Café
Counter service and display — built on the Restaurant core template and adapted to how your café actually operates. Run your store with stock, sales and the team working from one workspace built for how restaurant operates.
Café workspace preview
One workspace, your way
About Café
A café's operational rhythm is relentless — peak morning rush, a steady midday trade and an afternoon wind-down, six or seven days a week. The margin on a flat white is thin, which means your profitability lives in waste reduction, consistent portion control, a well-managed roster and a supplier relationship that delivers on time and at agreed prices.
The operational reality
The barista doubling as a shift supervisor is also counting milk on the way to the bin, noting it on a scrap of paper, chasing the owner about the coffee bean order and managing a new staff member at the till. Wastage is noted mentally at best. Supplier invoices land in a pile and are matched to the statement at month end, by which time disputed quantities are impossible to verify.
Where growth bottlenecks
- Wastage tracking informal — estimated rather than measured, making food cost management guesswork
- Supplier delivery discrepancies discovered at month-end statement reconciliation, too late to dispute
- Roster built without visibility into trading patterns — over-staffed on quiet days, under-staffed on busy ones
- Loyalty and repeat customer behaviour not tracked — promotional decisions made without purchase history data
How ConfigBiz helps a café
Starts from the Restaurant core — shared capabilities, terminology and workflows — then configures for café: specific fields, approval steps and reports. You describe your actual operation and LearnBiz AI proposes the precise setup, so the system mirrors how you already work and grows as you evolve.
What café needs to manage
These are the capabilities configured for this template. Start with them, then adjust to your process — nothing invented, only what a café actually uses.
People
Keep the team organized and shifts covered.
Recruitment
Hire the people you need without losing track of candidates.
Contacts & CRM
Contacts & CRM keeps the operational detail in one place.
Products & Services
Products/Services keeps the operational detail in one place.
Sales
Keep orders and revenue moving through the business.
Operations
Run day-to-day work without things slipping.
How ConfigBiz fits café
Start from the Restaurant core (shared capabilities, terminology, workflows) then configure for café: fields, approvals and reports specific to your operation. ConfigBiz gives you full control to create the exact workflows and reports you need in your café business and the way your team prefers since.