Food and hospitality trades

Connectivity for bakeries

Pre-orders, wholesale accounts and a morning rush. Orders, payments and deliveries arrive over the internet. When it drops, the kitchen is busy and nobody can pay.

Internet, wireless and security for bakeries

Each of the three has to be right, and they are usually bought from different companies. We compare them together.

Internet

Online orders and wholesale invoicing rely on the shop connection.

Wireless

Delivery drivers and market stalls take orders and payments on mobile.

Security

Card payments need protection.

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The online order nobody saw

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

A customer ordered a cake online for Saturday. The shop's connection was down on Thursday night, the order never printed, and the customer arrived to nothing.

What a consultant changes

Telecom Agency makes sure orders are not lost to an outage: a backup connection and alerts when the line drops. Small as it is, the bakery gets a proper comparison of providers, and a person to call afterwards.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for bakeries

The advice
An advisor recommends a backup connection and outage alerts, so online and wholesale orders are never missed overnight.
The price
Providers at the shop's address are compared, including whether a better plan exists for a similar price. Delivery drivers' lines are reviewed too.
The service
If the line drops, you are told, and the advisor follows up with the provider.
  • No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
  • Every provider compared, none favoured
  • One contact for every carrier
  • Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among bakeries. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

  • Internet with automatic cellular backupService continues when the main line fails.
  • Guest Wi-Fi apart from the registersCustomers online without touching payment systems.
  • Online ordering and phones togetherCalls, orders and delivery apps that do not compete for bandwidth.
  • Protected payment networkCard systems isolated and monitored.

Providers that often fit

The shortlist depends on your addresses. Open a provider to check availability where you work.

The best connection available,at a price you can compare.

Tell us where you work and what you run. An advisor brings back internet, wireless and security options side by side, at no cost to you.

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