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zymo-
a combining form meaning "ferment", "leaven", used in the formation of compound words.
zymology.
Origin: Greek
About Us
Zymo was created in 2018 by Mark Gensler whilst working with The Little Bread Pedlar in Bermondsey, London.
Mark was formerly a financial software consultant, later moving into web development and running LBP's bakery operations.
After a period of growth it became necessary to upgrade to something more robust than spreadsheets, paper notes and email services.
It needed to automate weekly/standing orders, customer invoicing, packing slips and manage delivery routes.
It had to be user-friendly enough for bakers to use intuitively, shouldn't require enterprise-level IT infrastructure/knowledge
and had to work well on laptops, tablets and phones.
Nothing could be found that fit the bill, so the next thing to do was: build it!
Since then a host of functionality has been added, including recipes & daily production sheets, nutritional information,
reporting and third-party integration APIs.
Now many more bakeries around the United Kingdom and beyond depend on Zymo for their
bakery management, 365 days a year.
Why Choose Zymo?
A straightforward, elegant, easy-to-use interface.
Access from anywhere on any computer, tablet and mobile device.
Built for bakeries by those working in the bakery industry.
A secure hosted website, with all data regularly backed up.
Ongoing updates and new features included.
Support available by phone, text and email.
Testimonials from Zymo Customers
A first Christmas with Zymo
Usually at this time of the year I am frantically trying to second guess what everyone wants from our bakery, from Wholesale customers, home delivery people, to the shop sales.
This year I am not having to do that because of you guys and the wonder of Zymo.
I just wanted to let you know that it is a really amazing tool, and that it is making our lives here so much easier and we love it sooo much.
Lucy Watson, Watson & Pratts
Zymo at the Angel
Zymo is fundamental to the operations of our busy wholesale and retail bakery and is a vital tool for storing and upscaling recipes directly in relation to live, incoming orders.
It offers a clear and reliable way to input wholesale customer standing and one-off orders, to keep up-to-date costings of products, and to accurately project ingredient usage for ordering.
Any problems are easily and quickly resolved through direct communication with its genius developer.
Polly Hunter, The Angel Bakery
Lynwood & Co. Cafés
Zymo has been pivotal in the growth of our business. It has transformed our ordering, manufacture, logistics and invoicing as a "one stop shop". In a world of growing artisan products, the recipe allows us to maintain a "consistent product".
We highly recommend Zymo as a transformational business tool.
Rob Broadbent, Director, Lynwood & Co.
Layla Bakery, Portobello Road
We're a London based bakery with a dozen wholesale customers and a couple of cafes.
We were manually using excel sheets to track all of our customer's orders and our production. It was error-prone and hard to find the information we needed!
Since switching to Zymo, now we can keep accurate, up to date records for our all wholesale account orders as well as production numbers measured in doughs and batches,
rather than sifting through endless individual numbers. It's reduced the amount of time spent on dealing with wholesale numbers significantly and reduced room for error
for our kitchen team. Everything is much more streamlined.
The onboarding process was very smooth, and with Mark's help we were set up quickly. I particularly like the costing element,
and the breakdown of recipes as well as the prompt notifications when a customer has updated their order through Zymo.
Tessa Faulkner, Layla Bakery
Monokeros Bakery, Athens
We’ve been using Zymo for a little over a year now, and I can honestly say it’s been one of the most impactful tools we’ve brought into the business.
We use Zymo daily for production planning, wholesale management, food cost calculations, ordering, and batch scaling.
It’s helped us cut down on mistakes significantly, and it’s made organizing each day’s production much faster and more reliable.
Just as importantly, when something goes wrong, it’s now much easier to trace the issue and understand what happened.
The batch sheets are a lifesaver. We used to spend a significant amount of time building and maintaining spreadsheets, and now it’s a breeze.
Ingredient projection is another feature I genuinely rely on — I can clearly see what we’ll need for the coming week and plan accordingly, instead of having
those stressful moments of “we’re out of this or that”.
I recommend Zymo to every baker I know who wants their business and production properly in order. It’s an amazing piece of software, and it keeps getting better.
I also really appreciate how quickly Mark responds whenever I have a question or something comes up, that support makes a big difference day to day.
George Hatziioannidis, Owner & Head Baker, Monokeros Bakery