Card machine for your bakery

Fast, reliable card payments for your bakery - keep the morning queue moving with competitive rates that work for everyday purchases.

Common challenges

  • Losing sales from cash-only customers who've stopped carrying it
  • Transaction fees eating into margins on small purchases
  • Need speed during the morning rush
  • Don't want flour-covered fingers on a touchscreen - need contactless
  • Current contract terms are too rigid

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Recommended solutions

PAX A800

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 5.7-inch touchscreen and Payment & POS functionality. Built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, along with thermal printing. Includes merchant branding on-screen, an intuitive over-the-phone payment flow, on-board POS features, and is configurable for full POS integration.

  • 5.7-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi & 4G
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Fast contactless transacting
  • Integrates with its provider's own POS only
  • Android POS and payments
Contract
negotiable

PAX A920

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 4.9-inch touchscreen, built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, and thermal printing. Its form-factor means it's ideal when payments need to be taken away from the counter. Easily handles over-the-phone payments, and is configurable for full POS integration with many third-party POS systems.

  • 4.9-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Can be integrated with multiple POS systems
  • Android payment-only terminal
Contract
negotiable

Why bakeries choose uno

A bakery’s busiest hours are concentrated - early morning and lunchtime. You need a card machine that handles the rush without slowing you down, and rates that don’t punish you for selling loaves and pastries, not luxury goods.

Built for the rush

Contactless payments are instant. No waiting for Chip & Pin when there’s a queue of people grabbing their morning bread.

Competitive rates for everyday prices

When your average sale is a few pounds, per-transaction fees matter. We find the provider with the best rates for your volume and average transaction size.

Simple and sturdy

Bakeries are working environments. We recommend terminals that are reliable, easy to clean, and simple for any member of staff to use.

What you get from uno

  • A card machine matched to your bakery’s trading pattern
  • Rates compared across multiple providers
  • On-site installation and walkthrough
  • Ongoing support when you need it

Common questions from bakery owners

Can a card machine keep up with a queue in a busy bakery?

Contactless payments process in a few seconds - faster than counting change on a loaf. During the Saturday morning rush, that speed keeps the queue moving. The terminals we supply handle high-frequency, low-value transactions without any slowdown.

Can I take card payment for large pre-orders like birthday cakes or Christmas orders?

Yes. You can process any amount through the terminal - there's no upper limit on card payments for a standard merchant account. For advance orders, you can take a deposit when the customer places the order and the balance on collection. Over-the-phone payments are also available for orders placed by phone.

I start baking at 4am and serve until mid-afternoon - will the terminal be reliable for that shift?

Any card machine uno would recommend for a bakery will comfortably last a full trading day with its 'all-day battery life'.

General questions about uno
Which card machine is right for my business?

The right card machine depends on how the business trades. A fine-dining restaurant in Covent Garden, a market trader at Glasgow's Barras and a pub beside Cardiff Arms Park take payments in completely different ways, and no single machine suits all three. uno starts by understanding how a business actually operates, and only then recommends - from a range of providers rather than from one.

Do all the card machines uno recommends take contactless?

Yes, every one of them. Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards are accepted as standard on every machine uno recommends; contactless is how most UK customers now pay, and every machine features it as standard.

Will I be able to take 'over-the-phone' payments?

For most merchants, yes - available on-screen along with contactless and Chip & Pin. The small minority of high-risk business-types that are not offered over-the-phone payments by default are the exception - for the vast majority, 'over-the-phone' payments will be offered as standard.

How can we process refunds?

From the card machine, in a few taps. Refund a sale on the same day and it is cancelled outright, with the money never leaving the customer's account; refund it after the provider's daily cut-off and the customer's bank typically takes 3-5 days to return it. Every machine uno recommends handles both, and the difference is only in how quickly the customer sees the money.

Is PCI compliance as much of a chore as it is with my current provider?

With several of the providers uno works with the merchant does nothing at all, because the provider handles PCI on their behalf; with the others it is a few minutes once a year. Nobody uno works with makes it complicated, and uno tells a merchant which they are getting before anything is signed.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are up and running within a few days. uno handles the installation and configuration, then walks the merchant and their staff through everything.

Ready to choose the right card machine?

We make the effort to understand how you operate, and only then recommend the solution that's right for your business - not the provider's.

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