The Crooked Carrot, based in Western Australia, is a leader in farm cafe and tourist destination. Guided by Sonia Castro’s creative vision, the café blends farm-fresh food with vintage charm, featuring a beautifully restored 1927 Melbourne tram. Set among rolling paddocks and gum trees, it’s a welcoming place to relax, explore, and enjoy good food, family-friendly spaces, and a touch of Myalup magic.
The Crooked Carrot, as a farm cafe and a hot tourist destination in Western Australia, faced challenges with their bookkeeping process:
Cost: Manual data entry and document handling significantly increased labour costs.
Speed: Invoices were often delayed in processing to their Xero account.
Finance transparency: there is a time lag between operations and financial report.
Solution: EzzyBills and Xero
It has been so long ago since the owners at the The Crooked Carrot has implemented EzzyBills and Xero integration.
Early adoption of AI data entry to Xero: They have seen EzzyBills bring real efficiency to their administration and accounting side of their business.
EzzyBills Workflow: The Crooked Carrot has been using the standard Xero Export workflow.
Implementation Journey
EzzyBills as an AI solution for bookkeeping automation has started from 2014 and just a few years after that, in 2017, The Crooked Carrot, has been using EzzyBills to bring their bills data into Xero without manual data entry.
Throughout this time, EzzyBills has acted as a tireless AI assistant, delivering efficiency to the bookkeeping side of their business.
With EzzyBills, The Crooked Carrot began as a simple roadside stop on the Castro family farm and has grown into a colourful, quirky destination for locals and travellers alike.
Key Features and Benefits
Process bills and expenses: EzzyBills automatically processes the bill files uploaded to EzzyBills.
Standard Xero Workflow: Line details are automatically extracted and exported to Xero, using default codes and matching with existing repeating bills if they exist.
Results
The integration of EzzyBills and Xero has transformed their bookkeeping admin:
Time Savings: save hours per week.
Financial Accuracy: Improved invoice processing accuracy and timelyness of financial reporting
It was a truly special moment when we — EzzyBills founders Li and Michael — visited Crooked Carrot during our trip along the beautiful coastal regions south of Perth in 2025. It’s always inspiring to see our customers thriving in their own unique and quirky way. Crooked Carrot is a wonderful place for families and anyone looking to relax, unwind, and enjoy a bit of magic. We loved seeing firsthand how vibrant and welcoming the space is, and it was a joy to witness their success in person.
– Li Fitzmaurice
Conclusion
The integration of EzzyBills with Xero enabled The Crooked Carrot to automate their bookkeeping data into Xero.
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