Who is CafeKit designed for?

CafeKit is built for bakeries, cafes, pastry shops, and food production businesses that take orders through Square and need a better way to plan what to make each day. Whether you are a solo home baker, a retail bakery, or a commissary kitchen shipping to multiple locations — if you use Square, CafeKit is made for you.

Is my Square data secure with CafeKit?

Yes. CafeKit is a Square Marketplace app that connects to your Square account through Square's own secure sign-in process. You never share your Square password with CafeKit. CafeKit only has read-only access — it can see your orders and menu items, but cannot change, edit, or delete anything in Square. Your items, orders, prices, and settings always stay exactly as they are.

Does CafeKit work with Square Online orders?

Yes. CafeKit works with Square Online orders including pickup, delivery, and shipping. Walk-in same-day orders and preorders with future fulfillment dates are both included. If a customer places a preorder through your Square Online store for next Tuesday, it automatically appears on Tuesday's production list — no manual tracking required.

How current is the order data in CafeKit?

Your Square orders sync automatically each night so your production lists are ready every morning before prep starts. You can also refresh anytime — useful if a large preorder just came in or you want to check live sales counts during the day without waiting for the overnight run.

How much does CafeKit cost?

CafeKit is currently in early access with free access for early adopters. No contract, no commitment, no credit card required — just early access to try it with your Square account and help shape the product before it launches.

Does CafeKit work with multiple bakery locations?

Yes. If you run a commissary kitchen, CafeKit shows you what each store needs so you can pack orders accurately and forecast total production demand across your entire operation. Filter by a single location or view everything combined — your numbers match your real business.

How does CafeKit forecast how much to bake?

CafeKit uses your historical Square sales data to predict how much of each item you will need, broken down by day of week. It calculates the average and the typical range so you see what you normally sell on a Tuesday versus a Saturday, plus how much that can swing. You can exclude unusual days like holidays or closures so the forecast reflects normal business. A color-coded indicator shows which items are steady sellers and which are less predictable, so you know where to trust the average and where to build in extra.

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How CafeKit Works with Your Square Orders

CafeKit turns your Square orders into a simple, accurate production list. See same-day walk-in sales and upcoming preorder fulfillments side by side, without spreadsheets, manual tallying, or guesswork.

Connect Your

Link your Square account in one click. No passwords shared — Square handles the secure login.

Orders Sync Automatically

Stop manually counting orders. Your sales data is ready the moment they happen.

Pick a Fulfillment Date

See tomorrow's bake count or next month's trend. Plan at your pace.

Get Your Production List

Get your production list — exact counts per item, no spreadsheets.

Be first in line for smarter baking.

Data You Can Trust

Forecast What to Make Without the Black Box

Bakery demand forecasting works best when it's built on your own sales data, not industry averages. CafeKit calculates average daily demand for each menu item from your real Square order history, broken down by day of week, and shows you the typical range so you know what to expect. Unlike black-box tools, you can see exactly how every forecast number is built.

Built on Your Real Sales History

CafeKit uses your historical Square sales to calculate average daily demand for each item, broken down by day of week. You see exactly how many Croissants you typically sell on a Tuesday versus a Saturday, so you can plan your bake with confidence.

The forecast is straightforward: an average of what you've actually sold, plus the typical range so you know how much to expect. No black-box algorithm — just your real numbers, calculated and shown clearly.

As new sales come in, the forecast updates automatically so it always reflects your most recent trends. Everything is built from your actual sales — not industry averages and not guesswork.

Example: Croissants on Tuesdays

Average sold8 units

Typical range6 – 10

ConsistencySteady

Based on your real Square sales history.

See Every Day Behind the Forecast

Most forecasting tools give you a number and ask you to trust it. CafeKit shows you exactly how that number was built. Open the history for any item and you'll see every day of sales data that went into the forecast, with the exact quantities sold.

If a day was unusual — a holiday weekend, a weather event, or the shop was closed early — you can exclude it from the calculation with one click. Your forecast updates instantly, reflecting only normal business days.

This transparency matters because bakery demand is not perfectly smooth. You know your business better than any algorithm, and CafeKit gives you the controls to make the forecast match reality.

Outlier controls

Exclude holidays and closures
See exact units sold per day
Forecast recalculates instantly
Automatic spike detection

Know Which Items Are Predictable

Not every item sells the same way. Bread loaves? Steady every day. Specialty cakes? They swing week to week. CafeKit scores each item's consistency so you can see the difference at a glance and know where to trust the forecast.

A color-coded indicator shows you where to trust the forecast average and where to build in extra flexibility. Green means steady — you can prep with confidence. Amber means moderate swings — consider adding a buffer. Red means high volatility — this item needs more attention and flexibility in your prep.

This helps you avoid the two worst outcomes in bakery production: throwing away unsold product or running out before the day is over.

Volatility scoring

Steady — safe to prep the average

Moderate — consider adding a buffer

Volatile — needs flexibility in your prep

Filter by Location and Day of Week

Every bakery location sells differently. Your downtown cafe might sell twice as many pastries on weekday mornings, while your farmers market location spikes on Saturdays. CafeKit lets you filter your forecast by location and day of week so you see the numbers that actually match each store.

If you run a commissary kitchen, you can also view all locations combined to forecast total production demand. This gives you one number for how many of each item to make across your entire operation.

Your forecasts reflect your real business, not generic industry averages — because a Tuesday at your downtown shop is nothing like a Tuesday at your suburban location.

Filter combinations

Single location, all days
All locations, one day of week
All locations combined for commissary planning
Specific location + specific day

Our Story

Why I Built CafeKit

Zech Campbell Founder, Baker, and Engineer

I spent 5 years building software at Square, then launched my own cookie company in Portland. That's when I felt the pain: trying to figure out tomorrow's bake count from Square orders was a nightmare of spreadsheets and guesswork. I kept wishing there was an easier way to figure how many individual items I sold. I needed a simple 'what-to-make' list, with zero effort, every day. So I built CafeKit, the tool I wished existed to skip the spreadsheet nightmare and get that time back.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about CafeKit, the production planning tool for bakeries using Square POS.

CafeKit connects to your Square account and automatically generates a production list showing exactly what you need to make for any date. For future dates, you get exact preorder counts plus a forecast based on your sales history so you can plan ahead. During the day, pull in realtime data anytime to see exactly how many units you've sold at each location. No counting orders by hand.

Example:

If 3 preorders each include 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies and 1 Cinnamon Roll, your list will show:

Chocolate Chip Cookies - 6

Cinnamon Rolls - 3

This is your production list — sometimes called a batch list, prep list, or pick list depending on your kitchen.