How to automate the work of a small cafe?

Question

Automation

Hello.
Need advice on automating the work of a small cafe. I heard about "R-Keeper" programs and the like, but most of these programs are focused on the work of large cafes / restaurants.
What is required:
1. An order is made from a tablet (android);
2. Information about the order flies to the kitchen;
3. The cook receives information, prepares to eat;
4. Visitors eat, everyone is happy.
Important points:
1. A variant with a small cash register or printer is supposed (it will be in the kitchen, the order flies to it, it automatically prints out a piece of paper with the name). The option is not final, I will be glad to any ideas.
2. All orders must be collected in a report that can be viewed for analysis of income / expenses.
2. Graphic design does not really matter, the cafe employee will use the tablet.
The budget is small, a maximum of around 5,000 rubles per month (as I understand it, almost all such programs have a monthly fee).
Questions:
1. What is the best program to use for this kind of tasks (out of existing ones)?
2. What is the approximate cost of creating such a program? (If ordered from a freelance programmer.)

Answer 1

The requirements were about the same. We work in VLIS Presto ( https://sbis.ru/presto ).
From the mobile application, the order goes immediately to the kitchen, where a slider for the cook is printed on a thermal printer.
Reporting is powerful, we liked it. In any sections and for any period. We even see food delays! Graphically, by the way - also a very nice system.
We set up a turnkey system for us in 2 days (taking into account the installation of equipment), well, taking into account that the cafe was opened in Moscow. Provided free training. As promised, they did not leave 1 on 1 with the system, for which special thanks.
The price is 1,000 rubles a month, not 5,000. Therefore, you definitely fit in.
It is convenient that accounting for products, planning shift schedules, motivating staff and discounts for customers are all in one system and you do not have to pay anything extra.

Answer 2

I had experience with Microinvest. The order from the tablet comes immediately to the chef on the receipt printer. Convenient and economical. The whole setup took 4 hours. Together with the installation of equipment. The Bulgarian program and the support service take a little longer to respond, but with high quality.

Answer 3

Try Quick Resto , they have two weeks free access to the program. Technical support is 24/7 and they say they work quickly. For a cafe, it's perfect. At prices they have there, too, like norms, meet 5k, even stay for ice cream). The only thing is that they work on the iPad, but if the program rolls in, then you can open 3 thousand for Avito for 5-8. Good luck)

Answer 4

I also recommend Quick Resto , it is a convenient multifunctional system that meets all your requirements.
According to your important points: 1) there is a tablet and a receipt printer (fiscal registrar) at the checkout, there is also a receipt printer in the kitchen, all orders are instantly sent to the chef.
2) There are various types of reports - sales, employees, dishes, hours, etc. And the Pro tariff also has a report designer, i.e. You can make any reports yourself, depending on your needs. There is also a warehouse accounting, which is logical, all the ingredients from the sold dishes are instantly written off from the warehouse and all these movements are displayed for you.
3) The interface is intuitive, so that even a new employee can handle the system, the part of the manager (back office) is also quite simple. But, in any case, technical support will always help, prompt, answer questions.
In terms of cost, there are two tariffs - standard 2990r / month and Pro 4990r / month. What is their difference can be seen in the table .
Well, as they wrote above, they have free two weeks of use, so there will be time to decide whether this automation system suits your cafe or you need to look for something else.

Answer 5

Tillydroid will do , it costs 1500 r per month and works on any android tablet. All reports can be viewed directly from the tablet.

Answer 6

Get any ServiceDesk
If the functionality is important, not the interface, then you can adapt almost anything (GLPI, osTicket, etc.)
And in general, any system for monitoring the execution of tasks
In your case, everything is simple
The waiter is the client The
cook is the service department
If you want from a tablet, then here's to help you
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=service%20d...
PS
If you figure it out, you can even calculate the cost of the order :)

Answer 7

There is another good solution - Poster ( https://joinposter.com/)

Answer 8

There is an option without regular payment caffein-system.ru
if necessary, the developers are ready to finish what they need

Answer 9

Read how DODO pizza works .
Maybe get inspired.
I think that it is not difficult to find a specialist who will assemble the necessary system for the n-th amount per month and will support it for a long time. I have a couple of such projects.

Answer 10

You can even use google forms here.

Answer 11

You can read about https://evotor.ru/. It's a very hot topic right now.

Answer 12

I can advise you to look at Cafe Manager ( https://cafe-manager.ru ). Cheap, intuitive, and great for small establishments.

Answer 13

By the way, I can also advise you to pay attention to this software, it will even be useful for the enterprise, and just about your question.
https://tenzomir.com/katalog/dostupnye-programmnye...
I actually decided to use it by searching the Internet, thank God the program didn’t let me down, it generally brings weighing and printing labels and receipts to automatism, it seemed to me easy to work, I recommend in general to pay attention to who else can find something sensible.