# Blog

> Operator guidance on menus, margin, delivery, and EPOS.

Canonical: https://storekit.com/blog

- [Google now lets restaurants switch off delivery apps on their Business Profile](https://storekit.com/blog/google-business-profile-remove-delivery-apps) - You can now opt out of specific ordering providers straight from your Google Business Profile, without asking each app. Here's what changed and what to do this week.
- [Just Eat, Uber Eats or Deliveroo: which is worth it for your restaurant?](https://storekit.com/blog/choose-food-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.
- [Alternatives to Just Eat, by what they actually replace](https://storekit.com/blog/alternatives-to-just-eat-navigating-the-food-delivery-app-landscape-in-2023) - 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.
- [EPOS for takeaways: what Square, SumUp and Zettle are actually built for](https://storekit.com/blog/epos-systems-for-takeaways-square-vs-sumup-vs-zettle-compared-but-is-there-a-better-option) - 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.
- [Four-wall analysis: what a location earns before head office touches it](https://storekit.com/blog/four-wall-analysis-for-multi-site-restaurants-order-and-pay) - 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.
- [Seven problems every delivery business runs into](https://storekit.com/blog/7-challenges-commonly-faced-by-food-delivery-businesses) - 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.
- [Click and collect, set up so it survives a Friday](https://storekit.com/blog/getting-started-with-click-collect-for-restaurants) - 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.
- [Guest photos and reviews: getting them, and being allowed to use them](https://storekit.com/blog/the-importance-of-user-generated-content-ugc-for-your-restaurant) - 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.
- [Free online ordering systems for restaurants: what free actually means in 2026](https://storekit.com/blog/free-online-ordering-system) - 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.
- [Online pizza ordering systems: what a pizzeria actually needs](https://storekit.com/blog/online-pizza-ordering-system) - 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.
- [QR code ordering for restaurants: how it works and what it costs](https://storekit.com/blog/qr-code-ordering-for-restaurants) - 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.
- [Restaurant pre-order systems: take tomorrow's money without breaking tonight's service](https://storekit.com/blog/restaurant-pre-order-system) - 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.
- [How to choose an online ordering system in 2026 - the operator's checklist](https://storekit.com/blog/how-to-choose-online-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.
- [GloriaFood alternatives: where to move before 30 April 2027](https://storekit.com/blog/alternatives-to-gloriafood-online-ordering-system-for-restaurants-2023) - A fair comparison of the realistic GloriaFood alternatives - Storekit, Flipdish, CloudWaitress, Square, Toast, and ChowNow - and how to switch without losing your data.
- [How to export your GloriaFood data - and why this month beats next month](https://storekit.com/blog/how-to-export-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.
- [What GloriaFood actually costs - and what the shutdown changes](https://storekit.com/blog/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.
- [Your GloriaFood website shuts down too - here's the plan for it](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-website-after-shutdown) - 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.
- [What happens to your GloriaFood branded app after the shutdown](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-branded-app-shutdown) - 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.
- [The GloriaFood shutdown is an agency problem too - a partner's guide](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-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.
- [Looking for GloriaFood? It's closed to new restaurants - use this instead](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-closed-to-new-restaurants) - 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.
- [GloriaFood help, login and support in 2026 - where to actually get answers](https://storekit.com/blog/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.
- [GloriaFood reviews: what operators actually say in 2026](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-reviews-2026) - 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.
- [GloriaFood printer problems: what's fixable, and what the shutdown changes](https://storekit.com/blog/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.
- [GloriaFood on WordPress, Squarespace or WooCommerce? What breaks in 2027](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-wordpress-squarespace) - Your location 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.
- [GloriaFood POS and POS integrations: what the shutdown takes with it](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-pos-after-shutdown) - 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.
- [The multi-location operator's GloriaFood migration guide](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-multi-location-migration) - Per-location billing, separate logins, and a shutdown deadline that doesn't care how many locations you run. How estates migrate off GloriaFood in waves - and why parents qualify once.
- [GloriaFood integrations and API: what keeps working until 2027 - and what to re-wire](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-api-integrations) - 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.
- [The GloriaFood migration playbook - week by week](https://storekit.com/blog/gloriafood-migration-playbook) - A practical timeline for moving your menu, guests, and orders off GloriaFood before 30 April 2027 - without losing a Friday night.
- [What Oracle said about GloriaFood - and what it means for your restaurant](https://storekit.com/blog/what-oracle-said-about-gloriafood) - The public timeline for GloriaFood's shutdown, what access looks like after April 2027, and why waiting costs you data you cannot recreate.
- [The cheapest pint near every London tube station: the 2022 map](https://storekit.com/blog/storekit-london-tube-map-cheapest-pints-closest-pub-2022) - 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.
- [EPOS systems for restaurants: what they do and how to choose one](https://storekit.com/blog/epos-systems-for-restaurants-a-beginners-guide) - 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.