Run your coffee shop without reinventing everything.
Recipes, training, SOPs, inventory, COGS, scheduling, and team tools in one operating system built specifically for independent coffee shops.
Built from real independent coffee shop experience — not generic restaurant software.
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Your shop shouldn't have to live in your head.
Most independent coffee shops don't start with an operating system. You build one piece by piece — recipes in a binder, training in someone's head, inventory in a spreadsheet, checklists on paper, SOPs in Google Drive, and questions flying through group texts.
Those tools work. They solve real problems with the resources you have. But as the team grows, they scatter — and you become the thing holding them together.
Daily Grind OS brings those systems into one place, so the shop doesn't depend on you remembering, explaining, checking, and fixing everything.
The same questions, every shift
Where's the recipe? How do we close? What's the price? Answers live in your head, so the questions keep coming back to you.
Standards drift between shifts
Training happens differently depending on who's working, so the same drink comes out differently depending on who makes it.
Everything depends on you
Counts, checklists, and coverage all run through the owner. That's a job, not a business that can grow or open a second location.
Six things that get easier the day you switch.
Training, recipes, SOPs, inventory, costs, scheduling, and reporting live together — so the shop runs the same way on the days you're not there.
Train your team
Give new hires a structured path instead of relying entirely on whoever happens to be working that shift.
- Onboarding
- Training paths
- Recipes
- Reference materials
- Staff profiles
- Certifications
Create consistency
Make it easier for every shift to follow the same standards, whether you're behind the bar or not.
- Searchable recipes
- Drink specs
- SOPs
- Opening & closing
- Cleaning procedures
- Photo verification
Control costs
Know what your products cost and where operational waste is happening — down to the ingredient.
- Ingredient-level costing
- Cost per build
- COGS tracking
- Suggested pricing
- Waste tracking
Control inventory
Know what you have, what you're using, and what needs attention before the Saturday rush.
- Inventory counts
- Par levels
- Reorder alerts
- Waste logs
- Mobile access
Manage labor
Plan and track labor without disconnecting scheduling from the rest of your operation.
- Scheduling
- Shift publishing
- Planned vs. actual labor
- Payroll-ready exports
See what's happening
Get real visibility into the shop without needing to personally work every shift.
- Weekly operational reports
- Sales tracking
- Inventory needs
- Waste trends
- Cross-shift visibility
- Multi-location reporting
The Free Coffee Shop Team Starter Kit
Everything you need to onboard, train, and run consistent shifts — the exact templates we use inside Daily Grind OS, free to download today.
- Employee Handbook Template
- New Hire Checklist
- First Day Training Checklist
- Opening Checklist
- Closing Checklist
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We'll email your Starter Kit right away.
Everything you can customize.
One flat price unlocks everything below. Configure each piece to match how your shop actually runs — no add-ons, no upsells.
Weekly Reports
Sales, labor %, waste, and shift performance — emailed, printed, or exported to PDF, CSV, or Excel.
Sales
Enter daily sales by location and see them roll into weekly summaries automatically.
Locations
Manage one shop or many. Every setting, report, and schedule is scoped per location.
Ingredients
Central ingredient list with unit costs that flow into every recipe and drink build.
Checklists
Opening, closing, cleaning, and shift-lead checklists your team completes on a phone.
Template Library
Operator-built checklist, recipe, and SOP templates you can drop into any location.
Recipes
Searchable recipe database with specs, photos, and live cost per build.
Staff
Staff profiles, certifications, training progress, and daily performance scores.
Team & Roles
Invite owners, managers, and baristas with role-based permissions.
Schedule
Build the weekly schedule, publish shifts, and compare planned vs. actual labor.
Equipment
Equipment log with temperature checks, maintenance schedules, and repair history.
COGS
Live cost of goods per drink, retail item, and batch — update one ingredient, everything recalculates.
Build a Drink
Design new drinks with real-time cost, margin, and suggested pricing.
Training
Structured training paths with the recipes, standards, and reference materials new hires need in one place.
Reports Export
Every report exportable to PDF, CSV, or Excel — or auto-emailed on a schedule.
Support Tickets
In-app support with status tracking (Open, In progress, Waiting, Resolved, Closed).
Help Center
Owner-managed articles, FAQs, and categories your staff can search anytime.
Everything included · one flat monthly price
What your team actually sees on shift.
Tap any screen for a closer look.
Built during the morning rush.
Daily Grind OS wasn't built in a sleek office in Palo Alto. It was built on the back of receipts at 5:00 AM while waiting for the espresso machine to heat up — for the reality of busy rushes, new hires, inventory surprises, call-outs, and everything else that lands on an owner's plate.
We created the SOPs we needed to survive. We built the inventory tracking that stopped our cash leaks. We wrote the training path that stopped every new hire from learning a different version of the job.
"The difference between a cafe that stresses you out and a cafe that makes you proud is a system you can trust."
No two shops operate the same — your OS shouldn't either.
Two tools your bar will actually open every shift.
Searchable Recipe Database
Every drink, every build, every dial-in — pulled up in seconds behind the bar. New baristas stop guessing. Your standards stop drifting.
Cost of Goods Tool
Know your real margin on every drink, every retail item, every batch. Update one ingredient — every recipe recalculates.
Everything for the daily grind.
Daily Checklists
Opening, closing, cleaning — done on a phone with photo verification.
Searchable Recipe Database
Every drink, build, and dial-in. Find any spec in seconds behind the bar.
Labor Optimizer
Schedule vs. sales tracking to hit your labor percentage targets.
Shift Lead OS
Lead checklists that actually get done, with end-of-shift reporting.
Training Paths
Structured onboarding with the recipes, standards, and reference materials new hires need in one place.
Cost of Goods Tool
Live COGS per drink, retail item, and batch — update one ingredient, every recipe recalculates.
Inventory & Counts
Count sheets, par levels, and waste logs your team will actually use.
Vendor Hub
All your suppliers, order pads, and lead times in one place.
Your POS runs transactions. Daily Grind OS runs operations.
Your POS has one critical job during service: help your team take orders and complete customer transactions. Daily Grind OS has a different job. It manages the systems behind the shop — recipes, training, SOPs, inventory, costs, schedules, and team operations.
Your POS
- Orders
- Payments
- Transactions
- Sales
Primary job: complete the sale.
Daily Grind OS
- Recipes
- Training
- SOPs
- Inventory
- Costs
- Scheduling
- Team systems
Primary job: run the operation.
Two different jobs. Intentionally separate.
That separation is intentional. Updating a recipe or training process shouldn't require touching the system ringing up the next customer. And when there's a line at the window, the last thing an owner needs is another tablet, printer, or customer-facing system to troubleshoot. Use the POS that works for your business. Daily Grind OS works alongside it — without becoming another dependency in the sale.
Bring your existing systems with you.
You've already built recipes, training, and SOPs that work for your shop. Daily Grind OS is built to fit around the work you've already done — not ask you to start over.
Bring in what you already use, organize it in one place, and pick up from there.
Start using Daily Grind OS with the resources you already have.
- Recipe spreadsheets
- SOP PDFs
- Employee handbooks
- Inventory spreadsheets
- Training materials
Built inside a real coffee shop.
Daily Grind OS was created from real-world coffee shop operations — training systems, SOPs, recipes, inventory processes, and staff workflows. Every part of it has been used on a real bar, on real shifts, with real teams.
Before Daily Grind OS, everything lived in different binders, notebooks, and text messages. Now our recipes, opening checklists, and training are all in one place. New employees know exactly where to find answers, and our managers spend far less time repeating themselves.
Training new baristas used to take weeks because everyone taught things a little differently. Daily Grind OS gave us one clear standard. New hires become confident faster, and every shift feels more consistent.
Having our recipes, SOPs, and daily checklists together has completely changed how we operate. Instead of hunting for information, our team can focus on serving customers. It keeps everyone on the same page.
Running a coffee shop is busy enough without answering the same questions every day. Daily Grind OS keeps our procedures organized so the team can find what they need on their own.
I spend less time explaining how to do things and more time coaching my team. Having everything documented has made training dramatically easier.
Consistency across locations was always difficult. Now every store follows the same recipes, standards, and checklists, which has made a noticeable difference in day-to-day operations.
Daily Grind OS feels like having an operations manual that's actually easy to use. Everything our team needs is available in one place, and that gives us confidence as we continue to grow.
Know exactly what needs attention each week.
Every Monday, your inbox gets a one-page operational summary — the same view you'd get from walking every location in person.
- Know exactly what inventory needs ordered
- Track operational consistency across shifts
- Monitor waste and sales trends week over week
- Keep remote oversight across every location
- Identify issues before they become expensive problems
Built behind the bar — not in a boardroom.
Daily Grind OS wasn't dreamed up by a software company trying to figure out coffee shops.
It grew out of the systems founder Karyl Fritsche built while operating Joe 2 Go, an independent coffee business in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Karyl opened Joe 2 Go in 2020 and built the operation from the ground up — from equipment and recipes to training and operating systems. She grew it from $0 to a six-figure business in under three years, expanded operations to include an offsite coffee trailer, and trained more than 150 employees before selling the business in 2026.
Along the way, she learned something every growing operator eventually discovers:
Working harder doesn't fix a broken system.
"I didn't build Daily Grind OS because I wanted to build software. I built it because I needed my coffee shop to run without me."
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Founded by Karyl Fritsche in 2020
Sold in 2026
- 2020Joe 2 Go Founded
- $0 → Six FiguresIn Under 3 Years
- 150+Employees Trained
- Brick-and-Mortar+ Offsite Coffee Trailer
- 2026Business Sold
Operator credentials from Karyl's time running Joe 2 Go — not Daily Grind OS customer metrics.
What happens after purchase?
Start with the systems you need and build from there. Here's exactly what to expect.
- 01
Complete secure checkout
Pay through Stripe. Your card details never touch our servers.
- 02
Create your account
Set up your owner login — no technical setup required.
- 03
Add your location & team
Name your café, invite managers and baristas, and assign roles.
- 04
Upload recipes & operational data
Drop in recipes, SOPs, vendors, and par levels — or start from our templates.
- 05
Run your shop from one dashboard
Daily score, checklists, inventory, training, and reporting — all in one place.
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Daily Grind OS doesn't replace your POS. If you're looking for software to take customer orders, process payments, print receipts, or run the transaction at the register or drive-thru window, you'll still need a POS system. Daily Grind OS works alongside it — managing the recipes, training, SOPs, inventory, costs, scheduling, and team systems behind the sale.