Takeaway EPOS and commission-free ordering in London
London has 11,108 independent takeaways across the 33 London council areas, more than any other city we cover, and 1,858 of them are chicken and burger shops. ChefSynk runs a London takeaway from one till, from the counter to your own app and, on Growth and Complete, Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats, with support from our Manchester team, remotely or on site by arrangement.
London’s takeaway scene
11,108independent takeaways in the 33 London council areasCuisine mix (estimated from shop names)
- Chicken & burgers1,858
- Chinese1,200
- Indian873
- Fish & chips619
- Kebab588
- Other and unclassified5,970
ChefSynk analysis of the Food Standards Agency food hygiene register, November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What you get with ChefSynk in London
One page for every borough
We add up all 33 London council areas rather than splitting the city into borough pages. Whether you trade in the City of London or an outer borough, the product, the prices and the team are the same.
A densely packed city
London’s population grew by 7.7% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, a gain of almost 626,000 people, and the 20 most densely populated local authorities in England and Wales were all London boroughs. For a delivery shop, that density means more homes inside each mile of your radius.
Source: ONS, Census 2021 population and household estimates (opens in a new tab)
Chicken shops by the thousand
Chicken and burger shops are London’s largest named group, at 1,858, followed by 1,200 Chinese and 873 Indian takeaways, with 619 fish and chip shops and 588 kebab shops behind them. Whatever the menu, meal deals and modifiers take a tap or two and arrive in the kitchen exactly as ordered.
A way out for your regulars
Uber Eats is estimated at about 15–35% of an order, Deliveroo at about 20–35% and Just Eat at about 14–30%, in third-party estimates from Whito and DineOpen, November 2026. Your own ChefSynk site is the way out for regulars. 0% commission. Customers pay a 50p + VAT platform fee on website and app orders. Your own ordering site and app come with Complete, or as the £55-a-month Branded Mobile App & Website add-on.
Source: DineOpen, 2026 commission comparison (opens in a new tab)
Support from Manchester, wherever you trade
London shops are set up remotely by our Manchester team, with the menu, devices and ordering site tested before go-live. For installation or training at the shop, we plan a visit by arrangement, well ahead of the date.
Riders, drivers and dispatch
On Growth and Complete, the dispatch display pulls every dish from each station into one ticket, prints labels branded for each channel and tells the driver the moment a bag is sealed. Marketplace riders and your own drivers wait less, and the pass stays clear.
Questions from London takeaways
Do you cover every London borough?
Yes. ChefSynk works the same in all 33 London council areas, and support comes from our Manchester team remotely, with visits to London by arrangement.
Can ChefSynk handle a group of shops across London?
Yes. With multi-store management on Complete you compare performance across every location, push menu changes centrally and give area managers access only to their own sites.
What does a kitchen screen add?
It replaces printed tickets with a screen that routes each item to the right station, shows colour-coded timers and lets the kitchen bump, recall or mark a dish out of stock in one tap. It comes with Growth and Complete.
Can I keep my marketplace accounts?
Yes. Your Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats accounts and their customers stay yours. On Growth and Complete their orders arrive in ChefSynk and your menu syncs back to them.
How do I win back customers from the apps?
Give them a reason to order direct: loyalty, vouchers and discounts on your own site and app, plus an ordering site built to rank in local search. The commission calculator shows what each order you win back is worth.
How were the London totals added up?
They add up independent takeaways across all 33 London council areas on the Food Standards Agency food hygiene register, from ChefSynk’s analysis in November 2026. Cuisine is estimated from shop names, so 5,970 shops with general names count as other and unclassified.