Caribbean kitchens run two clocks at once: slow-cook staples prepped in the morning, jerk and grill items fired to order, and a Sunday rush that's half family meals and half event catering. Andromeda handles all three without the menu becoming a modifier swamp.
The stew pots go on at nine in the morning. Oxtail takes four hours, curry goat takes three, ackee and saltfish goes fast at breakfast and brunch. Jerk chicken fires on the grill when the order lands. Sundays are family bundles for six. A birthday on Saturday is a 40-head catering order placed on Wednesday. A generic ordering platform can't tell these apart and the kitchen gets the noise — a slow-cook item on the same ticket as a jerk fry, nothing scheduled, nothing reserved. Andromeda separates them at source.
One bundle, two cook clocks, clean ticket.
Oxtail, curry goat and ackee are prepped daily at set quantities. The website shows what's left in real time — 12 portions of oxtail on a Sunday at 2pm — and flips to sold out when the pot's empty. Jerk chicken and grill items fire to order. The kitchen ticket separates the two so the grill cook doesn't wait on the braise, and the braise doesn't go cold waiting on the grill.
For catering, a 40-head event booked Wednesday locks in the prep quantity and reserves the slow-cook slots — nothing walks into the pot on Saturday and breaks Sunday service.
Oxtail, curry goat, ackee, brown-stew chicken. Set a daily prep quantity, the website shows "8 portions left" live and flips to sold out when the pot is empty. No phantom orders for items you don't have.
Mild, medium, hot, scotch-bonnet extra. The kitchen ticket shows the heat in plain English. Scotch-bonnet extras print a side note so your grill cook adds the sauce separately, not mixed in.
Configurable family bundles for four, six or eight. Mains, rice and peas, plantain, festival dumplings, coleslaw and Ting — one product, one price, one ticket. No modifier swamp.
40-head birthday on Wednesday for Saturday: locks in prep quantities, reserves slow-cook slots, takes a deposit and holds the time. Prep sheet prints Friday night so the pots go on at six on Saturday morning.
iOS and Android under your name. Regulars collect stamps and tap for a free festival dumpling after ten orders. Dual-channel customers are worth 3.6× web-only LTV, and app-only customers order 12× a month vs 3.4× for web-only.
Roll a new jerk marinade or a new Sunday bundle across every site in one push. Regional pricing — Brixton and Wolverhampton — without rebuilding the master menu.
| Capability | Uber Eats / Deliveroo | Generic EPOS | Andromeda |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slow-cook daily-prep inventory | ✗ | Manual | ✓ Live counter |
| Jerk heat level flags | Free-text | Limited | ✓ Structured |
| Sunday family bundles | Flat list | Hack | ✓ Configurable bundle |
| Event catering pre-orders | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Deposits + prep sheet |
| Cost per order | ~30% commission | Varies | ✓ Low flat monthly fee |
"Sundays used to break us. Oxtail would sell out at 2pm, we'd still be taking orders for it at 3pm, and then we'd have to phone people back. Now the website shows what's in the pot in real time, family bundles fly out the door, and catering for weekend events gets a proper prep sheet the Friday before. The kitchen is calm for the first time in years."
Slow-cook items carry a daily prep quantity. As orders come in, the count ticks down live on the website and app. When it hits zero, the item flips to sold out automatically. No more phoning customers to tell them oxtail's gone.
Yes. Mild, medium, hot and scotch-bonnet extra print in plain English on the kitchen ticket. Scotch-bonnet extras print a side line so the grill cook adds the sauce separately rather than mixing it in.
Family bundles are configurable set products — mains, rice and peas, plantain, festival dumplings, coleslaw, and a soft drink per head. One product, one price, one kitchen ticket. Customers can add extras (scotch bonnet sauce, extra dumplings) as modifiers, but the core bundle stays clean.
Yes. Event catering bookings go in as pre-orders — the customer picks the date, headcount, and bundle, pays a deposit, and the order locks in prep quantities and reserves slow-cook slots. A prep sheet prints Friday night so the kitchen has everything ready for Saturday morning.
Yes. The menu is centralised with per-site price overrides. Your Brixton site can run one price list, Wolverhampton another, but a new jerk marinade or Sunday bundle pushes to both in one click.
Use per-channel price uplift. Aggregator customers cover the commission in the menu price; website and app prices stay clean and lower. Regulars migrate to the app for the loyalty stamps — which is the customer you want anyway.
Book a demo. We'll build a Sunday family bundle for six, show the live oxtail counter ticking down, and place a 40-head catering order for Saturday with the Friday prep sheet. You'll see the whole flow.
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