Getting started6 min read
Do I need a license to sell cakes from home?
How to find the real answer for your own address, in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and the five questions that decide what you are allowed to sell and where.
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Pricing8 min read
Cake pricing calculator: the formula and the numbers to put in it
The one division a cake pricing calculator performs, the five inputs it needs, how to get a defensible number for each and a full worked example from ingredients to final price.
Inventory8 min read
Bakery inventory: tracking ingredient stock without counting flour every night
Why bakery stock behaves differently from retail stock, the two-unit trap that wrecks the arithmetic, how to set a par level from your own usage and the short weekly count that people actually do.
Getting started7 min read
Getting off spreadsheets without losing a year of history
What a CSV import into ibakepro involves, what it will not take and what to do before you start.
Getting started8 min read
What to look for in bakery software
The questions worth asking any bakery system before you commit, from event dates and deposits to what happens to your allergen labels when a supplier reformulates.