Photograph your real drinks and have ChatGPT turn them into shop posters and menu boards when you can't afford a designer yet
Kanti Gouniyal, owner of Fruitea Boba Haus, an independently owned fresh juice, smoothie bowl and bubble tea shop on Richmond Street in downtown London, Ontario that opened about two months before the story, in CBC News
She photographs her own drinks and smoothie bowls, then instructs ChatGPT to enhance the images and turn them into posters. She also uses ChatGPT for menu designs and promotional videos, and uses Canva alongside it. The large posters outside the shop were made this way.
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ChatGPT, Canva AI (Magic Studio)
The problem
As a brand-new shop she couldn't afford professional marketing. She says creatives quoted her $500 to $1,000 for a package with product photography and poster design.
What happened
She says she has saved thousands of dollars and spends around $30 a month on ChatGPT and Canva together. A few people left negative Google reviews about the AI-made ads and some passers-by told CBC that AI ads put them off, but she says most customers understand a new small business needs to save money. A Western University marketing professor quoted in the story advises being transparent about AI use and not showing food you don't serve. Self-reported.
Quoted in the source: Kanti Gouniyal, owner, Fruitea Boba Haus, London, Ontario. Source: CBC News: Some small businesses in London are using AI ads. Are they a help or a hindrance? (Jessica Singer) (2026-11-09) · Added 2026-11-09.
How to set it up yourself
- Photograph each drink or dish you actually serve in daylight, on a clean counter, from the angle customers see it.
- Upload one photo to ChatGPT with the prompt below. Ask it to brighten and tidy the real photo, not invent a new drink, and to lay it out as a poster with your shop name and price.
- Put the result next to the real drink and check it matches: same colors, same toppings, same cup. Redo it if the AI added anything you don't sell.
- Fix the text and sizing in Canva, then print. Keep a real, unedited photo on your menu or social posts too, and watch your Google reviews for a few weeks after the posters go up.
Copy-paste prompt
This is a real photo of {DRINK OR DISH} from my shop. Enhance the lighting and colors so it looks fresh, but do not add, remove or change any ingredients, toppings, cup or garnish. Then lay it out as a portrait poster for my shop window with: the item name "{ITEM NAME}", the price {PRICE}, and my shop name "{SHOP NAME}" at the bottom. Keep the style clean and bright, not cartoonish. Leave space at the top for a short headline: "{HEADLINE}".We set up one AI automation in your tools, live within 48 hours of getting access, for $197. No call needed. Founding price for our first 10 customers (regular $297).
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Tools used
ChatGPT
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Canva AI (Magic Studio)
AI design tools inside Canva for social posts, flyers and menus.
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