Takeaway EPOS and commission-free ordering in Nottingham
Nottingham has 421 independent takeaways in the city council area, and 51 of them are chicken and burger shops, the largest named group, followed by 36 Chinese takeaways and 33 fish and chip shops. One ChefSynk till covers a Nottingham shop from the counter to your own app and, on Growth and Complete, Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats, with set-up and support from our Manchester team, remotely or on site by arrangement. Nottingham is a remote set-up for us, with visits planned ahead.
Nottingham’s takeaway scene
421independent takeaways in the Nottingham City Council areaCuisine mix (estimated from shop names)
- Chicken & burgers51
- Chinese36
- Fish & chips33
- Indian24
- Kebab20
- Other and unclassified257
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 Nottingham
Packed streets inside the city line
Nottingham’s population grew by 5.9% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, from around 305,700 to 323,700, and the city moved up four places to 33rd for total population among England’s 309 local authority areas. It is the second most densely populated of the East Midlands’ 35 local authority areas, with around 31 people on each football pitch-sized area of land, so a lot of homes sit within a short drive of the shop. The number of people aged 15 to 64 rose by 5.5%, against 3.6% across England.
Set up before anyone travels
Nottingham is a remote set-up for our team. We build your menu, link your printers and marketplace accounts and test orders with you over a remote session, so your till, kitchen and ordering site are working before go-live. If you want hardware installed or staff trained in person, we plan a visit with you in advance. After that, help is by phone and WhatsApp, 24/7 on every plan.
Chicken shops and the kiosk
With 51 chicken and burger shops, Nottingham’s busiest named group lives on boxes, wings and dips. A self-order kiosk takes walk-in orders while the fryers run, shows photos and allergens beside each item, offers a drink or an extra dip before the customer pays, and takes card, contactless, Apple Pay and Google Pay. It reads its menu and prices from your till, and costs £25 a month per device. Receipts go to a printer, by email or by SMS.
Short drops, tracked drivers
In a city this compact, your own drivers can reach a lot of homes on each run. The driver app assigns jobs by zone and load, gives in-app navigation and records proof of delivery with a photo, signature or contactless handover, and customers follow the driver live on a tracking page in your shop’s branding. The driver app is free for your own online and till deliveries. Nearby deliveries can be batched into one run, and cash collected at the door is reconciled at the end of the shift.
The price of an app order
Selling on Deliveroo costs about 20–35% of an order, on Just Eat about 14–30% and on Uber Eats about 15–35%, in third-party estimates from Whito and DineOpen dated November 2026. Your own site is where a Nottingham regular costs you least. 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. The commission calculator shows what moving those regulars could be worth for your shop.
Source: DineOpen, 2026 commission comparison (opens in a new tab)
Chinese and chippies on the same system
Behind the chicken shops come 36 Chinese takeaways and 33 fish and chip shops. A long Chinese menu and a short fryer menu need different things from a till, and ChefSynk handles both with the same modifiers, meal deals and kitchen tickets, so the counter, the phone and the website all ring up alike. On Growth and Complete, station routing sends each item to the wok, the grill or the fryer. A dish marked out of stock on the kitchen display comes off every channel at once.
Questions from Nottingham takeaways
Can you support a Nottingham shop from Manchester?
Yes. Day-to-day support is remote, by phone and WhatsApp, 24/7 on every plan, which is usually the quickest way to fix a problem mid-service. Visits to Nottingham for installation or training are planned with you ahead of time.
Who builds the marketplace integrations?
We do. ChefSynk builds its Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats integrations in-house, on Growth and Complete. Orders arrive in ChefSynk, and menu, price and stock changes sync back to each platform. You keep your current Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats accounts, and the new customers they bring.
Do I need to buy new tills?
Not necessarily. Compatible hardware you already own can stay, and we can supply and set up new tills, printers, kiosks or kitchen screens on a quote. Tell us what is on your counter now and we will say what can stay.
Can customers pay online with Apple Pay?
Yes. Your ordering site takes Stripe card payments, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and the money goes into your own Stripe account, where Stripe’s fees apply. In store you bring your own card machine, and Dojo terminals integrate.
Where does the Nottingham takeaway count come from?
The count comes from the Food Standards Agency food hygiene register for the Nottingham City Council area, analysed by ChefSynk in November 2026. The cuisine split is estimated from shop names, so 257 shops with general names are listed as other and unclassified.