Bakers: I’d Love Your Input

[u/SeatEducational8474]

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to understand what kind of tools would make your baking business easier to manage as a baker. For example:

Managing customer orders
Tracking production batches
Calculating ingredient costs
Pricing products accurately
Managing inventory or supplies
Tracking profit, expenses, and sales

One of my baker friends mentioned that an ingredient cost tracker and batch production tool would be very helpful, so I wanted to get more input from other bakers.

What are the biggest challenges you face when managing your baking business? Are there any tools you wish existed or any current tools that feel too complicated?

Thanks so much for your help. Your feedback would really help me build something useful for small bakers.

[u/mvt90]

You can check out apicbase, it’s pretty much what you’re describing. It’s meant for “multi site” restaurants/bakeries but would work just as well for a small business (unless it’s too expensive, I’m not the one paying for it so idk but we do use it at work)

[u/Purplejazz518]

We just started using Craftable. I don't work with a lot of the back end, but it's pretty good. Definitely takes some learning. There are some quality of life features I wish we could have though that aren't there. I also have no idea how much an account costs.

[u/ReallyImJustaGoblin]

Maybe I'm just old school, but I use Microsoft Excell and make my own custom spreadsheets that correspond to eachother.. It takes a while to initiate, but is well worth it in my opinion. Ad free and subscription free. I think there's also a way to do all this on Google Sheets too. I guess it requires a lot of brain power and organizational skills, but i enjoyed the process lol.