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title: How to set a minimum order for wholesale bakery customers
Metadescription: A bakery minimum order is a cash figure, not a loaf count. Where the minimum spend lives, what it blocks, and what happens to a standing order under it.
author: Dan Edwards
author_role: Founder
author_url: https://danedwardsdeveloper.com
author_linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-edwards-developer
published: 2026-08-26
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# How to set a minimum order for wholesale bakery customers

A bakery minimum is a cash figure, not a loaf count. Wholesale Handler holds one minimum spend on each [order profile](https://wholesalehandler.com/articles/how-order-profiles-work-on-wholesale-handler), measures it against the goods subtotal before delivery and tax, and keeps the Place order button disabled until the customer reaches it. Picking the number is covered in [set and enforce a minimum order value](https://wholesalehandler.com/articles/set-and-enforce-minimum-order-value-wholesale); this is what the setting does once it is in.

By **[Dan Edwards](https://wholesalehandler.com/about)**, Founder.

## The floor is money, not units

There is no minimum quantity and no case size in Wholesale Handler. The only floor is a subtotal, so the loaf count that clears it moves with trade prices. At $2.80 a loaf a $60 minimum is 22 loaves; after a price rise to $3.10 it is 20. The setting does not change, and the unit count is not stored anywhere.

## It sits on the order profile

In Wholesale Handler minimum spend is one field on an order profile, next to delivery days, the ordering cutoff and lead time. Each customer is assigned exactly one profile, so the minimum arrives with the rest of their ordering rules rather than being set account by account.

That is what makes two floors possible. Cafes taking a small drop three mornings a week and shops taking one larger delivery are two different shapes of account, and they can sit on two profiles with two figures. Profiles are capped at 20, and changing one moves every customer on it.

## What the customer sees

Under the order total Wholesale Handler shows a bar reading **$40.00 of $60.00 minimum**, filling as items go in. Below the figure, Place order is disabled. The order cannot be submitted and does not reach the bakery.

## The figure is copied onto each order

When an order is placed, Wholesale Handler stores the minimum that applied on the order itself. Raising the profile's figure later does not reach back into orders already taken, and an order placed under the old floor stays valid.

## A standing order under the floor is held, not placed

Wholesale Handler re-prices a standing order at the cutoff for each delivery, so a schedule set up above the minimum can fall under it later - a cafe trims its Tuesday count, or a line goes out of season and drops off. When the recomputed subtotal lands below, no order is created. The schedule flips to Needs attention carrying both figures, and the customer and the merchant are both emailed.

Each Wholesale Handler schedule also carries an allow-below-minimum setting. Turning it on lets that one cafe keep a permanent slot under the floor without lowering it for anyone else.

## Placing one yourself

The minimum applies to what customers submit, not to what the bakery enters. On the Wholesale Handler merchant order form it switches between **Enforce** and **Allow below** for that order alone. The customer's own ordering is unaffected.

## Q&A

**Q: Can I set a minimum number of loaves instead of a value?**
A: No. Wholesale Handler has one minimum, and it is a cash subtotal. There is no minimum quantity per product and no case size.

**Q: Does the minimum include delivery and tax?**
A: No. Wholesale Handler measures the minimum on the goods subtotal, before delivery and tax, so a delivery charge cannot carry an order over the line.

**Q: Can two bakery customers have different minimums?**
A: Yes, by putting them on different order profiles in Wholesale Handler. The minimum belongs to the profile, not to the customer, so accounts that share a floor share a profile.

**Q: What happens to a weekly standing order that falls below the minimum?**
A: Wholesale Handler creates no order for that delivery, and the schedule moves to Needs attention with both figures stated. It resumes once the quantities go back up, or straight away if allow-below-minimum is turned on for that schedule.