Case Study: Zeffer Cider achieves accurate product costing and efficient inventory management with Unleashed Software

Zeffer Cider - Customer Case Study

Zeffer Cider began as a small farmhouse operation in Matakana, New Zealand and has grown into a dedicated production business selling to supermarkets, liquor stores and export markets in seven countries—despite a team of just five. As production involves on-site crushing and fermenting with third‑party bottling, multiple flavours and formats, seasonal fruit supply and over 300 customers, Zeffer needed better accounting and inventory controls to track stock costs and ensure profitable distribution.

Zeffer implemented Xero and Unleashed, using Unleashed for invoicing, stock management, forecasting, sales analysis and bills of materials for both ingredients and finished products. The production module lets them capture the true cost of each SKU (including outsourced items like bottles and labels), resulting in clearer profitability insight, simpler reporting and a user‑friendly, cost‑effective inventory solution.

Zeffer Cider

Greg Small

Finance and Operations Director