Why do cafés switch to a QR menu?
Café menus change all the time: a new cold brew for summer, a seasonal cake, a price rise on milk. Every change used to mean reprinting laminated menus for every table. A QR menu changes the moment you save, and today's specials sit in a strip at the top where everyone sees them first.
Photos sell drinks and desserts better than words, and with a QR menu they cost nothing to add. Customers also see veg marks, allergens like nuts or milk, and labels such as popular or new.
How does the coffee stamp card work?
A customer scans the table code, taps the stamp card and joins with their email in a few seconds. When they pay, your barista scans the card on their phone with the counter phone and adds a stamp. After 9 coffees the tenth is free, or whatever you choose: a free pastry at 5 stamps on the way is a nice touch.
Paper cards get lost in wallets and washing machines; this one stays on the phone, with a link in their email if they change phones. You also get a list of your regulars, with their permission, and a birthday treat goes out automatically.
What about Wi-Fi questions at the counter?
The Wi-Fi card shows the network and a copy button, so nobody asks the barista for the password ten times a day. If you like, ask for an email first: every guest who wants Wi-Fi joins your customer list.
A café set up in ten minutes
A typical café page looks like this:
- Menu with sections such as Coffee, Tea, Cold drinks, Cakes and All-day breakfast, with photos of the best sellers.
- Stamp card: 1 stamp per coffee, free coffee after 9.
- Wi-Fi card with the guest network.
- A Sudoku for people waiting on a slow order or working with a laptop.
- Private feedback box, then an invitation to review you on Google.
- A QR card on every table, numbered, so you can see which tables scan most.