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  t_meta_title: What Is Dual Pricing in Restaurants?
  t_meta_description: Learn what dual pricing is, how it works in restaurants, and how cash and card pricing helps offset payment processing costs.
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    t_author: Priyanka Bhadani
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      t_title: What does Dual Pricing mean?
      t_description: Dual pricing is a pricing method in which the same menu item is charged two separate prices by a restaurant depending on the customer's payment method.
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      t_text: <p>Dual pricing is a pricing method in which the same menu item is charged two separate prices by a restaurant depending on the customer's payment method. The price charged in cash is usually lower than the price charged through credit cards or digital methods.</p><p>This enables the restaurant to offset payment processing fees associated with card transactions and offer the customer an alternative, cheaper, alternative for payment method.</p><h2>How Does Dual Pricing Work in Restaurants?</h2><p>Dual pricing works so that the correct price will be used based on how the customer pays on the restaurant's <a href="https://plumpos.com/">POS system</a>. It typically happens like this-</p>Cash Price= $10.00<br/>Card Price= $10.30<br/><p>In this case, if a customer pays with cash, they pay $10.00, and with a card, $10.30.</p>
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