Demonstration, fictional bakery and cafe
The Oak Tree Bakery
A menu-led page: what is baked each day with prices, opening hours up front, how to pre-order, and directions.
Bakeries and cafés
Websites for bakeries and cafés
People search “bakery and cafe near me” when they are hungry and nearby, or when they need a cake by Saturday. The page must show what you sell and for how much, when you are open, and how to order ahead, with allergen information close to the menu.
Before they choose a bakery or café
Are you open now?
Opening hours, day by day, near the top. If you close early when you sell out, say so; it saves a wasted journey and a bad review.
What is on the menu?
“Bakery and cafe menu” is a common search. Put the menu on the page as text, not as a photograph of a board, so phones and search engines can read it, with prices.
Can I order a cake?
If you take celebration or wholesale orders, say how much notice you need, how to order and whether you ask for a deposit.
Can I eat here with my allergy?
Say how customers can find out about allergens in your food, and who to ask. People with allergies check before they come.
On a bakery or café’s page
Your food hygiene rating
Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency. Displaying the sticker is required in Wales and Northern Ireland and voluntary in England; a good rating is worth linking from your page anywhere. Food Standards Agency: food hygiene rating scheme.
How you give allergen information
Food businesses must give information about the 14 regulated allergens in the food they serve. Food prepacked for direct sale also needs a full ingredients label with allergens emphasised. Food Standards Agency: allergen guidance.
Registration with your council
A food business must register with its local council before it starts trading. You do not need to show a number, but a new business should have done it before its page goes live. GOV.UK: register a food business.
Oak Tree Bakery, a fictional bakery café, leads with opening hours and the day’s menu, with celebration cake ordering and allergen information below.
Showing your prices
Everyday prices (a loaf, a coffee, a slice of cake) belong on the page. For celebration cakes, a starting price by size is enough; exact prices depend on the design.
£49 upfront for a one-page website, and £20 a month for the care plan that comes with it (hosting, updates and support), with a 12-month minimum term, fixed in writing before we start. Pricing.
Extras that suit this trade
- Show your work with your own photos (£8 a month): a gallery of your cakes and bakes shows visitors what is on the counter before they come in.
- Posts ready to share every week (£10 a month): people check Instagram and Google before they visit, and a steady run of posts shows you are open and busy.
Bakeries and cafés: questions
What should a bakery website include?
Opening hours, the menu with prices as readable text, how to order cakes and how much notice you need, allergen information, where you are, and your food hygiene rating.
Should a café put its menu online as a photo?
No. A photograph of a menu board cannot be read by search engines or screen readers and is hard to read on a phone. Type it out.
What is the difference between a café and a bakery on a website?
Only what you lead with: a bakery leads with what you bake and ordering ahead, a café with the menu and seating. Many do both, and one page can say both.
How much does a website for bakeries and cafés cost?
Ours is £49 upfront for a one-page website, and £20 a month for the care plan that comes with it (hosting, updates and support), with a 12-month minimum term.
Ready when you are
Order the one-page website now, or tell us what you need and we will reply with a quote within one working day.