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GloriaFood migration guide for Australian restaurants (2026–27)
A step-by-step guide to moving off GloriaFood before it closes: deadlines, what to export, choosing a replacement, testing, swapping links and QR codes, and telling customers.
Menulog has closed: a guide for Australian restaurants a year on
What happened when Menulog closed on 26 November 2025, what the Uber Eats transition offer meant, what the apps charge now, and how to rebuild direct orders.
How to move your regulars off Uber Eats and DoorDash (without losing them)
Practical, fair ways Australian takeaways move repeat customers from delivery apps to their own ordering page: bag inserts, pricing, Google, QR codes and first-order offers.
Running your own delivery drivers in Australia: a practical guide
Employees or contractors, cars and insurance, zones and fees, and on-demand couriers: what Australian takeaways need to know before delivering their own orders.
GST and online orders: what Australian takeaways should know
How GST applies to takeaway and delivery orders, menu prices, receipts and tax invoices, and app fees, explained in plain terms for Australian food businesses.
Public holiday surcharges and online orders in Australia
How to show a public holiday or weekend surcharge on an online ordering page so customers see it upfront, plus card surcharge basics for Australian venues.
Food safety for takeaway and delivery orders in Australia
What FSANZ Standard 3.2.2A means for takeaways, plus practical temperature, packaging, allergen and driver tips for pickup and delivery orders.
Pricing your menu for delivery apps vs your own ordering page
How Australian takeaways set different prices on Uber Eats and DoorDash vs their own page: worked examples, margin maths and what to tell customers.
Restaurant marketing ideas for Australian venues (2026)
Practical restaurant and café marketing ideas for Australia: Google, Instagram, loyalty, local partnerships, events and direct ordering, plus a simple 90-day plan.
How to price menu items: food cost percentage formula and examples (AU)
How to cost a menu and price each item in Australia: the food cost percentage formula, a worked example, GST, delivery-app markups and when to review prices.
Menu engineering matrix: stars, plowhorses, puzzles and dogs (with a worked example)
How to do a menu engineering analysis: the four-quadrant matrix, the formulas for contribution margin and popularity, a worked example and what to do with each item.
Restaurant loyalty programs in Australia: types, ideas and examples
How to set up a restaurant or café loyalty program in Australia: stamp cards, points, tiers and app-based rewards, what they cost, ideas that work and the privacy and spam rules.
How to start a takeaway business in Australia: a step-by-step checklist
Starting a takeaway or food business in Australia: ABN, business name, GST, council food business registration, Standard 3.2.2A food safety supervisor and training, premises, menu costing and ordering.
Restaurant POS systems in Australia: Chefzi POS vs Square, Lightspeed and others
Compare restaurant POS options in Australia: Chefzi POS (browser till, KDS, loyalty and online orders in one plan) against Square for Restaurants and Lightspeed, with dated prices.
Cloud kitchens in Australia: how they work, costs and rules
What a cloud (dark or ghost) kitchen is, how it works in Australia, registration and food safety rules, the cost trade-offs of delivery apps vs direct ordering, and a launch checklist.
Restaurant booking systems in Australia: Chefzi reservations vs the alternatives
Compare restaurant booking systems in Australia, including Chefzi table reservations (no per-cover fee, bookings in the same app as orders), with published prices.
Restaurant software in Australia: the tech stack a venue actually needs
The six kinds of restaurant software Australian venues use (POS, ordering, bookings, rostering, stock and costing, accounting), with named AU tools and what to buy first.
Food supplier ordering systems for Australian restaurants and cafés
How venues order from wholesale food suppliers online in Australia: Ordermentum, FoodByUs and Upstock compared on features and cost to venues, plus a set-up checklist.
GloriaFood is shutting down: what Australian restaurants need to do
GloriaFood reaches end of life on 30 April 2027. Dates, what stops working and a month-by-month switch plan for Australian venues.
How to add an order button to your Google Business Profile in Australia
Most people find takeaways on Google Maps. Here's how to make the order link on your Google profile point to your own commission-free page.
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