Bakery POS systems: what a bakery actually needs from its till
A bakery sells fast in the morning, bakes to a plan, and juggles custom cake orders on the side. The right POS handles all three and tells you what to bake tomorrow. Here's what to look for.
Wemu Team
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A bakery POS should ring up a morning queue fast, track flour, butter and sugar through your recipes, take pre-orders and custom cakes with a pickup time and deposit, and show what sold and what was wasted so you bake the right amount tomorrow.
Must-haves for a bakery
- Fast counter checkout with photos and your best sellers on the first screen.
- Selling by piece, box or weight, with mix-and-match boxes (6 donuts, 12 pandesal).
- Recipes that deduct ingredients as you sell, so you know when flour runs low.
- Pre-orders and custom cakes with a pickup date, notes ("Happy 7th birthday, Mia") and a deposit.
- Waste tracking for unsold items at closing, with a reason.
- Sales by item and hour to plan tomorrow's bake.
Plan the bake from your sales
Look at the same weekday over the last few weeks: what sold, what sold out (and when), and what you threw away. Bake a little under your average for items that always end up in the waste log, and a little more of anything that sells out before noon.
Track sell-out time
An item that sells out at 10am didn't "sell 40". It had more demand than you baked. Note the time it ran out so you bake more next time.
Custom cake orders without the notebook
- 1Take the order with size, flavour, message, pickup date and phone number.
- 2Take a deposit so last-minute cancellations don't cost you the ingredients.
- 3Send a reminder the day before pickup.
- 4Charge the balance at pickup and keep the order in the customer's history for next year.
Where Wemu fits
Wemu POS runs on a tablet or phone at the counter. Recipes deduct ingredients with every sale, low-stock alerts and purchase orders keep the flour coming, and waste is recorded with a reason. Your free online shop takes pre-orders with a pickup time, customers can pay online (cards through Stripe, or QR Ph and GCash through HitPay in the Philippines), and reports show sales by item and hour. See how it fits cafés and food businesses.
Keep reading
- Restaurant inventory management: a simple system
- How to calculate food cost percentage
- The complete guide to café POS systems
Frequently asked questions
What is the best POS for a small bakery?+
How do bakeries track ingredient stock?+
How do I reduce bakery waste?+
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POS with drawer counts, sales reports, bookings, low-stock alerts and staff timesheets. Set it up in an afternoon and run a real day on it before you decide.
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