Everyone arrives at once. The queue's out the door, the phone's ringing, the fryer's flat-out. Andromeda paces the orders, stages the fryer, and keeps the chips crisp.
A chippy doesn't have a steady trickle — it has a wall of Friday. Most ordering platforms pour the queue into the kitchen in one dump. We spread it out so the fish goes out crisp and the tartare stays fresh.
Our pre-order slots let customers pick a pickup time when they order online. The kitchen display shows the shape of the shift before it starts — how many orders are queued for 18:00, how many for 18:15, how many to cook now.
The fryer runs at a pace it can sustain. Customers get a crisp result. You don't burn through three batches of oil on a single shift.
Every slot has capacity. No more "45-min wait" on a Friday.
Customers pick a pickup time when they order. You spread the rush. The fryer runs sustainably.
The kitchen display groups tickets so fish goes in when chips come out. No guessing, no cold chips.
Online capacity auto-scales with order volume. Unexpected rain? The queue stretches, not the kitchen.
One till, one receipt printer — that's all you need to start. No kitchen display required for smaller shops.
Haddock in, cod out. One tap from the till turns items on and off across every channel in real time.
Full cash reconciliation at end of day, drawer counts, float management — because not every chippy is 100% card yet.
| Capability | Tablet-only aggregator setup | Generic web ordering | Andromeda |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per-slot pre-order capacity | ✗ | Crude | ✓ Per-15-min cap |
| Friday-peak throttle | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Auto-extends ETA |
| Single-till runs without a KDS | ✓ | Overkill | ✓ Till-only mode |
| Day-off / storm-day quick close | Per-app | Clunky | ✓ One tap, all channels |
| Cost per order | ~30% commission | Varies | ✓ Low flat monthly fee |
"Our Friday used to be a wall of panic. Now the orders come in staggered, the fryer runs at one pace, and the fish is crisp when it hits the paper."
Yes. Pre-order slots spread the demand out. The KDS paces tickets so the fryer works at a sustainable rate instead of a panic burst. Online capacity auto-throttles when volume spikes, so your ETAs stay honest and customers don't arrive to a 30-minute wait unannounced.
Not at all. Start with one till, one receipt printer, one card machine — no kitchen display needed. Add a KDS or a second till whenever you're ready.
Yes. One tap on the till pauses web orders, or every aggregator, or both — for 30 minutes, an hour, or until manually reopened. No fiddling with each aggregator app separately.
Yes. Toggle items live from the till or admin. It updates the website, app and every aggregator at once. You can also pre-schedule a menu switch for a specific day or hour.
Yes. Andromeda doesn't force anyone to order online. Walk-ins, phone, web, kiosk — all the same till, all the same queue. You'll see the real-time split on your reports.
End of day: count your float, system counts the expected cash from receipts, you resolve any variance. Audit trail, nothing manual, nothing guessed.
We'll demo a real chippy shift — pre-orders, fryer pacing, and the auto-throttle kicking in.
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