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Real numbers and working playbooks for UK restaurant owners building their own ordering app. Hand-written, no fluff.
Restaurant Delivery Without Your Own Drivers: UK Courier Options and Costs (2026)
How UK restaurants and takeaways deliver orders from their own website or app without employing drivers: the on-demand courier networks, what each publishes on price, what an own driver costs in 2026, and when each option wins. Checked 28 October 2026.
How to Replace the GloriaFood Button on WordPress, Wix and Squarespace
Where the GloriaFood plugin, widget and smart links sit on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and Facebook, how to take each one out, and how to put your new ordering button in the same places, plus QR codes, Google and Instagram.
25 Questions to Ask an Online Ordering Provider Before You Sign (UK Checklist)
A due-diligence checklist for restaurants and takeaways: 25 questions on cost, contract and notice, data, app ownership, busy-night reliability, support, refunds, printers, delivery, integrations and leaving, with what a good answer looks like and Aexir's own published answers.
App or Ordering Website First? A Decision Guide for Takeaways
Start with an ordering website if you are mostly winning new customers, with an app if you already have regulars who order every week or two, and run both once you have plenty of each. How to tell which shop you are, with published prices checked 28 October 2026.
Online Ordering System Cost UK 2026: First-Year Prices, Vendor by Vendor
What an online ordering system costs a UK restaurant in its first year, worked out the same way for every vendor that publishes enough: monthly price × 12 plus published setup, for a website plan and an app plan, with the vendors that publish too little listed separately.
Online Ordering for Food Trucks and Market Stalls: Pre-Orders, QR Codes and Prices (UK, 2026)
How a food truck or market stall takes pre-orders for collection: moving pitches and schedules, order-ahead windows, QR codes on the truck, card payments online and at the hatch, and the prices UK providers publish. Checked 28 October 2026.
Online Ordering for a Small Restaurant: What You Need, What to Skip and a Two-Week Launch Plan
What a small independent restaurant or takeaway actually needs to take online orders, what it can skip, the cheapest sensible setups at published prices, a two-week launch plan and the mistakes that cost small shops orders.
Leaving Just Eat: What Happens to Your Customers, and How to Keep Them
What the Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats partner terms say about notice periods and customer data, what a restaurant keeps and loses when it leaves, and an eight-week plan for moving regulars to your own channel while both run.
Is FoodAmigos the Official GloriaFood Replacement? What Oracle and FoodAmigos Actually Say
No. Oracle names FoodAmigos on the GloriaFood homepage, but says it offers no direct replacement and that it cannot recommend providers. What FoodAmigos costs, what it includes and who it suits, from its own pages, checked 28 October 2026.
How to Add Your Own Order Online Button to Google Business Profile
A step-by-step guide, built from Google's own help pages, to putting your restaurant's ordering link on Google Search and Maps, making it the preferred option and removing marketplace links you never added.
GloriaFood Shutdown Date: 31 March or 30 April 2027? The Dates, Explained
Oracle’s own pages give two closing dates for GloriaFood. Which one counts, when paid add-ons really stop, how long you can retrieve your data, and what to do each month until the end.
GDPR for Takeaways: Customer Data, Marketing and Your Own Ordering App (UK)
UK GDPR and PECR in plain English for a takeaway with its own app or ordering website: who is the controller, what needs consent, the ICO’s soft opt-in for texts and emails, promotional push, retention, your privacy notice and what to ask your ordering provider.
How to Export Your Customer List and Menu from GloriaFood
GloriaFood documents two exports: customer and order lists from Reports, List View, and the Fetch Menu API for your menu in JSON or XML. Photos have no documented export. Here are the steps, what Oracle’s 30-day data window means and the GDPR basics for moving a customer list.
Card Payment Fees for UK Takeaways Compared: Stripe, Square, SumUp, Dojo, Zettle and Worldpay (2026)
The UK card rates Stripe, Square, SumUp, PayPal Point of Sale (formerly Zettle) and Worldpay publish, what Dojo’s fee schedule leaves out, what each costs on a £20 and a £25 takeaway order, at the counter and online, and where Aexir’s 2.5% + 30p sits. Checked 28 October 2026.
Apple Pay and Google Pay for Takeaway Ordering: What You Need on Your Website and App
What a takeaway needs to accept Apple Pay and Google Pay on its own ordering website and app, what each wallet costs, and the rules that trip restaurants up, built from Apple, Google, Stripe and Square documentation.
Allergen Information for Online Ordering: The UK Rules for Takeaways (2026)
What the Food Standards Agency requires when food is sold online or by phone: allergen information before the order is completed and again at delivery, the 14 allergens, where Natasha's Law does and does not apply, and how to set it up in an ordering app or website. FSA guidance checked 28 October 2026.
How Much Commission Does Uber Eats Take From Restaurants in the UK? (2026)
Uber Eats publishes its UK rates: 30% when Uber delivers (33% on Uber One member orders), 13% when you deliver or the customer collects, all plus VAT, and a £650 activation fee. Here is the full fee stack, item by item.
Just Eat vs Deliveroo vs Uber Eats: Fees for Restaurants Compared (2026)
The three big UK delivery apps charge restaurants very differently, and only two of them publish a rate. Every fee side by side from the vendors’ own pages, checked 26 October 2026, with a worked example at £2,000 a week.
Restaurant Website With Online Ordering: Builder vs Done-for-You (UK, 2026)
Build your restaurant website with ordering on Wix or Shopify, or have a provider build and run it? Time, cost shape, payments, apps and maintenance compared for a UK takeaway, with the Wix and Shopify figures from our 20 October 2026 check.
How to Choose an Online Ordering System for Your Takeaway (UK Checklist, 2026)
A 12-point checklist for picking an online ordering system for a UK takeaway: own-brand apps vs marketplace listings, who owns the customer data, payment fees, delivery, the till, contract terms and published pricing, with a table of the three models.
Takeaway Website: What It Should Cost and What to Put on It (UK, 2026)
What a UK takeaway website should cost in 2026, the five things it must do (menu, ordering, payment, delivery or collection, hours) and the hidden costs: card fees, domain, hosting and upkeep. Builder and provider prices checked 26 October 2026.
White Label Restaurant App UK: Prices Compared (2026)
What a white label restaurant app is, which UK providers put a native iOS and Android app under your name, and what each one publishes for monthly price, setup fee, app inclusion and contract term. Every figure from the vendor’s own site, checked 26 October 2026.
Companies That Provide Your Own Online Ordering System in the UK (2026 List)
The companies that sell UK restaurants and takeaways their own online ordering system, grouped into white-label app providers, ordering-website providers, POS companies and aggregator middleware, with the monthly price each one publishes. Checked 26 October 2026.
Online Ordering Website for Restaurants in the UK: Wix vs Shopify vs a White-Label App
Wix, Shopify or a white-label restaurant app for your ordering website? A fair, dated UK comparison: published plan prices, card rates worked on a £25 order, and what a takeaway loses on a generic builder.
Switching From GloriaFood? Your First Three Months Are Free
GloriaFood closes on 30 April 2027. Move your restaurant to Aexir before then, from any country, and your first three months are free, then the published price for your plan, on the terms set out on the offer page.
Just Eat Alternative UK: The Real Options for Restaurants in 2026
Every realistic Just Eat alternative for a UK takeaway in 2026: the rival marketplaces, the flat-fee platforms and a direct ordering channel of your own, compared honestly.
How Much Commission Does Deliveroo Take? UK Rates Explained
Deliveroo publishes no UK rate card, but full service is widely reported at 25% to 35% of each order, self-delivery in the mid teens. Here is the whole fee stack, item by item.
OrderYOYO Alternatives for UK Takeaways: The One We Would Pick
OrderYOYO offers UK takeaways a branded ordering site with no upfront charges, but its commission rates are not published. We explain how the model really works and make the case for a flat fee instead.
Best Restaurant Ordering App Providers UK (2026): White-Label Apps Compared
Seven white-label ordering providers UK restaurants shortlist, in order of the lowest published monthly price for a plan with a branded native app, with every figure taken from the provider’s own pages and dated.
How Much Commission Does Just Eat Take? UK Rates Explained
Just Eat charges UK restaurants around 14% plus VAT on orders you deliver yourself, and materially more when its couriers deliver. Here is the full fee stack, item by item.
How to Leave GloriaFood Before the Shutdown: The Full Migration Checklist
GloriaFood closes on 30 April 2027 and only the customer list has a documented export. The step-by-step checklist for saving your menu, photos and customers, then switching without losing orders.
GloriaFood Is Shutting Down: What UK Restaurants Should Do Now
Oracle is retiring GloriaFood on 30 April 2027, and its FAQ gives you 30 days to retrieve your data after your services end. What UK restaurants and takeaways on the platform need to do, in order.
How Takeaways Win Student Customers This Freshers Season
Freshers season hands UK takeaways thousands of new customers with no habits yet. The plays that turn week-one orders into three years of custom.
Fish and Chip Shop App: UK Owner Guide 2026
Why click and collect fits chippies better than any other takeaway format, what the Friday queue really costs, and how a branded app changes the numbers for a UK fish and chip shop.
Takeaway Marketing Ideas UK: 15 That Work in 2026
Fifteen takeaway marketing ideas ranked by cost and effort, from free Google Business Profile fixes to owning your ordering channel. UK numbers, UK rules, no fluff.
How to Pay Less Commission to Uber Eats and Just Eat
Practical ways UK takeaways cut their delivery app commission bill: plan switches, hidden fees to remove, and moving regulars to a channel you own.
WhatsApp Ordering for Restaurants: Pros and Cons
WhatsApp ordering is everywhere in UK takeaways. It is also chaotic, costly, and missing payment integration. Here is when it makes sense and when an app does the job better.
Curry House Ordering App: 2026 UK Guide
A guide for UK curry houses on whether to run their own ordering app in 2026, what it costs, how to roll it out without dropping orders, and why family-run restaurants gain the most.
Kebab Shop Ordering App: The 2026 UK Guide
Late-night crowd, loyal regulars, tiny margins. Here is exactly how UK kebab shops should think about ordering apps in 2026, and why the maths is unusually good for this category.
Just Eat vs Your Own App: 2026 UK Comparison
Just Eat publishes 14% plus VAT where you deliver, but your own app still pays for itself from about five orders a week. Here is the full side-by-side.
Deliveroo Alternative UK: What Your Own App Costs Instead
Deliveroo publishes no UK rate card; restaurants widely report 25% to 35% on full-service orders. Here is the per-order maths at those reported rates, why restaurants stay, and what your own branded app costs at published prices.
Multi-Location Restaurant Ordering in One App
How UK restaurant groups with 3 or more locations run a single branded app across every site, with location-aware menus, per-site pricing, group reporting, and the operational mistakes to avoid.
Restaurant POS System UK: A 2026 Buyer's Guide for Independents
Every restaurant POS system available to UK independents in 2026, what each one actually costs, where the hidden fees sit, and which builds make sense for which type of restaurant.
Café Loyalty Programme: A UK Owner's Playbook for 2026
A practical playbook for UK independent cafés running a real loyalty programme: the stamp count that actually works for coffee, why digital beats paper cards, and the daily flow that keeps regulars regular.
Pizzeria Ordering App UK: Win Back Margin (2026)
A focused guide for UK pizzeria owners building their own ordering app: real-world margin maths, menu structure for pizza specifically, and the day-to-day operations that change after launch.
How to Set Up Online Ordering for a Restaurant: a 30-Day Plan
A practical 30-day plan to launch online ordering for a UK restaurant: platform choice, menu prep, App Store submission, staff training, and the day-one marketing tactics that move adoption.
Restaurant Loyalty Ideas That Work (UK 2026)
The four loyalty mechanics that consistently drive repeat orders in UK restaurants, with the specific stamp tiers, points rates, and reward structures that get used.
QR Code Ordering for UK Restaurants: How It Works and What It Costs
How QR table ordering actually works, why it can lift average spend and how to measure it, the common mistakes UK restaurants make, and how to roll it out without alienating your staff.
Restaurant App Cost UK (2026 Pricing Guide)
A transparent breakdown of UK restaurant app costs in 2026, from £30k custom builds to £30/month white-label platforms, with real ROI maths for independent operators.
Uber Eats Alternative UK: The Real Cost of 30%
Exactly how much Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Just Eat cost a typical UK restaurant per year, and what changes when you switch to your own ordering app. With real numbers, not slogans.
Restaurant App Builder UK: Your Own App in 2026
The complete UK guide to building your own restaurant ordering app: every approach compared, real costs, realistic timelines, and how Aexir launches branded apps in under 30 days from £30 a month ex VAT.
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