Byron Bay bakery uses software to help manage operations

Byron Bay-based company The Bread Social has installed Cybake bakery software to manage its business operations.

The Bread Social was established by bakers Tom Scott, Sam Saulwick and Paul Giddings, who set up shop on The Farm, an 84-acre community project and collection of businesses in Byron Bay, New South Wales.

Cybake is a bakery management software system used by retail and wholesale bakers to cut admin, improve efficiency and increase sales, managing everything from orders to invoicing, recipes, production, shop management, waste control, deliveries and more. The cloud-based system is available in Australia, the UK and US.

According to Giddings, Cybake has saved time for the company, especially in its wholesale operation, which allows front-end online ordering.

“Then, from there, we use it for production reporting. This tells the mixer operators how much they need to be mixing for each dough, which is then translated into each product,” he said.

Josalyn Price, Cybake Australia Business Development Manager, said the company has added 12 bakery businesses in Australia since its launch in February 2022 and expects more to be added following interest at the Baking Trade Show.

“Cybake has allowed us the opportunity to centralise our office and have a more dedicated team that can solve issues on the run rather than detract from the bakery manager’s job of trying to keep production flowing and keep the jobs happening,” Giddings said.

Image caption: From left to right, The Bread Social founders Tom Scott, Sam Saulwick and Paul Giddings.