Moving off GloriaFood: a UK alternative for takeaways
GloriaFood's website says it will stop on 30 April 2027 (checked 13 October 2026). Its notice reads: "GloriaFood will reach end of life on April 30, 2027." The same notice says Oracle doesn't offer a direct replacement and points customers to FoodAmigos. Read the notice on gloriafood.com.
If you run a takeaway or small restaurant in the UK and use GloriaFood today, this page explains what to do before it closes, your options, and how a move to DingOrder works, including what you'd lose.
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What to do before 30 April 2027
| When | What to do |
|---|---|
| Now | List what you use on GloriaFood today: your menu, opening hours, delivery area and fees, how customers pay, how orders reach your kitchen, and where your ordering link appears (Google, Facebook, leaflets, table cards). |
| Before it closes | Choose what you'll move to, set it up and run it next to GloriaFood. Swap your ordering links once the new one works for you. |
| 30 April 2027 | The date in GloriaFood's end-of-life notice (checked 13 October 2026). By then, no link your customers use should still point to GloriaFood. |
Your options
- FoodAmigos. GloriaFood's own notice points customers to it. Suits you if you want the provider GloriaFood names; check its prices and terms.
- An EPOS package with online ordering. Suits you if you want your till, card machine and online orders from one company.
- Your own ordering website, such as DingOrder. Suits you if you want a flat monthly fee, no commission per order and tickets that print in your kitchen by themselves.
What carries over to DingOrder
| What you use now | On DingOrder |
|---|---|
| Your menu | I load it for you as part of setup, from a link, a screenshot or a photo of your paper menu. |
| Collection and delivery ordering | Yes. You set the delivery radius (measured by road), the fee per mile and minimum orders. |
| Ordering at the table | Yes, with a QR code for each table; the table number prints on the kitchen ticket. |
| Card payments | Yes, through Stripe, which charges its own card fee. |
| Cash | Yes, for eat-in and collection; cash on delivery is optional. |
| Kitchen printing | Yes, on the kitchen printer I set up for you, part of the one-off £199. The printer you use now won't connect. Tickets print by themselves; there's no "accept order" step. |
| Your own domain | Yes, if it's registered to you. Every shop also gets an address, yourshop.web.app, as part of the monthly price. |
| Your Google ordering link | If you give me access to your Google Business Profile, I set your site as the preferred way to order on Google. Google may still list other ordering services too. |
| Customer accounts | No. Customers order as a guest or create a new account. |
DingOrder isn't free
DingOrder
£59 a month
£199 one-off
You pay it before I set you up. It covers your kitchen printer and my setup: I enter your menu, connect the printer, set up your table links and place a test order with you. If your test order can't be made to print, I take the printer back and refund the £199 in full. Once your test order has printed, the printer is yours to keep, and the £199 isn't refunded.
GloriaFood's home page calls it a "Free Online Ordering System" (checked 13 October 2026). DingOrder isn't free: it costs £59 a month, locked for 12 months from your first paid month, plus the one-off £199, with no minimum term. When the monthly fee starts. Your first monthly payment of £59 is taken 30 days after your test order prints. From the second month, Stripe takes £59 from your card automatically each month, in advance (a card subscription). Stop before your first monthly payment and you pay no monthly fee, with no notice: tell me, and I cancel your subscription before that payment is taken. Once paid months have started, tell me on WhatsApp, WeChat or by email, and your subscription ends 30 days after the day you tell me. A monthly payment that falls due before that day is still taken; nothing is charged from that day on.
Every shop gets a web address, yourshop.web.app, as part of the monthly price. Not included: Stripe's card fee (1.5% + 20p on standard UK cards, Stripe UK pricing, checked 13 October 2026), your own domain if you want one, and printed table QR cards if you want them. Full pricing, or check whether it pays for itself.
Check this list before you move
Look at what you use on GloriaFood today, then check it against what DingOrder doesn't do:
- No half-and-half pizzas, and an extra can't cost more on a bigger size.
- No discount codes or promotions.
- No table reservations.
- No scheduled or pre-orders for a later time.
- No app for customers.
- No customer accounts carried over. Customers order as a guest or create a new account.
- No alert if a ticket fails to print, and no "accept order" step: tickets print by themselves.
- No self sign-up. I set up every shop.
If something on that list is essential to you, DingOrder isn't the right move.
How the move works
List what you use now.
Your menu, opening hours, delivery area and fees, how customers pay, how orders reach your kitchen, and where your ordering link appears (Google, Facebook, leaflets, table cards).
Send me your menu.
A link to your current ordering page, a screenshot or a photo of your paper menu all work. I load the dishes, prices and categories for you.
Check the menu together.
Prices, names, what's sold out. Allergen tags only appear on dishes you confirm. I show you how; you check each dish against your recipes.
Your web address.
Every shop gets an address (yourshop.web.app) as part of the monthly price. If you have your own domain and want to keep using it, I tell you exactly which settings to add at your domain company.
Connect the printer.
DingOrder prints on a kitchen printer that I supply, part of the one-off £199, which you pay before I post the printer or come to your shop. In London, I come to your shop to set you up. Elsewhere in the UK, I post you the printer and set you up by phone or video call. The one-off £199 is the same everywhere in the UK, postage included.
Place a test order.
We place a cash order together and check the ticket prints. If your test order can't be made to print, I take the printer back and refund the £199 in full.
Swap your links.
Your Google Business Profile ordering link, your social media, table QR cards and leaflets. If you give me access to your Google Business Profile, I set your site as the preferred way to order on Google. Google may still list other ordering services too. How to add your new link on Google and remove the old one.
Close GloriaFood when you're happy.
GloriaFood's notice on its website says it will keep supporting existing customers until 30 April 2027 (checked 13 October 2026), so there's no need to switch off on the same day.
What DingOrder is
DingOrder (叮单) is an online ordering system for independent takeaways and small restaurants in the UK, with no commission per order. Each shop gets its own ordering website, on a web address ending in .web.app (for example yourshop.web.app) or its own domain. Customers order collection, delivery or eat-in (by scanning a QR code on the table) on an ordering page in English or Chinese, which opens in the language of the customer's phone, and each order prints automatically on the kitchen printer. Shops pay a one-off fee for the kitchen printer and setup, then a flat monthly fee; card payments are processed by Stripe, which charges its own card fees. DingOrder is run from London: shops in London are set up in person, and shops elsewhere in the UK remotely.
GloriaFood questions
When does GloriaFood stop?
GloriaFood's website says it will reach end of life on 30 April 2027 (checked 13 October 2026). Check gloriafood.com for the latest.
Why do some websites give a different closing date?
GloriaFood's own website says 30 April 2027 (checked 13 October 2026). Some other websites give other dates; go by what GloriaFood's own website says.
Can I keep my current website?
Yes. Keep your current website and swap the GloriaFood ordering button for a link to your DingOrder ordering page. DingOrder loads your menu for you as part of setup, which is in the one-off £199.
Can DingOrder import my GloriaFood menu automatically?
DingOrder has no import button. I load your menu for you as part of setup, from a link, screenshot or photo.
Will my customers' accounts move over?
No. DingOrder customers can order as a guest straight away, or create a new account.
Do I need a new printer?
Yes. DingOrder prints only to the kitchen printer I set up for you. The printer is part of the one-off £199, with setup, paid before I set you up. If your test order can't be made to print, I take the printer back and refund the £199 in full. The printer you use now won't connect to DingOrder.
Can I keep my web address?
Yes, if the domain is registered to you: DingOrder works on your own domain. I tell you which settings to change at your domain company. You don't have to: every DingOrder shop also gets an address, yourshop.web.app, as part of the monthly price.
Before 30 April 2027
Send me your GloriaFood link and I'll tell you what moves over and what doesn't.
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