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Software for bakeries and dessert shops in Abu Dhabi

Pre-order slots with lead times and cut-offs, special orders with deposits, recipes with yields and production runs, and best-before dates and allergens. From the oven to the till to the customer’s door.

  • STAK Bakery
  • Arabic and English
  • AED

STAK in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE. Here is what STAK uses for the United Arab Emirates.

Currency
UAE dirham (AED)
2 decimal places
VAT
5% standard rate
Federal Tax Authority (FTA)
Mandatory registration
375,000 AED
annual taxable supplies (reference, confirm with the authority)
Invoices
Show VAT and feed the VAT return
Language
Arabic first, then English
Staff screens in eight languages
Time zone
Asia/Dubai

The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates.

What your bakery gets

Sell

  • Barcode till, offline selling and cash control
  • Returns, exchanges, gift receipts and gift cards
  • Offers, coupons and multibuy
  • Pre-order slots, lead times and cut-offs
  • Your own ordering site with zones, slots and pickup, no commission
  • Your store on your own domain
  • Special orders and layaway with deposits
  • Your customers' own installable app: orders, card and bills

Kitchen

  • Recipes with yields and production runs
  • Lots, best-before dates and recall stop
  • Allergens from recipes
  • Nutrition labels from recipes
  • Stock, suppliers, purchasing and receiving
  • Reorder automation, supplier scorecards and markdowns
  • Delivery routes, a driver page and proof of delivery

Customers

  • Customer list and history
  • Loyalty points, stamps, tiers and referrals
  • Campaigns, segments and journeys on WhatsApp and email
  • Google reviews and replies

Team

  • Till, kitchen and staff-app logins free
  • Shifts, clock-in, leave and tip pools
  • Payroll with the bank file and payslips in eight languages
  • Staff SOS button with an incident log

Money

  • Card and local payments through your own payment account
  • Owner insights and reports
  • Books, VAT and bank matching
  • Profit per channel and a self-completing month-end close

Real STAK screens

Screenshots of the app itself for a demo business of this type, with sample data.

STAK screen: The till with items in the cart
The till with items in the cart
STAK screen: The catalogue and prices in Arabic and English
The catalogue and prices in Arabic and English
STAK screen: Invoices and payments with their status
Invoices and payments with their status

Start free, pay when you grow

We suggest starting with Retail point of sale free forever, and trying one more app free for 30 days (for example Inventory & Purchasing or Online Store). Cashiers, waiters, kitchen staff and drivers are free; you only pay for back-office users.

FreeKWD 0Any one app, forever
StandardKWD 5per back-office user a month, billed yearly (6.5 billed monthly)
CustomKWD 10per back-office user a month, billed yearly (12.5 billed monthly)

Prices are in Kuwaiti dinars; every detail is on the Pricing.

Questions people ask

What does STAK do for bakeries and dessert shops in Abu Dhabi?

It covers Barcode till, offline selling and cash control; Returns, exchanges, gift receipts and gift cards; Offers, coupons and multibuy; Pre-order slots, lead times and cut-offs; Your own ordering site with zones, slots and pickup, no commission and more, all built in and connected to the same customers, stock and books.

Is STAK free for a bakery?

Yes. Retail point of sale is free forever and you can try one more app free for 30 days. Paid plans count back-office users only: Standard is KWD 5 a user a month billed yearly (KWD 6.5 monthly) and Custom KWD 10 (KWD 12.5).

How does STAK handle VAT in Abu Dhabi?

The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates. STAK lists the mandatory registration threshold as 375,000 AED of annual taxable supplies (a reference only; confirm with the authority).

Does STAK support e-invoicing in the UAE?

STAK shows VAT at 5% on invoices and prepares the data for the VAT return. The UAE e-invoicing system (Peppol-based) is not built into STAK today, so check your requirements with your adviser.

Which currency does STAK use in Abu Dhabi?

UAE dirham (AED) with 2 decimal places. Every amount is stored as a whole number of the smallest unit, so an invoice and the books never differ by rounding.

Do I need a payment account in the United Arab Emirates?

You connect your own payment account and bank with a provider that serves the United Arab Emirates, so your money goes straight to you; STAK never holds it. The payment methods you can take depend on the provider you choose.

Does it work in Arabic?

Arabic comes first with proper right-to-left layout and English is one tap away. Staff screens run in eight languages, which helps a team of many nationalities in Abu Dhabi.

Start STAK Bakery free

Reserve your free workspace. Any one app is free forever, and you can try one more for 30 days.

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  • Try one more app free for 30 days