Cafe & bakery POS

Cafe and bakery management software is essential to run your cafe or bakery smoothly, efficiently and profitably, regardless of its size. Beyond just handling transactions, cafe POS software helps you manage inventory, track sales and streamline the checkout process, so you can serve customers more quickly and efficiently.

When choosing a POS system for cafes, consider ease of use, features, scalability, support and reliability and cost. Look for a POS that’s intuitive and user-friendly, offers great features that you’ll actually use, integrates seamlessly with your favorite tools and softwares, and offers great customer support. Then balance the cost against the benefits.

Look for features like inventory management, menu management, online and contactless ordering, offline mode, remote access, reporting and performance data, safe data storage, etc. Look for a platform that integrates seamlessly with other tools, so you can add new capabilities when you need them. Finally, look for a POS provider with top-rated customer support.

A POS system for a bakery can cost anywhere between $69 and $300 per month, depending on the size and complexity of your business, and whether you need advanced features like inventory management or mobile ordering. Some POS providers offer plans starting at $0/month, but charge a higher card processing fee on all of your transactions.

Lightspeed offers a couple of ways for bakeries and cafes to offer online ordering. Using Lightspeed’s mobile ordering solution Order Anywhere, cafes and bakeries can offer customers the option to order online for pickup, delivery, or in-store using a QR code and their mobile phone. Learn more about Order Anywhere. Alternatively, Lightspeed POS integrates with various online ordering platforms.

Yes! You can easily integrate Lightspeed’s POS for cafes and bakeries with popular accounting software like QuickBooks and Xero. This integration lets you automate financial reporting, accurately track sales and expenses, and reduce manual data entry (and errors), helping you keep your business finances organized and accurate.

With Lightspeed, you can accept all major credit and debit cards, contactless and mobile payments like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Whether it’s a swipe, tap, or chip and pin card, Lightspeed’s got you covered.

​​It sure does. In offline mode, businesses can keep processing sales even when their internet connection is temporarily lost. Transactions processed during offline mode are stored locally and then automatically synced to the cloud once the connection is restored, so you can keep selling without interruption.

Lightspeed POS for cafes and bakeries is highly secure, offering several layers of protection to ensure the safety of your business data and transactions—including end-to-end encryption (SSL/TLS), PCI-DSS compliance, tiered access permissions by user, automatic cloud backups, regular security updates, and fraud prevention tools like transaction monitoring.

Yes! Lightspeed’s cafe & bakery point of sale integrates with top-notch tools like Kangaroo Rewards to enable cafes and bakeries to easily manage customer loyalty programs, marketing campaigns and more. Online and physical gift cards can be generated directly in the POS. Learn more about gift cards in Lightspeed POS.

Yes! Switching to Lightspeed was designed to be as seamless and hassle-free as possible. Get up and running on Lightspeed’s cafe and bakery POS software in five easy steps:

1. Send us your menu, floor plan and users and we’ll build the Back Office for you.
2. Let us know if you’re happy with your configuration (or ask us for changes).
3. Get personalized, one-on-one training for both you and your staff.
4. Get remote support or on-site hardware installation and configuration.
5. Go live with our onboarding team standing by to help.

Our support team is available around the clock to help you with any questions or issues during the transition (and beyond).