KDS

See what KDS would add back to your kitchen.

Start with your ticket volume. A Kitchen Display System routes every order straight to the right station, cuts the cost of remakes, and ends the paper-ribbon habit. The savings land in week one.

Every wrong order costs you twice.

Once when you remake it — food, time, a delivery run if it's already gone out. And again when the customer doesn't come back. KDS catches the errors before they leave the kitchen.

Inputs

Total orders per day120

All tickets through the kitchen — counter, delivery, collection, aggregators.

Wrong orders per week (before)5

Remakes, missing items, customer credits. Be honest — most sites underestimate.

Error reduction with KDS50%

Sites moving from printed tickets to KDS routinely see 40–70%.

Cost per wrong order (£)£12.00

Remake food cost + refund / compensation + lost future visit.

Time saved at the pass (sec / order)30 sec

Conservative. Typical: 30–60 seconds from station-level routing.

Kitchen labour rate (£/hour)£13.00

UK National Living Wage (£12.21) plus employer NI — roughly £13/hr loaded.

Paper / ribbon saved (£/month)£60

Many sites get through £40–£120 a month on kitchen ticket paper.

KDS subscription (£/month)£39

£39/mo as an add-on. On the Pro plan it's bundled.

Setup fee (one-off)£195

£195 when added to an existing plan · £395 as first unit.

Days open / month30

Monthly impact

Net benefit / month

£0

£0 / year (after month 1)

Wrong orders avoided

0 / mo

Happier customers. Fewer refunds.

BreakdownError cost avoided£0
Pass-time labour saving£0
Paper & ribbon saved£0
KDS subscription£0
Net monthly benefit£0
One-off setup fee (month 1 only)£0
Month 1 net (incl. setup)£0

Assumptions & method

Method. Error savings = weekly errors × reduction % × cost per error × 4.33 weeks. Time savings = daily orders × days × seconds per order ÷ 3600 × labour rate. Paper savings = straight subtraction. Net = error + time + paper − KDS subscription. Month 1 net additionally deducts the one-off setup fee.

Error reduction defaults to 50%. Moving from printed kitchen tickets to KDS typically delivers 40–70%.
Pass-time saving is the easiest win — no more paper-shuffling, orders routed straight to the right station, course-by-course.
Labour rate default £13/hr — UK National Living Wage (£12.21 from April 2025) loaded with ~15% employer NI.
Paper savings are real money — one takeaway roll is ~£3. Most sites burn through a roll or two a day.
KDS is an add-on at £39/mo (screen included). On the Pro plan it's bundled — use this tab to justify the number.
Setup fee: £195 when added to an existing plan, £395 as a first unit. Shown separately as a month-1 cost for full transparency.

Figures are illustrative, based on inputs provided. Final results depend on site, menu mix and operational factors. Card processing costs (consumer-fee model) are not netted against savings. Enterprise customers operating 10+ sites are on bespoke terms.

A faster pass, fewer mistakes, less paper.

See what KDS would add back to your kitchen.

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Monthly impact

Breakdown

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