How AI Helps Bakers
Bakeries take custom orders by phone and DM and cost recipes on scraps of paper. 12² builds order intake, approved answers and costing and production templates around the POS.
Bakery Orders & Costing Desk · From $1,500 + $249/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for bakeries: the short answer.
12² builds AI for bakers that takes on the routine work: taking custom-order requests for staff to confirm, answering menu questions from approved answers, costing recipes and drafting daily production lists. It runs inside the tools you already use. Bakers check every allergen statement.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Taking custom-order requests into a form for staff confirmation
Bakeries take custom orders by phone and DM and cost recipes on scraps of paper.
Hours, menu and allergen-policy questions
Questions and requests wait until someone has a free minute.
Computing recipe costs from supplier prices
Gaps and errors get caught late, when they cost more to fix.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Taking custom-order requests into a form for staff confirmationIt takes custom-order requests into a form for staff confirmation.
- Hours, menu and allergen-policy questionsIt answers hours, menu and allergen-policy questions from approved answers.
- Computing recipe costs from supplier pricesIt computes recipe costs from supplier prices for review.
- Daily production listsIt drafts daily production lists from orders.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsOrder intake, approved answers and costing and production templates around the POS.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to your POS on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $1,500 + $249/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small studio (1-4 staff, one location)From $1,500 + $249/mo. The core build for 1-4 staff, one location: order intake, approved answers and costing and production templates around the POS. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid-size (5-19 staff)From $3,500 + $450/mo. Everything in Small studio, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations.
- Enterprise: Enterprise / multi-location (20+ staff or several locations)From $6,500 + $650/mo, custom quote. Everything in Mid-size, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataAllergen statements checked by the baker; local food-safety and labeling rules apply (unverified detail).
- Not professional advice12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Can it promise allergen-free?
No. It only repeats the allergen policy you approve.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle hours, menu and allergen-policy questions now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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