Accounting for cafés & coffee shops
Specialty coffee runs on tight margins and high volume. We track your cost of goods from roaster invoice to cup, reconcile your suppliers and give you a monthly report you'll actually read.
Café-specific issues we handle
- Roaster and bakery supplier reconciliations, line by line
- Inventory counts that never tie to purchases and sales
- High-volume small-ticket card fees eating margin quietly
- Seasonal footfall swings hiding the real trend
- Mall/community landlord sales reporting requirements
- Deciding whether that second location actually pays
Built for high-volume, small-ticket operations
Cafés generate thousands of small transactions; the risk isn't one big error but a slow leak. Our monthly close reconciles POS totals to card settlements and bank, tracks COGS against inventory movements, and benchmarks your key ratios against comparable UAE cafés.
Supplier reconciliations get special attention — roasteries, bakeries and dairy suppliers are where price creep and missed credit notes hide.
FAQs
What margins should a UAE café expect?
Healthy specialty cafés typically see COGS in the mid-20s to low-30s percent and keep staff cost near a quarter of sales — but rent varies hugely by location. We benchmark your numbers against your own trend and comparable operations.
Do you reconcile supplier statements?
Yes — supplier statement reconciliation is part of the monthly close. Missing credit notes and duplicate invoices are among the most common findings.
We sell retail beans and merchandise too — does that complicate VAT?
Not if the POS is set up correctly. All standard-rated sales carry 5% VAT; the key is keeping dine-in, takeaway and retail streams distinguishable for margin analysis.
Can you help us decide on a second location?
Yes — we build the projection from your actual unit economics, not template assumptions, and stress-test it against realistic rent and staffing scenarios.
Run the numbers with people who know your industry
Free consultation. Bring your latest P&L — or your shoebox of invoices. Both are fine.