Clever Cafe

Tim talking more around what to expect as we launch CCTV and Talking Shop in the next few weeks. Tim will be interviewing a couple of members, and the wider team will be interviewing a national cafe industry audience with big names and everyday people, just like the rest of us.

CCTV is a live-style video feature addition to Clever Cafe and is just getting off the ground across Australia. We maintain the approach that the cafe community needs everyday access, and so the everyday nature, unscripted and lightly edited format of this addition to Clever Cafe is something we are really looking forward to rolling out.

Who knows, we may even ask you to come on and hand you the mic!

There's something cafe coaches and old school hospitality advisors don't want you to know: your menu, your numbers, your team, your customers, and your data are already there, ready to be acted on. Twelve weeks of coaching calls or an annual retainer won't give you what you need today and that's the next best step forward.

For operators who are done waiting. Start free on LITE at clevercafecompany.com.au.

Pull up a chair — we're about to start talking shop 🎙️🎥

Talking Shop is a new Clever Cafe series — honest conversations with the people who build cafes. Founders, operators, suppliers and the trades behind them, sharing what it takes to start one and keep it running.

Practical ideas and hard-won experience from people who've done it — the lessons you learn by opening the doors.

From across Australia, for anyone in the game here — whether you're planning your first cafe, finding your feet in the early months, or years deep and still learning.

Episodes coming with the launch of CCTV.

Tag someone opening or running a cafe who should pull up a chair.

👉 Start with the modelling first. Build the menu second.

Your menu should be driven by your numbers, not the other way around. The financial modelling and the menu are directly connected.

Get the modelling wrong, and the menu will never make sense from a financial perspective.

Get the modelling right, and everything becomes easier.

We have 200+ proven, super-tasty dishes you can work with, from simple toasties through to plated signature dishes. Once your modelling is sorted, we'll help you build a menu that actually works.

And when you're ready, we can connect everything to Square POS in under a minute.

Simple. Profitable. Scalable. 🚀

One platform, built for Australian cafes founders and operators — and nothing else.