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QR menu for fast food and snack bars
Shorter queues at the counter, more meals sold
Guests build their meal on their phone (burger, side, drink, sauces), the order reaches the kitchen without mistakes, and your team focuses on cooking. Ideal for fast food, snack bars, kebab shops, pizzerias and food trucks.
- Build-your-own meals and deals
- Dine-in, takeaway or delivery
- Kitchen display included with ordering
Why switch
In fast food, every minute of waiting costs a sale
Queues that put people off
At peak times, a customer who sees ten people ahead will often eat somewhere else.
Order mistakes
No onions, sauce on the side, drink swapped: at the counter, mid-rush, details get lost.
Forgotten extras
Staff don’t have time to offer cheddar or large fries. The digital menu does it every single time.
Features
Made for quick-service restaurants
Fast for guests, clear for the kitchen, profitable for you.
Build-your-own meals
Guests pick their burger, side, drink and sauces, step by step.
Suggested extras
Double patty, cheese, large size: extras are offered at the right moment, with their price.
Dine-in or takeaway
Guests say how they’ll eat; the kitchen sees at once how to pack it.
Kitchen display
Orders shown in order of arrival, with a timer, and marked ready in one tap.
WhatsApp ordering
For takeaway and delivery, the order arrives fully written in your WhatsApp.
Loyalty
A free meal every X meals: customers come back to you rather than next door.
How it works
Setting up QR ordering in your fast food
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Create your meals
Burgers, sides, drinks: set the possible choices for each meal.
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Turn on ordering
Dine-in, takeaway, delivery or WhatsApp, depending on how you work.
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Display the QR codes
In the window, along the queue, on tables and on takeaway bags.
The guide
Fast food QR menus: using them to go faster
A QR code in the queue
The best place for a fast food QR code isn’t just the table: it’s the queue. Customers who read the menu while waiting reach the counter knowing what they want, and the line moves faster. If they order straight from the QR code, the line disappears.
Raising the average basket in quick service
Quick service lives on the average basket. The digital menu always offers the meal rather than the item alone, the extra at the right moment and the dessert at the end of the order, without ever forgetting, even in the middle of the rush.
- Put meals before single items
- Offer 2 or 3 extras, not 15
- Show a photo for every meal
- Add a “Desserts & drinks” category at the end
Food trucks and snack bars: same logic
For a food truck, a QR code on the truck and on the Instagram page lets you publish the menu of the day and the location, then take takeaway orders without a queue. A small, well-made menu is enough, and the free plan lets you start at no cost.
Frequently asked questions
Do guests need an account to order?
No. They scan, build their order and send it. For takeaway and delivery they simply enter their name and phone number.
Do orders print in the kitchen?
Yes, on the kitchen display and, if you want, on a kitchen ticket printer.
Can I handle sold-out items during service?
Yes, a sold-out item is hidden in one tap: it disappears at once from the menu and from what can be ordered.
Does it work for a food truck?
Yes. You update your menu from your phone, and a single QR code on the truck is enough to view it and order.
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Melt the queue away from the next rush
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