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How to keep one business across several addresses.",{"primary":23,"secondary":24,"intent":29},"multi site roastery",[25,26,27,28],"roastery with cafes","second roastery location","coffee business expansion","roastery and cafe","informational","2026-10-09",6,{"figure":33,"kicker":34},"2 sites","Multi-site",[36,43,52],{"key":37,"slug":37,"category":15,"title":38,"excerpt":39,"readingMinutes":31,"updated":30,"cover":40},"when-to-buy-a-second-roaster","When to buy a second roaster (and which size)","A second roaster can mean more capacity, a backup for breakdowns, or a small machine for single origins and samples. The signs it is time, and how to choose between a bigger machine and a second one.",{"figure":41,"kicker":42},"Roaster 2","Scaling",{"key":44,"slug":44,"category":45,"title":46,"excerpt":47,"readingMinutes":48,"updated":30,"cover":49},"roastery-stock-control","running","Stock control for green coffee, roasted coffee and packaging","A roastery holds three kinds of stock with three different clocks: green that ages over months, roasted coffee that ages over weeks, and packaging with long lead times. How to control each.",7,{"figure":50,"kicker":51},"3 clocks","Stock",{"key":53,"slug":53,"category":54,"title":55,"excerpt":56,"readingMinutes":31,"updated":30,"cover":57},"coffee-traceability","compliance","Traceability in a roastery: from green lot to customer","If a customer finds a stone in a bag, you need to know within hours which green lot it came from, which batches used it and who else received them. How to set that up.",{"figure":58,"kicker":59},"Lot to cup","Traceability",[61,63,65,71,73,82,84],{"p":62},"Roasteries grow into several sites in two common ways: opening cafes or shops supplied by the roastery, or adding a second production site. Each brings the same challenge: keeping stock, quality and records as one business rather than several that happen to share a name.",{"h2":64},"Cafes or shops supplied by the roastery",{"ul":66},[67,68,69,70],"Treat each site as a wholesale customer with its own standing orders, so roasting and stock stay planned","Record transfers of roasted coffee and green between sites; your stock and accounts depend on it","Each premises needs its own food business registration with its local authority","Cafes serving drinks are catering: standard-rated VAT on drinks, allergen information on site",{"h2":72},"A second production site",{"checklist":74,"title":81},[75,76,77,78,79,80],"Profiles and recipes shared and versioned, with machine-specific adjustments recorded","The same QC routine and reference batches at both sites","One green inventory with stock by location, and transfers recorded","Traceability across sites: lot references unique across the business","Maintenance schedules per machine","Clear ownership: who is responsible for quality at each site","Keeping two sites as one",{"h2":83},"One system of record",{"p":85},"The most common multi-site problem is two copies of the truth: separate spreadsheets for stock, separate order books, separate roast logs. Put locations inside one system, so a manager can see stock, plans and quality across all sites at once.",[87,90],{"q":88,"a":89},"Does each site need its own food business registration?","Yes. Register each premises with the local authority where it is located.",{"q":91,"a":92},"How do I keep coffee consistent across two roasting sites?","Share documented profiles, use the same QC routine and references, and cup production from both sites against each other regularly.",[94,98,102],{"target":95,"label":96,"note":97},"page:green-coffee-inventory","Stock by location","Green and roasted stock across every site.",{"target":99,"label":100,"note":101},"page:roasting","Plans for each site","Production planned per site from one order book.",{"target":103,"label":104,"note":105},"page:factory","Profiles shared across machines","Every roaster logging into one history.",[107],{"name":108,"title":109,"url":110},"GOV.UK","Register a food 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