One Touchscreen to control pumps, ring sales, and secure transactions
Vanguard Gas Station & Convenience Store Point of Sale System
Vanguard is Red River Software’s gas station and convenience store POS system, built to run the forecourt and front counter from one intuitive touchscreen. With the OneTouch Suite, Vanguard reduces clerk training time and user errors while you control dispensers and securely handle customer transactions in a single interface.
Designed for c-store operators, it connects straight to your CSMinder back office so sales, fuel, and payments flow into your books automatically
Convenience Store Point of Sale Built for the Forecourt
Vanguard is a c-store point of sale that treats fuel as a first-class product, not an afterthought. Control every dispenser, authorize pre-pay and post-pay fueling, and keep the line moving with quick menus, customer search, and product look-up designed for high-volume stores.
Complete C-Store Solutions: From Pump to Register to Back Office
Red River Software offers a full suite of solutions designed for convenience stores that sell fuel, have house accounts, and need easier onboarding.
Control the Pumps
Manage dispensers, pre-pay and post-pay authorization, and pay-at-the-pump right from the register. For EMV at the island and outdoor payment security, Vanguard pairs with EMV-ready solutions
Integrated Proprietary Cards
Create and manage gift cards, fleet cards, and house accounts, with pre-pay or no-limit authorization, through the Pioneer Card Processor so you can accept private cards branded to your location.
Reduce Training Time
The user-friendly touchscreen interface includes quick menus, customer search, and product look-up, so new clerks are productive on day one and mistakes at the register go down.
Secure, PCI Compliant, and PA-DSS Certified Point of Sale
Designed for security and stability, Vanguard POS is PCI compliant and PA-DSS certified, and works with all major credit and debit cards. Have complete flexibility while protecting cardholder data at every step. Payment security is not a bolt-on with Vanguard. It is built into the platform your clerks use every shift.
PCI-compliant payment handling across the entire transaction
PA-DSS certified application for validated, secure card acceptance
EMV and pay-at-the-pump ready
Support for all major credit and debit cards, plus proprietary and fleet cards via Pioneer
Direct interface to CSMinder so front-end sales reconcile with your back office automatically
Why C-Store Operators Choose Red River Software
Purpose-built convenience store software, not generic accounting tools
One connected system from pump to register to back office
Stronger reporting, tighter margins, and better daily visibility
Scales from a single store to a multi-site chain
Experienced U.S.-based support from a team that knows the c-store business
Trusted by operators for more than 40 years
What customers are saying
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Frequently Asked Questions
A convenience store POS system is the point-of-sale software and hardware that rings up sales, controls fuel dispensers, and processes payments at the counter and the pump. Vanguard combines all of this in one touchscreen interface built specifically for c-stores and gas stations.
Yes. Vanguard POS is PCI-compliant and PA-DSS certified, and it works with all major credit and debit cards. Security and stability are core to the platform, protecting cardholder data through the full transaction flow.
Vanguard is fuel POS software that controls dispensers directly, handling pre-pay, post-pay, and pay-at-the-pump fueling. For EMV compliance at outdoor payment terminals, it pairs with our EMV-ready solutions
Yes. Through the Pioneer Card Processor, Vanguard creates and manages gift cards, fleet cards, and house accounts branded to your location, with flexible pre-pay and authorization limits.
