Questions owners ask

Switching from another system?

Try it on your own menu