Back in 2014, Pete Toye bought a 1971 VW campervan. As an avid milkshake lover, Pete noticed that there was a gap in the market for a milkshake bar in Scotland.

After noting this gap in the market, Pete pitched his business idea of a VW campervan which would serve handicraft milkshakes in shopping centre. The prospect of having such a striking visual in the middle of their shopping centres created a great demand for Pete’s venture from centre owners. So along with his business partner, Pete set about opening the first Bibble Bar in one of the largest shopping centres in the UK – The Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow.   

However, one of the most crucial aspects of a small business is to remain organised. Especially when it comes to your workers, as overstaffing is costly, and understaffing leads to missed out revenue and disappointed customers.

This was when Pete turned to iZettle, a commerce solutions provider which offers small businesses tools ranging from card payments to a point-of-sale system. From day one, he used iZettle card readers and iZettle’s POS system in all of his vans, which along with their crisp design and easy-to-use interface, recorded every transaction digitally.

This precious data enabled Pete to prepare his rotas accordingly for busy periods and therefore maximise his revenue.  The data has also afforded Pete the opportunity to take a step back from serving customers and spend more time managing and consequently growing the business.

Commenting on the commerce solution provider, Pete Toye said: “I personally can’t stand paper, so I love using iZettle’s suite of tools. By having each transaction digitized into such a simple system has given me the opportunity to spend more time growing the business. Now we have opened in multiple locations in Scotland and are planning to expand into the rest of the UK very soon.”