Opening a new point of sale is 100 tasks running in parallel – and delivery is often handled at the last minute, just before the inauguration. Result: a botched platform listing, incomplete menus, and a team untrained for evening rushes. Here’s the checklist of the 30 days separating a mastered launch from a painful start.
J-30: Open platform accounts. The validation times for Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat are not instantaneous: you sometimes have to count two to three weeks between the request and the effective listing. This is the very first task to launch, as it conditions everything else. Prepare the documentation (Kbis, RIB, certificates) in advance to avoid back-and-forth.
J-25: Prepare the delivery menu. The delivery menu is not a copy of the on-site menu. Some dishes travel badly, others must be priced to absorb the platform commission. Define the selection, delivery prices and descriptions now. If your new site joins an existing chain, start from the reference menu and adapt the local discrepancies.
J-20: Order the equipment. Tablet reception, printer, kitchen screen (KDS), reliable network connection: the equipment must be ordered early and tested on-site. A point of sale that opens with a single public tablet and a temperamental printer will pay dearly on the first shot.
J-15: Centralize order reception. Instead of piling up a tablet per platform, centralize it from the outset. A new site is the ideal opportunity to start cleanly: all orders on a single screen, a single flow, a single KDS. Fooderise aggregates the platforms and injects orders into the POS, without re-entry, from day one.
J-10: Load menus and test. Import the menu, check each price, each photo, each modifier (supplements, options). Place a test order on each platform to validate the entire journey: reception, printing, KDS, checkout.
J-5: Train the team on the delivery flow. The dining room and kitchen must know the journey of a delivery order from beginning to end: accept, prepare, mark as ready, hand over to the delivery person. Simulate a rush to identify friction points before a real customer suffers them.
J-1: Verify availability and schedules. Ensure that the opening hours for delivery are correct on each platform and that unavailable dishes on the day are deactivated. A poorly informed closure generates orders you cannot honor.
Condensed checklist.
| Deadline | Key action |
|---|---|
| J-30 | Open platform accounts |
| J-25 | Delivery menu + prices |
| J-20 | Order equipment (tablet, KDS, printer) |
| J-15 | Centralize order reception |
| J-10 | Load menus + test orders |
| J-5 | Train team on delivery flow |
| J-1 | Schedules + availability verified |
Conclusion. A successful delivery launch happens in the 30 days preceding it, not on the night of the opening. Centralizing from the outset avoids taking bad habits that are difficult to correct later. Fooderise deploys in 24 to 72 hours and offers 14 days of trial without a credit card: enough to break in the flow of your new point of sale before the first service.
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