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Restaurant Ordering App: Pickup, Delivery and Table Orders
A restaurant ordering app has three doors: pickup, delivery and the table. Behind all three sits one menu and one kitchen, and the app's real job is to keep the kitchen from being overwhelmed.
A restaurant ordering app takes orders for pickup, delivery and at the table, from the restaurant’s own app, website and table QR codes, and sends them to one kitchen with timing that the kitchen can meet. Payments settle to the restaurant’s own gateway with no commission, and customers become the restaurant’s own, reachable for loyalty and offers. GBCORP configures it on its ordering and delivery engine within days, with the restaurant’s own drivers or a delivery partner.
Three order types, one menu
| Order type | How it works | What the kitchen needs |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup | Customer orders ahead, chooses a time | Prep time per item, slot limits, ready notification |
| Delivery | Customer orders to an address in a zone | Zones and fees, driver assignment, live tracking |
| Table | Guest scans the table code and orders | Table number on the ticket, add to an open bill |
Menus that match the kitchen
Modifiers such as size, spice and extras are set per item, with prices. Items run out, and the kitchen marks them sold out in one tap, everywhere at once. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus switch by time. A dish that takes twenty minutes is never promised in ten.
Protecting the kitchen at peak
Every pickup and delivery slot has a capacity. When the kitchen is full, the next slot is offered rather than accepting an order the kitchen cannot make on time. A busy switch extends prep times for an hour. Orders appear on a kitchen screen or printer in the order they must be cooked, not the order they arrived.
Checklist before launching an ordering app
- The menu with modifiers, prices and prep times.
- Pickup slot capacity and delivery zones with fees.
- Drivers: your own, a partner, or both.
- Table codes for dine-in, if you want them.
- Payment-gateway account in the restaurant’s name.
- The number to watch: direct orders as a share of all orders, monthly.
The numbers to expect
The configured ordering app live within one to five working days on the web, store listings after review, at a flat monthly plan. Point-of-sale and accounting integrations as releases of two to six weeks at a fixed price. Customised or more complex functionality is quoted separately before any work starts.
A worked example
Consider a pizza restaurant that receives most of its online orders through delivery aggregators. It launches its own ordering app with pickup, delivery by two of its own drivers in a small zone, and QR ordering at its twelve tables. Regular customers receive a loyalty reward on their first direct order. Within a few months, a growing share of regulars orders direct, table turns speed up because guests order and pay from the table, and the aggregators remain for customers outside the delivery zone.
Drivers, zones and fees
The restaurant draws delivery zones on a map and sets a fee and minimum order for each. Its own drivers see assigned orders, navigate and mark each one delivered, and the customer follows the driver live. Where the restaurant prefers, a delivery partner can collect orders outside its own zone. Fees and zones change in the console as the restaurant learns where its customers are.
Kitchen screens and printers
Orders reach the kitchen on a screen or a printer, grouped by station where the kitchen has several, with modifiers in large text and the pickup or delivery time at the top. Staff mark orders as started and ready, which notifies the customer or the driver. The kitchen works from one queue whatever door the order came through.
Loyalty that brings orders direct
Points per order, a reward after a set number of orders, and offers that appear only in the restaurant’s own app give regular customers a reason to order direct. The cost of rewards appears beside the orders they drove.
Allergens and dietary information
Each dish carries its allergens and dietary tags, shown clearly in the app and filtered on request. Customers with allergies trust a restaurant that shows the information without being asked.
Payments and tips
Customers pay by card or wallet through the restaurant’s own gateway, with optional tips that the console reports per driver or per shift. Cash on delivery or at pickup can be allowed per order type.
Ownership terms
Customers, orders and menus live in a data space in the restaurant’s name, exportable at any time. Store and payment accounts are the restaurant’s. No commission on orders, and no credentials retained after a hand-over unless a support contract requires them.
Busy nights and special days
Holidays, match nights and festivals bring demand the kitchen can predict. The console lets the restaurant set a special menu, longer prep times and lower slot capacity for a date in advance, and switch delivery off for an hour if the kitchen is overwhelmed. Customers see honest times instead of promises the kitchen cannot keep, and the restaurant protects its reviews on the nights that matter most.
Questions we hear first
Do we have to leave the delivery aggregators?
No. Many restaurants keep them for reach and move regular customers to their own app with a reason to order direct.
Can table orders go on one bill?
Yes. Orders from a table add to an open bill, paid at the end or per order.
Can we use our own drivers?
Yes. Drivers get their own app with assigned orders, navigation and status.
Who owns the customer list?
The restaurant, in a data space in its name, exportable at any time.
Where to start
The GBCORP White-Label Delivery App is the product; the GBCORP white-label app range shows it beside the other industries. For the restaurant’s own branded app, read white label restaurant app: own the order, keep the margin.
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