Card machine for your butcher

Reliable card payments at the counter, competitive rates for your volume, and no unnecessary complexity.

Common challenges

  • Losing sales from customers who don't carry cash
  • Current card machine is slow during Saturday morning rush
  • Transaction fees feel too high for your margins
  • Want something simple that just works
  • Worried about being locked into a long contract

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Recommended solutions

PAX A800

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 5.7-inch touchscreen and Payment & POS functionality. Built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, along with thermal printing. Includes merchant branding on-screen, an intuitive over-the-phone payment flow, on-board POS features, and is configurable for full POS integration.

  • 5.7-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi & 4G
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Fast contactless transacting
  • Integrates with its provider's own POS only
  • Android POS and payments
Contract
negotiable

PAX A920

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 4.9-inch touchscreen, built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, and thermal printing. Its form-factor means it's ideal when payments need to be taken away from the counter. Easily handles over-the-phone payments, and is configurable for full POS integration with many third-party POS systems.

  • 4.9-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Can be integrated with multiple POS systems
  • Android payment-only terminal
Contract
negotiable

Why butchers choose uno

Independent butchers are seeing more and more card payments, especially from younger customers. A reliable countertop terminal means you never lose a sale because someone didn’t bring cash - and Saturday morning queues move faster.

Counter payments

The PAX A800 is built for exactly this: fast contactless at the counter, wired for reliability, and simple to use. No fancy features you don’t need, just solid card payments all day.

Competitive rates

Butchers typically have a mix of smaller and larger transactions. We compare rates across multiple providers to find the deal that makes the most sense for your specific volume and transaction sizes.

Keep it simple

You’re a butcher, not a technologist. We set the terminal up, show you how it works, and it runs in the background while you focus on what you do best.

What you get from uno

  • A simple countertop terminal matched to your shop
  • Rates compared across providers for your volume
  • On-site installation — we handle everything
  • UK-based support when you need it

Common questions from butcher owners

Can I take card payment for large pre-orders like birthday cakes or Christmas orders?

Yes. You can process any amount through the terminal - there's no upper limit on card payments for a standard merchant account. For advance orders, you can take a deposit when the customer places the order and the balance on collection. Over-the-phone payments are also available for orders placed by phone.

Can I handle the Christmas rush when my card transaction volume spikes?

The terminals we supply handle sustained high-volume periods without any performance drop. Christmas week for a butcher can mean three or four times the normal transaction count - the hardware is built for it. If you need a second terminal for the rush, we can set one up on the same account.

I've got a wet counter and handle raw meat - is the card machine going to cope?

The terminals are touchscreen devices, not open electronics - they're designed for retail environments including food counters. Contactless means neither you nor the customer needs to physically touch the terminal during payment. We position it where it's accessible to customers but away from the prep area.

General questions about uno
Which card machine is right for my business?

The right card machine depends on how the business trades. A fine-dining restaurant in Covent Garden, a market trader at Glasgow's Barras and a pub beside Cardiff Arms Park take payments in completely different ways, and no single machine suits all three. uno starts by understanding how a business actually operates, and only then recommends - from a range of providers rather than from one.

Do all the card machines uno recommends take contactless?

Yes, every one of them. Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards are accepted as standard on every machine uno recommends; contactless is how most UK customers now pay, and every machine features it as standard.

Will I be able to take 'over-the-phone' payments?

For most merchants, yes - available on-screen along with contactless and Chip & Pin. The small minority of high-risk business-types that are not offered over-the-phone payments by default are the exception - for the vast majority, 'over-the-phone' payments will be offered as standard.

How can we process refunds?

From the card machine, in a few taps. Refund a sale on the same day and it is cancelled outright, with the money never leaving the customer's account; refund it after the provider's daily cut-off and the customer's bank typically takes 3-5 days to return it. Every machine uno recommends handles both, and the difference is only in how quickly the customer sees the money.

Is PCI compliance as much of a chore as it is with my current provider?

With several of the providers uno works with the merchant does nothing at all, because the provider handles PCI on their behalf; with the others it is a few minutes once a year. Nobody uno works with makes it complicated, and uno tells a merchant which they are getting before anything is signed.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are up and running within a few days. uno handles the installation and configuration, then walks the merchant and their staff through everything.

Ready to choose the right card machine?

We make the effort to understand how you operate, and only then recommend the solution that's right for your business - not the provider's.

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