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"BakeSmart is a home
run for us. It's changed
our life."
Drew Allen of Taylor's Bakery in Indianapolis

this year compared to last year, and shoppers were
also spending more dollars per purchase this year,
as bakeries that use ShopKeep saw a 1.7 percent
increase in average dollars spent per transaction.
Bakery owners agree these kinds of benchmarks are
highly valuable to all.
"Where the magic happens is using the analytics that
ShopKeep provides," Herzog says. "You can see top
line revenue and how costs are affecting your bottom
line at your fingertips. You can see what happens in
retail time and make changes on the fly."
For larger bakery operations and particularly those
that do custom cake orders, bakery owners say that
POS systems like BakeSmart perform well for their
needs.
Felix Sherman of Ambrosia Bakery in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, says the BakeSmart POS and production
modules "allow you to do so many different things.
No others will do the custom cake ordering that
BakeSmart will do."
Ambrosia Bakery sells several hundred custom cakes

The BakeSmart team was proud to be part of the Dec. 5, 2015, grand opening of

a week, and BakeSmart provides a system that

Carlo's Bakery Orlando location, which utilizes BakeSmart's software.

allows precise directions for each custom order to be
inputted. Ambrosia employs eight cake decorators,

after the busy holidays and Mardi Gras season,"

and 65 employees overall, at its own retail store. Not

Sherman says. "It will be a little simpler and iPad

having a reliable POS system would lead to a lot of

friendly. We'll be using the iPad for inventory, so we

room for error.

can walk around the warehouse with wireless connectivity to update inventory and see what we need to

"When you do as many custom cakes as we do, there

order."

are a lot of details," Sherman says.
Drew Allen of Taylor's Bakery, a two-store retailer
In addition to supporting error-free and efficient cake

in Indianapolis, agrees that BakeSmart is extremely

production, the BakeSmart system allows Sherman

valuable for inventory management and keeping

and their staff to manage procurement and inventory.

custom orders straight. Taylor's Bakery uses

"We'll be changing to a newer version of BakeSmart

BakeSmart's production module.

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Bake -- January 2016
Editor's Note - Beyond Breakfast
Table of Contents
News Bites - Corbion Caravan addresses vital wheat gluten shortage
Chocolatier joins Ambassador Club
A new decorating world record
Ardent supports organic wheat initiative
Personality - Nora Antene
Management - Co-Branding Clout
Labor Front - Monitoring Food Safety
Ingredients - Variations on Chocolate
Equipment - Time-Saving Depositors
Tech savvy
Maximizing mobile
On-demand delivery
Panera’s challenge
The Art of Pastry
Flatbread is Rising
Cupcakes on Parade
Paczki Day and Beyond
Cafe - Wild about Wings
Advanced Blending
Products
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
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bake - January 2016 - Management - Co-Branding Clout
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bake - January 2016 - Labor Front - Monitoring Food Safety
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