Coffee shops
Built for the daypart-driven economics of coffee — fast morning-rush throughput, mobile-order pickup, and the loyalty play that turns first-time visitors into 20-visits-a-month regulars.
Engineered for the morning rush
Coffee shops live or die by the 7am–10am bar. Katalyst is tuned for the throughput demands of high-volume morning service where a slow POS costs you the line.
Drink builder with modifier shortcuts
Milk type, sweetener, temperature, syrup — modifier groups laid out so the bar can ring a customised latte in under three taps.
Mobile order ahead with smart pacing
Branded customer app sends orders straight to the bar. Pickup-time pacing prevents drinks from sitting on the counter going cold.
Bar display with order queue
Kitchen display tuned for coffee bar workflow — name, drink, modifiers in a single glance, with cycle-time tracking by drink.
Cross-sell at checkout
Upsell prompts for pastries, retail bags, and merch — average attach rate on cross-sell prompts in coffee runs 15–22%.
Loyalty is the business model
The economics of a coffee shop are built on regulars — a daily customer is worth 80–120× a one-time visit. Katalyst loyalty is built in, not bolted on.
Native points and free-drink rewards
Configurable points-per-dollar, configurable redemption thresholds — the loyalty engine that runs the regular's morning ritual.
Subscription and coffee club
Recurring billing for monthly bag subscriptions or unlimited-drink memberships. Stripe-quality recurring inside the POS.
Customer segmentation
Regulars vs new vs lapsed — automated emails or app pushes when a 4-visits-a-week customer hasn't been in for 10 days.
Branded mobile app
Your shop, on the customer's home screen. Order ahead, loyalty, payment, and brand presence in one app — none of the major competitors include this in the standard tier.
Built for coffee shops operators
A 30-minute walkthrough of Katalyst tuned to your concept.