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How to keep one business across several addresses.",{"primary":15,"secondary":16,"intent":21},"multi site roastery",[17,18,19,20],"roastery with cafes","second roastery location","coffee business expansion","roastery and cafe","informational","2026-10-09",6,{"figure":25,"kicker":26},"2 sites","Multi-site",[28,35,44],{"key":29,"slug":29,"category":7,"title":30,"excerpt":31,"readingMinutes":23,"updated":22,"cover":32},"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":33,"kicker":34},"Roaster 2","Scaling",{"key":36,"slug":36,"category":37,"title":38,"excerpt":39,"readingMinutes":40,"updated":22,"cover":41},"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":42,"kicker":43},"3 clocks","Stock",{"key":45,"slug":45,"category":46,"title":47,"excerpt":48,"readingMinutes":23,"updated":22,"cover":49},"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":50,"kicker":51},"Lot to cup","Traceability",[53,55,57,63,65,74,76],{"p":54},"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":56},"Cafes or shops supplied by the roastery",{"ul":58},[59,60,61,62],"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":64},"A second production site",{"checklist":66,"title":73},[67,68,69,70,71,72],"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":75},"One system of record",{"p":77},"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.",[79,82],{"q":80,"a":81},"Does each site need its own food business registration?","Yes. Register each premises with the local authority where it is located.",{"q":83,"a":84},"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.",[86,90,94],{"target":87,"label":88,"note":89},"page:green-coffee-inventory","Stock by location","Green and roasted stock across every site.",{"target":91,"label":92,"note":93},"page:roasting","Plans for each site","Production planned per site from one order book.",{"target":95,"label":96,"note":97},"page:factory","Profiles shared across machines","Every roaster logging into one history.",[99],{"name":100,"title":101,"url":102},"GOV.UK","Register a food 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