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Bakery & Confectionery
POS Solutions.

From morning rush to custom wedding cakes, a SQL-backed point of sale built around how a bakery actually operates. Recipe costing, production scheduling, and expiry management in one system.

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Morning Batch, 05:30
IN PROGRESS
Sourdough Loaves ×24 R4.20/unit
Croissants ×60 R2.85/unit
Custom Cake Pre-Order ×1 R38.10/unit
Batch Cost R486.60
Margin
68.4%
Expiry
18:00
Orders
12
Built for Bakeries

Six Features That Run
Your Bakery.

Purpose-built modules that address the operational realities of production baking, from raw ingredient costs to the Saturday morning queue.

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Recipe & Ingredient Costing

Link every product to a bill-of-materials recipe with per-gram ingredient costing. When your flour or butter price changes, margins recalculate across every affected product automatically. Know your exact cost-per-unit on every loaf, pastry, and cake before the batch leaves the oven.

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Production Planning

Generate daily batch schedules from sales history and pre-order bookings. Each batch list shows quantities, scheduled start times, and an ingredient pull-list with exact gram amounts per recipe, ready before the first shift arrives, no manual calculation required.

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Sell-by-Date Management

Assign a shelf-life in hours or days to each product. The system flags items approaching expiry and triggers tiered discounts at configurable thresholds: for example, 20% off at 6 hours remaining, 40% off at 2 hours, recovering cost and cutting waste without a staff member watching the clock.

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Multi-Department

Run your counter retail, sit-down café, wholesale accounts, and online orders under a single SQL database. Stock levels, revenue, and loyalty points consolidate across all departments in real time. One system, one truth.

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Customer Pre-Orders

Capture deposits, record specifications, and attach delivery or collection dates for wedding cakes, corporate catering, and event orders. Pre-orders flow directly into the production schedule at the correct preparation window.

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Loyalty & Rewards

Retain your regulars with configurable punch-card programmes, birthday rewards, and volume-based discounts for wholesale buyers. All tracked at POS with no separate app or third-party subscription required.

Why TimeWorks

Built for the
morning rush.

25 years of South African bakery and retail experience is baked into every module. The system is designed around the reality that a bakery operates in two phases: production before opening and high-velocity counter sales at peak.

25+
Years in SA Retail
SQL
Backed Architecture
speed

Peak Rush Ready

Fast transaction processing handles the 7 am Saturday queue without slowdowns. Touch-screen item selection with bakery category layouts reduces transaction time per customer.

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Margin Control

The SQL database tracks every ingredient cost at the recipe level. You always know which products are profitable and which need repricing, before the margin erodes.

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Scales with You

Start with a single terminal at your counter. Add a wholesale department, a café, or a second branch as you grow, as the architecture supports the full journey from artisan shop to multi-branch franchise.

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Rental Options

No large capital outlay required. Rental packages include hardware, software, setup, and ongoing support, ideal for new bakeries managing cashflow through their first growth phase.

Common Questions

Bakery-specific questions about TimeWorks POS.

Yes. TimeWorks links each menu or product item to a bill-of-materials recipe. As ingredient purchase prices change, your cost-of-goods and margins update automatically, giving you real-time profitability data on every loaf, pastry, and cake you produce.
You assign a shelf-life (in hours or days) to each product. The system automatically flags items approaching expiry and can trigger configurable discount levels, for example, 25% off at 4 hours remaining, helping you minimise waste while recovering cost.
Yes. The pre-order module allows you to capture deposit payments, record full order specifications, and schedule production against a delivery or collection date. Staff receive automated reminders and the order appears on the daily production list when it enters the preparation window.
Yes. Our multi-department architecture lets you run counter retail, sit-down café service, wholesale accounts, and online orders under a single SQL database. Stock, sales reports, and customer loyalty points are consolidated across all departments in real time.
Get Started

Ready to Modernise
Your Bakery?

Talk to a TimeWorks specialist about your bakery's specific requirements. Rental and purchase options available with full setup, training, and ongoing support included.

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