Takeaway EPOS and commission-free ordering in Stockport
Stockport has 386 independent takeaways, and Chinese takeaways lead with 52, well ahead of 35 Indian takeaways and 30 chicken and burger shops. ChefSynk puts the counter, the phone and your own website and app on one till and, on Growth and Complete, your Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats orders too, with set-up and support from our Manchester team, remotely or on site by arrangement. Phone orders get the same menu and the same kitchen tickets as everything else.
Stockport’s takeaway scene
386independent takeaways in the Stockport Council areaCuisine mix (estimated from shop names)
- Chinese52
- Indian35
- Chicken & burgers30
- Fish & chips26
- Kebab7
- Other and unclassified236
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 Stockport
On our doorstep
Our office is in south Manchester, right on Stockport’s doorstep. Set-up is mostly remote, from building your menu to testing the printers over a session on your till, and when you want someone at the counter for hardware or staff training, a visit is a short trip for us. You deal with the same team before and after go-live, and phone and WhatsApp support is there 24/7 on every plan, so a problem on a Saturday night does not wait until Monday.
Close-packed streets
Stockport’s population grew by 4.1% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, from around 283,300 to 294,800. It is the fifth most densely populated of the North West’s 39 local authority areas, with around 17 people on each football pitch-sized area of land, so even a short delivery radius reaches a lot of front doors. Over the same decade, the number of people aged 65 and over rose by 16.4%. For a shop that delivers, that density keeps runs short.
Phone orders that do not slip
When customers ring the shop, the £5-a-month RingCentral telephone integration logs each call straight into ChefSynk, so no phone order slips. The order is taken with the same menu, modifiers and meal deals as the counter and your website, and it reaches the kitchen the same way, so nothing is written on a pad and typed in later.
Set meals for a Chinese-led town
Chinese takeaways make up 52 of Stockport’s named shops, more than any other group. Set meals and extras such as fried rice or a side of chips turn one call into a long ticket. Meal deals price a set menu once for the till, the phone and your website, smart modifiers keep each swap to a tap, and on Growth and Complete the dispatch display’s bag check-list makes sure every carton goes in the bag before the driver leaves. The dispatch display can also label each bag with its channel’s branding, so a phone order and a marketplace order are easy to tell apart.
The marketplace share
Third-party estimates from Whito and DineOpen dated November 2026 put Just Eat’s commission at about 14–30% of an order, Deliveroo’s at about 20–35% and Uber Eats’ at about 15–35%. Your own ChefSynk ordering site and app are priced differently. 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. Customers who already ring you know your name, so your own site is an easy next step for them.
Source: DineOpen, 2026 commission comparison (opens in a new tab)
Your customers stay yours
Customer data belongs to your shop and is stored in a secure UK cloud. Every direct order, whether it comes by phone, at the counter or online, adds a customer you can reward with loyalty at the till, offer a voucher on your own site, or text later with SMS marketing. Analytics shows sales by day-part, channel and category, so you can see whether the effort is paying off.
Questions from Stockport takeaways
Can you come to my Stockport shop?
Yes, by arrangement. Stockport is close to our office, so a visit for installation or staff training is easy to plan. Everything else, from your menu to your ordering site, is set up remotely beforehand, so the visit stays short. The same team supports you after go-live.
Can I keep my card machine?
Yes. In store you bring your own card machine, and Dojo terminals integrate with the till. Online payments go into your own Stripe account, where Stripe’s fees apply, and every payment shows on your Z-report under its payment method.
Does a phone order show on the kitchen screen?
Yes, on Growth and Complete. Phone, counter, website and marketplace orders reach the kitchen display the same way, in the order they were taken, with colour-coded timers on each ticket and every modifier highlighted.
Does the till keep working if the broadband goes?
Yes. ChefSynk works offline, keeps taking orders on the device and syncs everything once the connection returns, so the counter and the phone keep going while the router restarts. Delivery updates queue on the driver’s phone if the signal drops, too.
How did ChefSynk count Stockport’s takeaways?
From ChefSynk’s November 2026 count of independent takeaways in the Stockport Council area on the Food Standards Agency food hygiene register. Cuisine is estimated from shop names, which is why 236 shops sit under other and unclassified.