After consulting with IT solutions company Absoft the decision was made to implement a PDA-to-PDA ordering system.

"We now use two PDAs, one to take orders, which instantaneously sends it to the second PDA in the coffee van," Schultz said.

"This significantly reduces down time and lets us sell on average an additional four coffees every 15 minutes. At A$3 (US$1.36) a coffee, this equates to an additional A$70,000 in sales over a one year period."

There has already been a positive response from Xpresso franchisees.

Out of the 44 franchisees, 12 are looking at taking it up and Shultz believes it is only a matter of time before the rest follow.