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Pick a branch, add a few items and check out as a customer would.
Try the Millstone demo All workConcept project
Millstone: online ordering for a 3-branch bakery
Order ahead, pay online or at pickup, and standing orders for cafés, with a simple dashboard for each branch.
The demo runs in Stripe test mode. Use the test card 4242 4242 4242 4242 with any future expiry date and any CVC.
The problem
Phone orders take staff away from the counter
A busy bakery with three branches loses time, and sometimes orders, in small ways every day.
- Phone orders interrupt staff in the middle of service, and some calls go unanswered.
- Cafés and regulars order the same thing every week, by phone, every week.
- Sold-out items lead to awkward call-backs.
- Each branch runs its own day, with its own orders.
What we built
What customers and staff can do
Branch picker and live menu
Customers choose their nearest branch and see what’s available today. Sold-out items show as sold out, so nobody orders something that isn’t there.
Pay online or at pickup
Checkout lets customers pay by card online, or pay when they collect their order.
Guest checkout or an account
Customers can order as a guest, or create an account to keep their details and see their order history.
Standing orders for cafés and regulars
Set up a recurring order once, then skip a day, pause or end it when needed.
A simple dashboard for each branch
Staff see today’s orders for their branch, mark them ready, switch items to sold out and update product photos.
Intended benefits
Less time on the phone, fewer mix-ups
This is a concept project, so these are the benefits it was designed for, not measured results. We’ll show real results once a client shares them.
Fewer phone calls
Customers order online instead of ringing during the rush.
Fewer mistakes
Every order arrives written down, with the items, branch and pickup details.
Predictable wholesale
Standing orders from cafés arrive every week without a call.
Each branch, its own day
Staff only see the orders for their branch.
See it
Try it yourself
Run a bakery or café? Let’s talk about yours
Tell us how your business runs, and we’ll suggest what would help most and send a clear written quote.
For developers
Under the hood
Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Firebase, Stripe, Auth.js and Vercel.
- Payments sit behind one adapter, in Stripe test mode only.
- The daily job that creates standing orders is safe to run twice.
- Dates and times follow Melbourne time, including daylight saving.
- Public forms and sign-in are rate-limited.
- Scripts that touch live data do a dry run first.