Owners and managers
Plan in minutes, not an hour
- Suggested bake per store from PAR, leftovers and orders
- Batch alerts that round up to full trays, never down
- Products, PARs and seasonal items managed in the app
- Every store's close status at a glance
For bakery owners, one store or several
Tomorrow's bake, sorted tonight.
The Bakery Desk plans the bake from your PAR levels and every order, puts the right list in front of your bakers at 3 a.m., closes each store the same way every night, and finds you new catering customers. One app on the phones and tablets you already have.
Built with, and running in, a two-store franchise bakery in Georgia.
Bake list, FridayBEFORE THE OVEN · CONFIRMED 8:12 PM
Changed since you confirmedCinnamon rolls up 6 for a catering order, needed by 8:30 AM.
Goodies
Scones, cinnamon chip2 batches32
Cinnamon rolls Needed earlycatering 6 included30
Muffins, blueberry1 batch + 420
Breads
Sourdough24
Honey whole wheatStore 2 gets 830
9 of 17 done
Sound familiar?
Running a bakery is a hundred small handovers.
Most of them happen on paper, in a spreadsheet only you understand, or in your head. That works until you are off for a day.
The plan is in my head.
PAR levels, leftovers and orders all have to be added up each night, by you, for every product.
The bakers found out at 3 a.m.
An order lands after you planned the day and nobody tells the oven until it is too late.
Orders come from everywhere.
ezCater, the website, the phone and email, each in its own place, so something always slips.
Closing depends on who is on.
Some nights everything gets done. Other nights you find out the next morning what did not.
We should do more catering.
Everyone agrees, and nobody has time to find the offices and schools nearby or follow up.
I can't step away.
Because the system is you. Every question comes back to the owner's phone.
A day with The Bakery Desk
Everyone sees what they need, when they need it.
The app does the adding up and the passing on. Your team taps through their part of the day, and you get told what happened.
You confirm tomorrow's plan
The app suggests each product per store: PAR, minus what was left last night, plus every order due. Change any number with one tap, confirm, and the bake list is emailed to the bakery.
The final list goes out
If anything changed overnight, a fresh bake list arrives before the bakers do, with the changes listed at the top.
Bakers bake from the tablet
Today's list in bake order, in batches, with early catering items flagged. Tap Done as each tray goes in. After the oven, the screen shows what goes to each store and which orders to set aside.
Orders land in one list
ezCater, website, phone, email and walk-in orders all arrive in the same place. A late order updates the bake list, and the bakers see exactly what changed and confirm it.
This week's catering plan
A one-page pack of local offices and schools to visit, call or drop a sample box to, printed for the back office and emailed to you.
Every store closes the same way
Each closer gets their own checklist with a progress bar that never leaves the screen. Counts take seconds, anything skipped needs a reason, and you get a close report when the last box is ticked.
Built for the whole team
One app, a simple screen for each job.
Staff sign in with a PIN, pick their store, and see only their part. Nobody needs training on a spreadsheet.
Bakers
Know exactly what to make
- Bake order, batches and early items, on one screen
- Changes flagged with the order that caused them
- Before and after the oven, with the split per store
- Printed list for the bench, two pages, same layout
Closers
Close right, every night
- Checklists by role or by time block, only today's items
- Big tick targets and an always-visible progress bar
- Skip with a reason, so 100% is always reachable
- Leftovers counted with steppers, not a keyboard
Front counter and phones
Take any order in seconds
- Find the customer by phone number
- Standing weekly orders, with skip-a-date
- Bread options like sliced or round as buttons
- Pull and mark ready, so nothing is missed at pickup
Getting told
The right people hear about it, without anyone chasing.
Bake list by emailWhen you confirm, and again before 3 a.m. if anything changed.
Updates within 15 minutesA late order or change after you confirmed? One bundled update, listing what moved.
Close reportWho closed, when, what was counted and anything skipped with its reason.
Monday catering packThis week's stops and calls, ready to print before the week starts.
Help on every screenStaff report a problem in a few taps, with the screen already filled in.
One store or several
Made for a single bakery. Ready when you add the next one.
One store
- The full plan, bake, close and orders loop
- Catering prospects around your store
- Everything on one tablet in the back and the phones your team already has
Two or more
- One plan with a column for each store
- Bake centrally and send to each store, with van lists ticked as loaded and received
- Send leftovers from one store to another as favorites, without baking more
- Separate closing lists per store, one view for you
- Orders tagged to the store that fulfils them
Grow catering
More direct catering, without cold calling.
Catering marketplaces are useful, but every direct order keeps the whole margin. The Bakery Desk gives your team a short, local plan each week and handles the follow-up.
- Local prospect listOffices, schools and clinics near each store, with phone numbers and drive times. You approve who goes on it.
- A weekly plan sized to your teamA few visits, calls and sample box drop-offs each week, printed every Monday.
- Follow-up emails you approveShort, friendly emails from your own address. Nothing goes out until you say yes.
- Your existing customers, looked afterThank-yous after an order and a gentle note to customers you have not seen in a while.
- Results you can seeWho was visited, who replied and which orders came from it.
Fits around you
Works with what you already have.
Your phones and tabletsRuns in the browser. Nothing to install, no app store, no new hardware.
ezCaterOrders arrive automatically where your ezCater account allows the connection.
Your website ordersWix online orders today, other platforms on request.
Phone, email and walk-insEntered by your team in a few taps.
Your data stays yoursEverything lives in your own Google account. You keep it whatever happens.
Alongside your POSKeep your till as it is. The Bakery Desk handles what happens before and after the sale.
Getting started
We set it up with you. Your team is using it within weeks.
- Walkthrough callTwenty minutes on how your bakery runs: stores, bake days, order channels, closing.
- We load your bakeryProducts, PAR levels, batch sizes, customers and past orders, ready for you to check.
- We connect your ordersezCater and your website, plus the enquiry form and QR codes for your counter.
- Train and go liveTwo sessions with you, wall cards for each role and guides your team can open any time.
Our first bakery went from first call to bakers using it in about two weeks. Close support for the first 30 days is included.
Pricing
One product, everything included. Priced per store.
No tiers to compare. Every bakery gets the full Bakery Desk, setup done for you, and support from a real person.
Setup, once
$2,495first store
Each additional store $750.
- Walkthrough and setup plan
- Products, PARs, batches, customers and order history loaded
- ezCater and website orders connected
- Enquiry form, QR codes and email wording set up and approved by you
- Two training sessions, wall cards and team guides
- 30 days of close support after go-live
The Bakery Desk, monthly
$299per store, per month
Billed monthly.
- Plan, Bake, Close and Orders for every role
- Catering prospects, weekly pack and approved follow-up emails
- Live ezCater and website orders
- Bake list, update and close report emails
- Help on every screen, replies within 2 business days
- Every new feature and fix, plus a quarterly review call
Example: two stores = $3,245 setup, then $598 a month.
Custom features and extra training days are quoted separately. Prices in US dollars.
Questions
What owners ask us first.
Do I need new hardware?
No. The Bakery Desk runs in the browser on the phones and tablets you have. Most bakeries keep one tablet open in the bakery and one at each counter.
Who owns my data?
You do. Your products, orders and counts live in your own Google account. We have access to run and support the app, and you can remove that access whenever you want.
Does it replace my POS or ezCater?
No. Keep your till and keep ezCater. The Bakery Desk brings their orders into one plan and takes care of the bake, the close and the catering follow-up around them.
How much of my time does it take?
Setup needs a few hours from you across two weeks, mostly checking what we have loaded. After that, planning a day takes minutes, and the catering plan asks for a few hours a week from your team.
What if something goes wrong?
Every screen has a Help button. Staff report a problem in a few taps, and we reply within 2 business days. Anything stopping an order today is flagged to us straight away.
I run one store. Is it worth it?
Yes. The plan, bake and close tools are built for a single bakery first. More stores simply add a column to the plan and a list to the close.
Can I cancel?
Yes. The monthly fee runs month to month with 30 days' notice, and your data stays in your Google account.
Book a walkthrough
See it running on a real bake list.
Tell us a little about your bakery and we will set up a 20 minute call at a time that suits you. We reply within one business day.
hello@thebakerydesk.com