Takeaway payment kiosks

Take in-person payments without replacing the system you already use.

Your online ordering platform may already work perfectly well. WardPay can add the missing piece: a simple self-service payment experience for customers who walk through the door.

  • ✓ Keep your existing ordering platform
  • ✓ Accept walk-in card payments
  • ✓ Reduce pressure on counter staff
  • ✓ Build the workflow around your business
Self-service payment kiosk in a takeaway
The problem

Online orders are easy. Walk-in payments can be awkward.

Many takeaways have built their business around an existing online ordering platform. That platform may already handle online orders, delivery orders and customer payments very well.

The problem appears when a customer walks into the shop. The online system may not fit naturally with the way that customer needs to order and pay at the counter.

Replacing an established platform just to improve one part of the customer journey can mean unnecessary cost, disruption and another major system change for staff.

WardPay takes a different approach.

Keep the systems that already work and build a focused self-service solution around the part of the workflow that doesn't.

The WardPay approach

Keep what works. Fix what doesn't.

WardPay isn't trying to become your delivery marketplace, website, driver-management system and EPOS platform.

Keep your platform

Continue using Foodhub, Just Eat or whichever ordering platform already works for your business.

Add walk-in payments

Give customers a dedicated self-service point for making in-person card payments.

Fit your workflow

The touchscreen journey can be designed around the way orders are actually handled in your takeaway.
How it works

A simple payment journey for walk-in customers.

The exact process can be tailored to the takeaway, but the principle is straightforward.
1

Order

The customer places their order using the process that already works for your takeaway.

2

Pay

The customer uses the WardPay kiosk to complete their in-person card payment.

3

Prepare

Staff continue preparing and managing the order through their existing operational process.

Focused by design

Not another takeaway platform.

If your website, delivery marketplace and ordering systems already work, there is no reason for WardPay to replace them.

We concentrate on the missing part of the workflow: giving customers a straightforward way to complete an in-person payment.

Your existing setup

  • ✓ Online ordering
  • ✓ Delivery marketplace
  • ✓ Kitchen workflow
  • ✓ Customer menu

+ WardPay

A dedicated self-service payment experience for customers standing in front of you.

More than a card terminal

Solve the journey around the payment.

A conventional card terminal solves the transaction. A WardPay kiosk can solve the customer experience surrounding it.
  • ✓ Clear touchscreen instructions
  • ✓ Order or reference entry
  • ✓ Bespoke payment journeys
  • ✓ Multiple languages
  • ✓ Accessibility options
  • ✓ Transaction reporting
  • ✓ Remote monitoring
  • ✓ Custom branding
Customer making a card payment using a self-service kiosk
Bespoke software

The payment journey can match the way your takeaway works.

There is no need to force every business into the same touchscreen process.

Enter an amount

Staff or customers enter the amount that needs to be paid.

Enter an order number

The customer identifies an existing order before completing payment.

Select an order

The kiosk can present a simple choice or structured customer journey.

Integrate

Where appropriate, WardPay can explore integration with the systems already used by the business.
Who it is for

Built for established businesses with one awkward gap.

WardPay is particularly suited to businesses that already have an ordering system they are happy with but want to improve the experience for walk-in customers.

Independent takeaways

Add card-based self-service without rebuilding the rest of the business.

Busy counter-service businesses

Move simple payment interactions away from staff during busy periods.

Multi-site operators

Create a consistent customer payment journey across several locations.

Businesses tied into existing platforms

Improve the in-person experience without undertaking a complete technology migration.

Talk to WardPay

Already using an ordering platform?

You may not need to replace it. Tell us where the customer journey becomes awkward and we'll explore whether a WardPay kiosk can solve that part.

Questions

Takeaway payment kiosk FAQs

Do I have to replace my existing ordering system?

Not necessarily. The WardPay approach is to understand which part of your current workflow needs improving and build around the systems that already work.

Can the kiosk work alongside Foodhub or Just Eat?

Potentially, yes. The exact setup depends on how the takeaway currently handles orders and payments. WardPay can design the kiosk journey around that existing process.

Why use a kiosk instead of an ordinary card terminal?

A card terminal handles the transaction. A kiosk can also guide the customer through the surrounding process, including entering references, selecting options, displaying instructions and providing a consistent branded experience.

Can the software be customised?

Yes. Bespoke software is one of the main differences between WardPay and a generic payment terminal. The customer journey can be designed around the operational problem that needs solving.

Can WardPay support multiple locations?

WardPay solutions can be designed with multi-site deployment, transaction reporting and operational monitoring in mind.