Heartland Payment Systems Buys MCS Software

(RTTNews) - Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) said Thursday that it has acquired MCS Software, an innovative provider of school foodservice point-of-sale, back office and online payment solutions for more than 4,000 K-12 schools across the United States.

The acquisition of Madisonville, Louisiana-based MCS Software marks the continuing expansion of Heartland's market-leading position in the growing K-12 school nutrition and POS technology industry.

Heartland School Solutions now serves over 34,000 K-12 schools nationwide, representing a 35% share of the public schools in the U.S.