Know which stores need you.
Compare location revenue, orders, and average order value in one view. Use differences as a starting point for a conversation with your managers.
REPORTING & MULTI-LOCATION INSIGHTS
More locations.
One clear picture.
Know what’s selling, where you’re growing, and what needs attention. Nova Flare brings your POS and online sales into a clear view—so you can spend less time collecting numbers and more time running your business.
For restaurants, cafés, retail stores, and growing business groups.
- POS + online sales together
- Compare every location
- Understand your busiest hours
- Export the numbers you need
From numbers to next steps
Your reports should help
you run a better business.
Give everyday sales data a purpose. Find the questions worth asking and the opportunities worth acting on.
Prepare for your busiest hours.
See when sales rise and fall. Use hourly demand to inform staffing, prep quantities, and opening-hour decisions.
Understand what customers buy.
Identify strong-selling products and compare POS with online sales. Use that context when planning promotions and reviewing your menu or assortment.
Multi-location visibility
Be in the know.
Even when you’re
between stores.
Stop piecing together a different report for every location. Start with the group total, then select a store to understand what’s behind it.
- Consolidate POS and online revenue
- Compare orders and average order value
- Review each store’s contribution to the group
- Export location performance as a CSV
Your business at a glanceAll locations · Today
- COMBINED SALES
- $14,835.19
- TOTAL ORDERS
- 718
| LOCATION | SALES | VS. PRIOR PERIOD |
|---|---|---|
| Huntington | $5,007.25 | ↗ 18.6% |
| East Northport | $3,859.15 | ↗ 8.2% |
| Garden City | $3,038.40 | ↘ 3.1% |
| Plainview | $2,930.39 | ↗ 12.4% |
A useful next question: Is Garden City’s change driven by fewer orders or smaller tickets?
Explore the possibilities
A clearer answer to
“How are we doing?”
Explore how different reports can support the decisions you make every day.
Sales & busy hours
Plan around demand,
not a hunch.
Hourly sales patterns show when your business is busiest. Use that view to discuss shift coverage, prepare popular products, and make service more consistent.
A better question to ask
What should we prepare before the lunch rush?
Hourly sales patternIllustrative example
Product performance
Make your best sellers
work harder.
See the items generating sales. Use product performance to prioritize preparation, discuss promotions, and review which items deserve more visibility.
A better question to ask
Which items should we feature in our next promotion?
Top selling itemsIllustrative example
- Wraps $1,115.07
- Panini $934.15
- Bacon Egg n Cheese $539.00
- Water $256.96
Transaction visibility
Get closer to the
details behind a sale.
Search transaction records and review payment method, station, subtotal, tax, tip, discount, and card fee fields. Give managers a practical starting point for investigating a transaction.
A better question to ask
Can we find the payment and station for this order?
Transaction detailsIllustrative example
- Order
- #NF-10841
- Location
- Huntington
- Payment
- Mastercard • 8210
- Subtotal
- $23.87
- Tax
- $1.94
- Total
- $25.81
A practical reporting routine
Start with a question.
Leave with a next step.
Check the big picture.
Review sales and orders for the period. Look at group performance before comparing individual stores.
Find the difference.
Explore location, channel, product, and hourly data to understand what deserves a closer look.
Act, then measure again.
Adjust a promotion, preparation plan, or store routine. Review the next period to see how performance changes.
The reports behind the decisions
Know what to look at.
Know why it matters.
From a group-wide overview to the details of one transaction, each view helps answer a different business question.
| REPORTING VIEW | WHAT YOU CAN REVIEW | HOW IT CAN HELP |
|---|---|---|
| Sales overview | POS sales, online sales, combined revenue, total orders, and average order value. | Start the day with a shared understanding of trading performance. |
| Location comparison | Sales and order activity for each store alongside the consolidated total. | Find stores that deserve a closer review and identify practices worth sharing. |
| Hourly sales | The shape of demand throughout the day and your strongest selling periods. | Inform preparation and shift planning around customer demand. |
| Product performance | Top selling items ranked by sales, with tax separated from product revenue. | Discuss product visibility, stock preparation, and promotion priorities. |
| Transaction details | Location, payment method, station, subtotal, tax, tips, discounts, and card fee fields. | Find a record quickly when a manager or customer has a question. |
| Day close history | Business date, close time, close status, and the person recorded as closing the store. | Give managers a common reference when reviewing closing activity. |
| Exportable location report | A CSV of location sales and order totals for the selected reporting period. | Bring the figures into your own spreadsheet or management discussion. |
These views are demonstrated in the sample dashboard. Confirm live reporting fields and data availability for your setup.
Different businesses. Practical questions.
Reporting that fits
the way you operate.
One location or a growing group, start with the decisions that matter in your business.
Restaurants & quick service
Review lunch and dinner patterns, compare ordering channels, and see which menu items lead sales.
Ask: “Do we need to prepare differently for the lunch rush?”
Cafés & bakeries
Understand the morning peak and track the items customers choose throughout the day.
Ask: “Which products should be ready before our busiest hour?”
Retail businesses
Compare revenue and order value across stores and review the products contributing to sales.
Ask: “Is this location serving fewer customers or selling smaller baskets?”
Multi-location groups
Move from the combined business picture to the stores behind it without changing reporting formats.
Ask: “Where should our next manager check-in focus?”
Look beyond the sales total
The same revenue.
A different story.
A sales total tells you the outcome. Order count and average order value help you understand how you got there.
A store with more orders and smaller tickets may have a different opportunity from a store with fewer, larger orders. Use the comparison to ask better questions before deciding what to change.
- Review customer demand through order count
- Understand spending through average order value
- Compare periods and discuss changes with managers
An illustrative comparison
Location A
- Sales
- $3,000
- Orders
- 200
- Avg. order
- $15
Location B
- Sales
- $3,000
- Orders
- 120
- Avg. order
- $25
Your next conversation:
At Location A, explore product mix and basket-building opportunities. At Location B, investigate the factors affecting order volume.
Example only. Revenue ÷ orders = average order value. This does not measure profit.
Put the insights to work
A more focused
weekly store review.
Give owners and managers a consistent starting point. Review the same period, ask specific questions, and agree on one action to follow up.
Keep the context with the numbers.
Local events, opening hours, promotions, and product availability can all affect sales. A report helps guide the discussion; your team adds the explanation.
- 01 / GROUP PERFORMANCE
How did the business trade?
Review combined revenue, order volume, and average order value before looking at individual stores.
- 02 / LOCATION & CHANNEL
Where did performance differ?
Compare locations and POS versus online sales. Ask managers what changed in their store during the period.
- 03 / PRODUCTS & PEAKS
What should we prepare for?
Review busy hours and strong-selling products when discussing the next week’s preparation and coverage.
- 04 / FOLLOW THROUGH
What will we review next time?
Choose a practical action, assign an owner, and revisit the relevant report in the following review.
Built around your business
See what your numbers
could tell you.
Walk through reporting with Nova Flare and discuss the locations, channels, and decisions that matter to you.
Explore sample data now. Discuss your POS setup and reporting requirements with our team.
Good questions
Before you take a closer look.
Can I compare multiple business locations?
Yes. The interactive model shows consolidated sales and a location-by-location comparison. Select a store to review its POS sales, online sales, orders, and average order value.
How can reporting help me improve performance?
Reports can reveal differences worth investigating: a store with fewer orders, a channel with lower sales, or a busy period that needs more preparation. They help inform your decisions; they do not guarantee revenue or profit improvements.
Can I explore the dashboard before a demo?
Yes. Open the interactive sample to try location and date filters, review hourly sales, search transactions, and export a location report. All additional locations and records are illustrative.
Does sales reporting tell me my net profit?
Sales are one part of the picture. Net profit also depends on costs such as labor, inventory, rent, and other expenses. This sales reporting model does not calculate net profit.
What does average order value show me?
Average order value is sales divided by the number of orders for the same period and scope. Review it alongside order count: a higher average does not necessarily mean more customers or higher profit.
Why review POS and online sales together?
A combined view helps you see overall sales while the channel split shows where orders originate. This can support discussions about online promotions and in-store activity. Channel revenue alone does not account for every channel’s costs.
Can reports help with staffing and inventory planning?
Hourly sales and product performance can inform those discussions. Sales patterns are a starting point; staffing decisions also need labor costs and service requirements, while inventory planning needs stock levels, recipes, purchasing, and waste information.
What should we bring to a reporting demo?
Tell us your number of locations, current POS setup, ordering channels, and the questions you want your reports to answer. We can use those requirements to discuss the right reporting approach for your business.
How do we connect our actual business data?
Request a demo to review your POS environment, locations, and reporting needs with Nova Flare. This website’s sample dashboard is not connected to live merchant data. Data availability and implementation requirements should be confirmed for your setup.