Fresh produce

A fruit and vegetable shop runs as a shop in Kila with the Food safety and Weighed goods rules, a home page that counts the kilos sold and the waste, and a set-up list that starts with the scales.

A fresh produce shop sells fruit and vegetables, mostly by the kilo, and throws away what spoils. Kila runs it as a shop with the rules for food and for selling by weight.

What is special

Selling by weight. The till weighs, takes the container off and prices by the kilo, or sells by amount: see Selling by weight and Change quantities and sell by weight.
Food safety. Batches with their dates, waste written off with its reason, the cold room log and the certificates: see Food safety.
Its home page adds Sold today in kg, and waste and Cold room readings today, and its set-up list adds Scales, PLU codes and products sold by weight, with no step for the scanner, receipt printer and drawer.

There is no demo fresh produce shop yet. Soko Fresh Mini-Mart sells its fruit and vegetables by the kilo, and Nyama Bora Butchery keeps the cold room log and writes off its waste.

How Kila sets it up

The main screen is Till (scan and sell).

Rules it follows:

Food safety: Expiry, waste, temperature and hygiene checks
Weighed goods: Sell by weight from a scale or price-embedded barcodes

Its words:

Kila's standard words: customer, product, sale, receipt and branch.

Its set-up steps

Business details and KRA PIN
First branch, opening hours and till
Products with prices and VAT
Scales, PLU codes and products sold by weight
Opening stock
Suppliers
Reorder levels
Staff and roles
M-Pesa till or paybill
KRA eTIMS and item codes
Returns policy and till rules
First sale

Its home page

Sales today against the same day last week
Tills open and their takings
Sold today in kg, and waste
Cold room readings today
Top sellers today
Low or out of stock
Gross margin and Margin watch
Payments waiting for confirmation
Approvals and reviews waiting
Products without a KRA item code
Licences, permits and returns due
Services due and reminders

Roles it starts with

Till supervisor: Runs the tills on the floor: reviews shifts and counts, approves discounts and voids within limits. No prices, settings or purchasing.
Merchandiser: Keeps products, prices and shelf labels up to date; suggests prices below the minimum margin. No money or tills.

Where to go next

Shops: everything a shop does in Kila, from the till to the reports.
Selling by weight and Food safety: the rules a fresh produce shop follows.