Operations 10 min read
How to Train Café Staff for a Mobile Ordering App Launch
The app is the easy part. Here's the operator runbook for getting your baristas ready before the first mobile order lands mid-rush.
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Square How-Tos 7 min read
How to Set Prep & Pickup Times on Square Online
The pickup time you quote is a promise. Here's how to set accurate prep times and order lead times on Square Online so orders arrive at a pace your café can actually hit.
Square How-Tos 7 min read
How to Let Customers Schedule Pickup Orders on Square
A practical, operator-grade walkthrough for letting guests book a pickup time on Square, plus the limits that keep your kitchen from drowning.
Guides 7 min read
How to Set Up Square Online Ordering for Pickup (Step by Step)
A no-fluff walkthrough of standing up commission-free pickup ordering on the Square Online site you probably already have.
Operations 7 min read
How to Cut Coffee Shop Morning Rush Wait Times
The morning rush decides your daily revenue. Here's how order-ahead, pickup timing, and station layout cut wait times without adding staff.
Marketing 6 min read
How to Drive Café Orders From Instagram
Likes don't pay rent. Here's how to convert Instagram attention into actual café orders — the bio link, the content mix, the Stories play, and how to know it's working.
Guides 7 min read
Square Kiosk vs Mobile Order-Ahead for Your Café
Square Kiosk and mobile order-ahead solve different problems. Here's what each costs, what each is good at, and why most cafés end up wanting both.
Guides 6 min read
Multi-Location Mobile Ordering on Square: A Setup Guide
A practical playbook for offering order-ahead across multiple café locations on Square — location-aware menus, pickup routing, reporting, and per-site cost.
Guides 6 min read
How to Reduce No-Shows on Café Pickup Orders
A practical guide to cutting no-shows and uncollected pickup orders at your café — prepayment, smart prep timing, ready-notifications, and how to handle the ones that still slip through.
Guides 7 min read
QR Code Ordering for Cafés: How It Works and What It Costs
QR ordering lets guests scan, order, and pay from their own phone. Here's how to set it up on Square, what it costs, and its honest limits.
Mobile Ordering 12 min read
How to Set Up Mobile Order-Ahead on Square for Your Café
A hands-on walkthrough of enabling order-ahead pickup on Square — every setting that matters, plus where a free Square site ends and a branded app begins.