Grocery & supermarkets · South Africa

Accounting and POS software for South African grocery stores

Groceries move fast, run on thin margins, and mix zero-rated basics with standard-rated goods — so a slow till or a shaky stock count costs you real money. Tallium puts a quick checkout, live inventory and VAT-ready accounting in one place, built for busy supermarkets and mini-markets across South Africa. Ring up sales, watch your stock, and keep your books ready for SARS without juggling separate tools.

From $79/month per shop · billed monthly · no free trial

Key takeaways

  • One system for POS, stock and accounting — no bolting spreadsheets together
  • Correct 15% VAT and zero-rated handling on every basket
  • Live stock levels and low-stock alerts to cut spoilage and stock-outs
  • Receipt and expense scanning so purchases record themselves
One system for POS, stock and accounting — no bolting spreadsheets together
Correct 15% VAT and zero-rated handling on every basket
Live stock levels and low-stock alerts to cut spoilage and stock-outs
Receipt and expense scanning so purchases record themselves
Mobile app and AI insights to spot your best and worst sellers
$79/month USD per shop, billed monthly, cancel anytime — no free trial

The daily headaches we remove

Mixing zero-rated and standard-rated items

A basket often holds VAT-free basics like brown bread, maize meal and milk alongside standard-rated goods at 15%. Getting the split wrong on every sale quietly distorts your VAT and your margins.

Shrinkage and stock you can't see

Spoilage, miscounts and quiet losses eat into tight grocery margins. Without live stock levels you only find the gap at stock-take, long after the money is gone.

Slow queues at peak times

Month-end, paydays and weekend rushes create long lines. A till that lags on barcodes or price look-ups sends customers to the shop down the road.

Scrambling to file VAT201

When your sales, purchases and expenses live in notebooks and spreadsheets, every VAT201 period turns into a stressful reconciliation instead of a quick review.

How Tallium fixes it

VAT handled per product, automatically

Tag each item as zero-rated or standard-rated once, and Tallium applies the right VAT on every sale. Your VAT position updates in real time so the numbers behind VAT201 are ready when you are.

Live stock on every shelf

Stock drops as you sell and rises as you receive deliveries, so you always know what's on hand. Low-stock alerts and fast-mover reports help you reorder before you run out and cut spoilage on slow items.

A checkout built for grocery speed

Scan barcodes, weigh-by-price items and split-tender cash and card in seconds. The POS keeps queues moving even on your busiest paydays and works from the mobile app if a lane goes down.

Books that keep themselves

Every sale, purchase order and scanned receipt flows straight into your accounting. Come reporting time you review clean figures instead of rebuilding them from scraps of paper.

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Frequently asked questions

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