Free POS for Grocery Stores, Supermarkets and Convenience Stores

Yes. Timeline POS is free to download and free to run, with no monthly charge, no SKU limit, and no trial that expires. It installs on any Windows 10 or newer computer and works for a corner shop or a full supermarket. Timeline Digital builds it as a free download and earns from custom software work instead, so the grocery version costs nothing and takes no percentage of your card sales. You keep every rupee, dollar, or pound you ring up.

Yes. The same download runs a small grocery or a large supermarket, because there is no cap on products, categories, or daily sales. Set up departments that match your aisles, add every packaged and weighed item as its own SKU, and the counter search stays fast even with thousands of lines. Get the setup file from the download button on this page or our free POS software page, install it once, and your supermarket is ready to bill by barcode the same afternoon.

Yes. Timeline POS is a Windows desktop app that runs fully offline. It stores your products, prices, stock counts, sales, and customer records on the convenience store computer itself, so it needs no internet to sell, search, or print a receipt. If your broadband drops during a busy evening, the register keeps working exactly as before. Nothing syncs to an outside cloud, which also keeps your sales figures private. Any Windows 10 or newer PC or laptop at the counter is enough to run it.

Plug a standard USB barcode scanner into the computer. At checkout, scan the product barcode and it drops into the cart at the right price in about a second. For loose produce or items with a torn label, type three letters of the name or the SKU and pick from the list. Keep scanning until the basket is complete, take cash or run the card on your own reader, and print or skip the receipt. Every sale lowers the stock count automatically, so your inventory stays correct after each order.

Yes, it is genuinely free with no monthly fee. There is no subscription, no per-terminal charge, and no fee taken from your sales, because Timeline POS does not process card payments itself. You bring your own card reader or bank terminal and keep the rate your bank already gives you. The only optional cost is if you later ask Timeline Digital to add a custom module or connect another system, which is quoted separately. The grocery POS itself stays free to download and use for as long as you like.

Yes. Every product carries a live stock count that drops with each sale and rises when you record new deliveries. Set a low-stock level per item, for example ten units on a fast-selling drink, and the dashboard flags it before the shelf runs empty. You can see current stock, cost price, and selling price on any product, and export the list to PDF or CSV to build your reorder for the week. This keeps staples in stock and stops slow movers from tying up cash on the shelf.

Yes. A small convenience store or mini-mart is a good fit, because you can run the whole shop from one Windows computer with a scanner and a receipt printer. There is no minimum size and no setup fee. Add your cigarettes, drinks, snacks, and top-up items as categories, scan at the counter, and check the day total on the dashboard at close. Because it runs offline, a single-till mini-mart never depends on the internet to make a sale, and the low-stock flags help a small owner reorder without guessing.