Kazeer Blog
Practical guides for cafe, restaurant, and warung owners: COGS per menu item, daily stock checks, kitchen orders, sales reports, and staff access.
- How to start a member and points program: cost the reward, then ask for consent
Cost the reward from your COGS, keep the rules easy to remember, sign members up with consent, then judge the results by total transactions and gross profit. - How to manage table reservations without empty tables or turned-away walk-ins
Write down your reservation rules, keep every reservation on one list, confirm the day before, and keep tables free for guests who walk in. - How to choose and compare suppliers for ingredients and packaging
Work out the cost per usable unit, test quality with trial orders, then keep all your suppliers on one sheet. - Table QR ordering: how to start without missing a bill
Guests scan a QR code at the table and order on their own. Here's what to prepare, and how to make sure every order still gets paid. - How to run a monthly stock count and find why your stock doesn't match
Count everything once a month, compare it with the expected stock, put a rupiah value on each difference, then trace the causes one by one. - When the drawer doesn't match: how to trace the difference without accusing anyone
Is the drawer short or over? Trace the usual causes while the cashier still remembers, log every shift, and read the pattern before you suspect anyone. - The NOT PAID receipt that went viral: how to make sure every payment is recorded
The viral NOT PAID receipt shows the difference between a temporary bill and a paid receipt. Here's how to make sure every cash payment gets recorded. - A soto chain recruits AI engineers: what it means for a small F&B business
A chain of soto warung posted jobs for AI engineers. The questions they want answered come up at small warung too, and the answers start with your POS records. - Google Business Profile: how to get found by customers nearby
Set up your free Google Maps profile properly: claim and verify it, get the name and hours right, add a menu and photos, handle reviews, check it monthly. - Meta Business Agent on WhatsApp Business: where it stands in Indonesia and how to set it up
An AI agent in WhatsApp Business can answer customers after you close. Check it's available, match prices to your POS, and test it before it goes live. - How to raise the average spend per transaction without pushing customers
Offer one add-on that fits or a bundle that makes sense, then judge the result by gross profit per transaction, not by sales alone. - Ask Maps now works in Indonesian: get your outlet's Google Business Profile right
Since August 2026, you can ask Google Maps questions in Indonesian. See what customers see, tidy up your profile, and reply to reviews the right way. - Bring customers back through WhatsApp, with their permission
Send menu news to regulars who said yes: how to ask permission, set up WhatsApp Business, write the message, and judge the results. - The GrabMerchant AI assistant: check menus, descriptions, and promos before they go live
The AI assistant in GrabMerchant can scan menus, write descriptions, and suggest promos. Here's what to check before any of it reaches your customers. - How to cash up at the end of the day: count the cash, match QRIS and card
Match the cash in the drawer with recorded payments every night: the starting float, how to count, recording differences, and a printable checklist. - How to set menu prices from your COGS
Work out a selling price from COGS with a target COGS percentage, see why markup and margin differ, then round it and check it against similar places. - How to use FIFO and FEFO so ingredients don't expire on the shelf
Use the oldest stock first: how to receive deliveries, date them with masking tape, set up shelves and the chiller, and check weekly for items near their date. - Staff attendance with a selfie: rules and how to start
Write attendance rules, explain to staff why the selfie and location are used, get through the first week, then match attendance against the shift schedule. - Slow-hour promotions: how to choose, cost, and judge them
Find your slowest hours from your sales records, pick a promotion that still leaves gross profit, then compare the results with the weeks before. - How to choose a POS device: phone, tablet, or computer
Choose a POS device from your counter and order flow: when a phone, tablet, or computer fits best, plus the receipt printer, power, and internet. - Gross profit vs net profit: the difference and how to work them out
A big gross profit doesn't always mean a profitable business. Work out net profit after rent, wages, and other costs, then find your break-even sales. - How to reduce ingredient waste in a cafe kitchen
Log what gets thrown out for two weeks, work out a month's cost, then cut it with written portions, prep to expected sales, and weekly stock checks. - How to train a new cashier in one week
A day-by-day plan for a new cashier's first week: menu, orders, kitchen statuses, payments, mistakes, and the cash-up, plus an end-of-week check. - Best sellers aren't always the most profitable: how to map your menu
Rate each item on how many sold and the gross profit per serving, sort it into one of four groups, then take a different step for each group. - How to build a shift schedule around your busy hours
Find your busy hours from sales records, decide how many people each period needs, overlap shifts around the rush, and see a sample week for a small cafe. - How to set up your POS before opening your first cafe
Menu and prices, payments, staff roles, opening stock, and a trial run, with a checklist for the week before, the day before, and opening day. - How to calculate COGS per menu item, with a Kopi Susu Aren example
Work out the COGS of one Kopi Susu Aren from what you pay for each ingredient, then see its share of the price and the gross profit per cup. - How to check ingredient stock daily so best sellers don't run out
A daily stock routine for owners and shift leads: which items to count, when to count them, and how to set a minimum from your own usage. - How to keep orders straight from cashier to kitchen
Lost slips, wrong tables, dishes made twice? Here is a one-record flow from cashier to kitchen, what each status means, and tips for the rush. - How to set staff access across several outlets
Who can do what, at which outlet. How to split the roles in Kazeer, handle new staff and departures, and run attendance with a selfie. - How to read your daily sales report each morning
Sales, transactions, average per transaction, top sellers, low stock, COGS, and tax: what each number means and what to do about it. - How to ask Kazeer AI about your business on the web or in WhatsApp
Four questions to start with, how to use answers about yesterday's sales and business advice, and which Kazeer plans include the Kazeer AI chatbot. - How to choose a Kazeer plan: Free, Standard Monthly, or Annual
All three Kazeer plans include the same roles and dynamic QRIS. The main difference is cost: a platform fee your customers pay, or a subscription you pay yourself.