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Say yes to the next village: expand your takeaway delivery area with zones that each set their own fee and minimum

Say yes to the next village: expand your takeaway delivery area with zones that each set their own fee and minimum

Friday, 7pm. Someone in the village four miles out searches for a Chinese takeaway. You don't deliver there, so they order from whoever does.

Most takeaways stop at one radius because one flat fee doesn't cover the longer trip. You can expand your takeaway delivery area without losing money on it, if each area pays its own way.

Say yes to the next village, on your terms

Draw delivery zones on the map in GofoodPOS. Each zone gets its own delivery fee and minimum order, and your own drivers take the orders out.

  • Zones you draw
  • Fee per zone
  • Minimum per zone
  • Your own drivers

Each zone sets its own fee and minimum

With GofoodPOS online ordering you set zones by radius, by postcode, or by drawing the area on a map. Close streets keep a low fee. The next village gets a higher fee and a bigger minimum order. You decide where it's worth the drive.

Four more orders a week is £5,616 a year

The average UK takeaway order is £27 (Aqua survey). Say a new zone brings in 4 extra orders a week. That's £108 a week, or £5,616 a year, as an example.

An order from four miles out
One radius, one fee
  • Postcode outside the radius, order refused
  • Same fee for the next street and the next village
With GofoodPOS

£5,616a year, 4 more orders a week (example)

  • Next village is its own zone
  • Higher fee and minimum there, set by you

Your drivers get the address and directions

Assign the order to one of your own delivery drivers. They get a simple page with the address, directions and a delivered button. Cash they collect is tracked per driver and checked at the end of the shift.

A far-zone order on a Friday
  1. 1Customer orders on your website
  2. 2Zone fee and minimum added
  3. 3Ticket prints in the kitchen
  4. 4Driver gets address and directions
  5. 5Marked delivered, cash checked

See if the new zone is earning

Your end-of-day email splits delivery and collection, and shows top dishes and missed orders (reports). If the far zone isn't paying for the petrol, raise its minimum or shrink it.

Worried a longer trip will slow Friday down? Let far-zone customers order ahead for a set time. Running a Chinese takeaway? We'll draw your zones with you in English or Chinese.

Want to reach the next village this month? Start a free trial and we'll set up your zones with you.

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