Coopeo × Pennylane: the digital recipe for French bakeries

When the baguette is worth gold, every bill counts

The baguette in France has gone from €0.90 to over €1.30 in some cities in just a few years. The price of flour, butter, and electricity is skyrocketing, and yet... many bakers continue to manage their supplier purchases "by feel," with bills piling up and cash flow tight.

Result: we discover too late that the margins have evaporated.

What if, instead of suffering, you had a tool that transforms each supplier invoice into immediately usable data , connected to your accounting?

This is exactly what the Coopeo–Pennylane duo allows: real-time control of your costs and profitability.

The underestimated challenges of supplier purchasing

In a structured SME, purchasing costs often represent up to 40% of turnover. However, the management of these flows is rarely optimized: invoices lacking rigor, validation delays, pricing errors, etc.

All of this erodes margins and cash flow. It's becoming essential to analyze these supplier flows quickly, accurately, and reliably—without adding to daily workloads.

Coopeo: the Girondin from Lorient who controls your purchases

Born in January 2016 in the Grand Ouest , Coopeo is a 100% French solution, imagined by Cyrille Jegoux from his years working alongside restaurateurs.

Coopeo thus positions itself as a sector assistant for restaurateurs and bakers , offering efficient monitoring of raw materials , production costs and supplier invoices.

Designed for the food industry (restaurateurs, bakers, pastry chefs), it automates the detection of invoicing errors, the calculation of cost prices and the monitoring of margins, without re-entry .

With more than 2,000 users , it is now expanding to other sectors (construction, health, garages, etc.) while remaining faithful to its initial mission: to simplify purchasing management for non-technical managers.

By combining technology and consulting, Coopeo helps maximize purchasing profitability and transform processes into real performance levers.

Pennylane: the fluid and collaborative financial platform

For its part, Pennylane centralizes all financial flows: invoices, cash flow, payments, bank reconciliations, while promoting collaboration with the accountant.

It allows for real-time management, without re-entry, for informed decisions. This platform has become a pillar of the financial digitalization of French SMEs.

The Coopeo ↔ Pennylane integration: a magic shortcut

• Immediate management of supplier costs, avoiding surprises at the end of the month.

Supplier invoices added to Pennylane are automatically transferred to Coopeo, where they are analyzed (errors, costs, comparisons, etc.).

This allows you to analyze and anticipate margins and purchasing strategies, making supplier negotiations more reliable.

• Save time :

Synchronization is direct, without third-party connectors, and occurs daily—or manually on demand. No more re-entry, no more reports to create—just product alerts.

During installation, Coopeo even imports invoices issued since the beginning of the last month for immediate history.

Concrete examples

Stéphane, multi-site restaurateur

Stéphane manages two establishments in Paris, with a turnover of over €700,000 . Previously, his invoices were manually exported into Excel, leading to frequent errors and unclear cash flow.

Since connecting Pennylane to Coopeo , every supplier invoice is instantly visible in Coopeo: price, volume, detected anomalies. The result: control over raw material costs on a daily basis, controlled cash flow, margins generated... and evenings finally freed up.

Marc, a growing baker

Marc runs a local bakery and pastry shop that quickly surpassed €600,000 in annual turnover . Between managing raw materials (flour, yeast, butter), the proliferation of suppliers, and the regular price increases, Marc struggled to maintain a clear view of his costs and cash flow.

Previously, his supplier invoices were entered manually, sometimes with delays or errors. It was impossible to know for sure whether his margins were holding up against inflation.

Since connecting Pennylane to Coopeo , each invoice is automatically transmitted and analyzed.

Marc tracks the price changes of his raw materials in real time, immediately detects invoicing discrepancies, and anticipates his cash flow needs. The result: greater peace of mind, a better-protected margin, and precious time freed up to focus on... his bakery.

Conclusion: Strategic integration that transforms purchasing management

Coopeo + Pennylane is not just a technical integration: it's a strategic lever. For Blendy, it's a strong opportunity to offer our customers reliable, automated, and above all... stress-free purchasing management.

Less stress, more cash: the Coopeo–Pennylane duo can get you there.

At Blendy , we already support bakeries, restaurateurs and SMEs in this transition.

Contact us now to synchronize your supplier purchases with your accounting and manage your costs like never before.

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