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Counter Ops / Order & POS

The till is not the product. The queue is.

At a counter, every extra tap is paid for by the person standing eighth in line. Order entry here is designed backwards from that: the fewest possible interactions for the orders you actually take most often, and no submenu between a barista and a milk change.

It also measures itself. Time at the till and queue depth are recorded through the day, so a slow morning becomes something you can look at instead of something you felt.

Typical taps per drink
Two to three
Payment modes
Card, UPI, cash, split
Offline order entry
Supported
Printers
Receipt and label
At the counter

Designed around the four things counter staff do all morning.

  • Quick keys for the lines that carry the morning

    Your top sellers sit on the first screen, ordered by how often they are actually rung up rather than alphabetically. The arrangement is yours to set and it can differ per counter.

  • Modifiers that stay one tap away

    Milk swaps, sugar, shot counts, extra hot, takeaway cup. The variations a café repeats hundreds of times a week are surfaced next to the item, not filed behind a category.

  • Payment split without leaving the order

    Card, UPI, cash and part payments across two methods on one bill. Rounding and change are handled inline so nobody is doing arithmetic while four people wait.

  • Receipts, labels and held orders

    Print a receipt, print a cup or bag label for collection, or hold an order that is being made while the next customer is served. A held order keeps its place in the queue view.

  • Pre-orders and collection slots

    Standing orders and same-day collections appear on the counter timeline at the hour they are due, and draw down the same bake counts as walk-in sales.

  • Refunds and voids that leave a trail

    Every correction records who made it and against which order. Owners see a clean list rather than an unexplained gap in the day.

Queue / 08:42

Waiting at counter4 people
Avg. time at till38s
Longest wait now2m 10s
Recorded continuously so a slow rush is visible the same day.

Where the seconds go

  • Item selectionQuick keys, no category drill-down
  • ModifierAdjacent to the item, single tap
  • Regular matchOrder staged, staff confirm
  • PaymentOne screen, split allowed
Queue timing

Rush periods measured while they happen, not reconstructed later.

Queue depth and time at the till are timestamped through the day. That record is what staff scheduling and bake forecasting both read from, which is why it is captured at the till rather than estimated.

01

Depth sampled continuously

How many people are waiting, recorded across the trading day rather than at a few checkpoints.

02

Time at till per order

From first tap to payment complete, so a genuinely slow order type shows up as a pattern.

03

Peak windows identified

The half-hour bands that carry your rush, per weekday, per counter.

04

Fed into rosters and bakes

The same peak profile sets suggested cover and informs how early trays need to be ready.

Hardware

Keep the terminal and printer you already paid for.

A counter that already works does not need replacing to add software to it. Where your existing equipment is compatible, it stays.

Terminals

Runs in the browser on a counter tablet, touchscreen till or laptop. No dedicated device required.

Card and UPI

Works alongside your existing card terminal and UPI acceptance. Payment mode is recorded against the order.

Printers

Standard thermal receipt printers and label printers on the same network. Layouts are configurable per counter.

Second screen

An optional customer-facing display can mirror the order and show what is left in the case.

Questions

Order entry, answered plainly.

Can two counters run at once during the morning rush?
Yes. Multiple till sessions run against the same bake counts, so two people serving never sell the same last croissant twice. Each session is attributed to the member of staff signed in to it.
What happens to an order if the connection drops mid-rush?
Order entry and payment recording continue locally on the terminal and sync when connectivity returns. Bake counts reconcile on sync, and any conflict is surfaced rather than silently resolved.
Do you take a cut of payments?
No. Payment acceptance stays with your existing provider and CAPPATERY records the mode against the order. We are not in the payment flow.
Can the quick-key layout differ between our counters?
Yes. Layouts are per counter, which matters when one site leads on drinks and another leads on the bakery case.

Order & POS

Map your quick keys to the way your case is actually laid out.

Setup starts with your real menu and your real counter arrangement, so the first screen your staff see already matches what they reach for.

  • Top-selling lines placed on the first screen from day one
  • Modifiers configured to match how your baristas call orders
  • Existing card terminal and printers kept where compatible