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Notes from the pass
Operator stories, migration playbooks, and honest industry POV from the team building Storekit. Written for restaurants in the middle of switching.
Choosing delivery apps
Work out whether a marketplace order makes you money before you argue about which one to join. The arithmetic, the marketing argument that usually is not one, and where a direct channel fits.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 4 min read
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Just Eat alternatives
Four different things get called a Just Eat alternative and they solve different problems. Which one you want depends on whether you are replacing the demand, the delivery, or the ordering.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 3 min read
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EPOS for takeaways
The three systems most takeaways look at first came out of card readers, not kitchens. What that means in a rush, and what to compare before you commit.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 2 min read
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Four-wall analysis
Four-wall profit is what a location makes counting only the revenue and costs inside its own four walls. How to calculate it, what it is for, and the mistake that makes it flattering.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 4 min read
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Seven delivery problems
Commission drag, courier no-shows, cold food, a menu that has to behave differently on every channel. The recurring failures in delivery operations, and where each one actually gets fixed.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Click and collect
The four settings that decide whether collection works or falls apart: lead time, slot capacity, what you do with the packaging, and the handover at the counter.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 3 min read
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Guest photos and reviews
The useful part of UGC for a restaurant is mechanical: when to ask, what you are actually allowed to repost, and which format is worth the most.
Harry Soar · 23 August 2026 · 3 min read
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Free online ordering systems
The biggest free ordering platform is shutting down, and every 'free' that's left means something different. The three kinds of free, the honest comparison, and the maths to run.
Harry Soar · 11 June 2026 · 3 min read
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Pizza ordering systems
Half-and-half toppings, delivery zones that don't lie, and commission maths that hit pizza harder than anyone. What to demand from a pizza ordering system in 2026.
Harry Soar · 11 June 2026 · 2 min read
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QR code ordering
Scan, order, pay - and the table turns faster with a bigger bill. How QR ordering actually works, where it fits (and doesn't), and the honest cost picture.
Harry Soar · 11 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Pre-order systems
Collection slots, lunch-rush batching, event catering - pre-orders smooth revenue and kitchen load at once. What a pre-order system needs, and how capacity controls keep it honest.
Harry Soar · 11 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Choosing an ordering system
True cost, data ownership, integrations, support, exit terms - the six checks that separate sound platforms from regret, learnt the hard way by 123,000 GloriaFood operators.
Harry Soar · 11 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood alternatives
A fair comparison of the realistic GloriaFood alternatives - Storekit, Flipdish, CloudWaitress, Square, Toast, and ChowNow - and how to switch without losing your data.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 6 min read
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Export your GloriaFood data
Your menu, guest list, and order history disappear with GloriaFood's servers on 30 April 2027. What to export, in what order, and what to check before you trust the copies.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood pricing breakdown
The free tier is real, but a working GloriaFood setup runs $29–136/month in add-ons. The full pricing breakdown, and the question the shutdown forces.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Your GloriaFood website
The $9/month Sales Optimized Website disappears with the rest of GloriaFood on 30 April 2027. What happens to your domain, your Google presence, and your ordering links.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Your branded app
The $59/month branded iOS and Android apps depend on GloriaFood's back end - which goes offline on 30 April 2027. What's certain, what isn't, and what to do about your app guests.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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White-label partner guide
If you resell GloriaFood under your own brand, your product - not just your tooling - ends on 30 April 2027. The portfolio maths, the client-communication call, and the way through.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 3 min read
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GloriaFood is closed
GloriaFood stopped taking new restaurants in early 2025 and shuts down entirely on 30 April 2027. If you came looking for free online ordering, here's what actually exists now.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood help & support
GloriaFood support stopped answering reliably in January 2025. What still works, where the official resources are, and the answers to the questions operators are actually asking.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 3 min read
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GloriaFood reviews
Four stars on Trustpilot, 94% historical satisfaction - and a support collapse that flipped the story in 2025. The honest read of GloriaFood's reviews, and what they mean now.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 3 min read
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GloriaFood printers
Printer trouble on a platform with no working support is a common GloriaFood search in 2026. The practical checks, the one-tablet constraint, and what printing looks like after the move.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood website embeds
Your site survives the GloriaFood shutdown - the ordering inside it doesn't. What happens to embedded widgets and plugins, and the clean way to swap ordering without rebuilding.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood POS
The $49/month GloriaFood POS dies with the platform, and every POS-integrated ordering setup needs re-wiring. What each group loses on 30 April 2027, and the order to fix it in.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Multi-location migration
Per-location billing, separate logins, and a shutdown deadline that doesn't care how many sites you run. How estates migrate off GloriaFood in waves - and why parents qualify once.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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GloriaFood integrations & API
Delivery dispatch, POS bridges, Stripe, and the API all stop with GloriaFood's servers. Map what's connected now, learn what survives, and re-wire in the right order.
Harry Soar · 10 June 2026 · 2 min read
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What Oracle said about GloriaFood - and what it means for your restaurant
The public timeline for GloriaFood's shutdown, what access looks like after April 2027, and why waiting costs you data you cannot recreate.
Harry Soar · 22 April 2026 · 2 min read
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Cheapest pints on the tube
We called or visited the closest pub to every station on the London Underground, including the new Elizabeth line, and put the cheapest pint at each one on a pint-shaped tube map.
Harry Soar · 18 November 2022 · 1 min read
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EPOS systems for restaurants
What an EPOS actually does, the four ways they charge you, and the questions worth asking before you sign. Written for operators buying their first system or replacing one that no longer fits.
Harry Soar · 16 August 2022 · 3 min read
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