Online ordering for pizza shops in Cheshire East

Updated 13 November 2026. Figures come from the Food Standards Agency register as pulled on 13 November 2026. The page covers the Cheshire East council area, which includes Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton and Wilmslow, and no business is named. The whole-area picture is on our Cheshire East page.

In short: Cheshire East has 24 premises with pizza or pizzeria in the name on the FSA register, most in SK9 and CW5. A Cheshire East pizza shop can run its own ordering page with Chefzi: £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), 0% commission ever, first month free with no card.

The register lists 24 premises in Cheshire East with "pizza" or "pizzeria" in the business name, 21 of them registered as takeaways and 3 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in SK9 (6), CW5 (4), CW2 (3), SK12 (3). That is 4.0% of the area's 606 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 4.5% across the UK, so the word is about as common here as in the UK as a whole.

That makes Cheshire East a place where a direct ordering page earns its keep: the same few streets hold a lot of pizza-named premises, so being easy to find and easy to order from is the whole game.

What the FSA register shows for Cheshire East pizza names

Read this as a name-keyword count, not a census. A premises is counted only if its registered name contains one of the words, so pizza shops with other names are missed and any place using the word for something else is included. Only takeaway, sandwich shop, restaurant, café and canteen premises are counted, and no business is named.

Of the 21 with a numeric rating, 18 (86%) are rated 5 and 1 (5%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a higher share than the 74.7% of all rated takeaways in Cheshire East that hold a 5. A further 3 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Where they cluster

SK9 holds the most, 6 of the 24 (25%), and the premises sit across 8 postcode districts in all. A zone per district lets you charge a small fee for the close streets and a higher minimum for the outer ones, in Chefzi's delivery zones.

How Cheshire East compares with the council areas next to it

The five nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises, with the same name-keyword count:

3 of the five neighbours have more of these names than Cheshire East, and 2 have fewer, so the field here is mid-sized. Neighbouring set-ups: pizza shop ordering in Stoke-on-Trent and pizza shop ordering in Stockport.

Cheshire East in the wider picture

Cheshire East has 267 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 339 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 70 of 363 UK council areas, and 15 of 35 in North West. Across all rated takeaways in Cheshire East, 74.7% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 2.9% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Cheshire East is part of Cheshire, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts. Places in the council area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton and Wilmslow, so a delivery zone set by postcode district can follow the towns a kitchen really serves.

Cheshire East against the UK: the numbers

Using the ONS estimate of 425,459 residents, that works out at 0.6 pizza-named premises per 10,000 people, compared with 1.3 across the UK, so Cheshire East sits below the national rate. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Cheshire East comes 128th nationally and 17th of 35 within the North West.

Across the area 4.0% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In SK12 that rises to 13%, while in CW2 it is 5%.

These premises are inspected about as recently as the area as a whole: 38% inspected within a year (24 dated records) against 42% overall, with a median of 12 months since inspection against 14.

Population figures are ONS mid-2025 estimates; every other figure comes from the same FSA register pull as the tables above. Small samples move a lot from one inspection to the next, so read the shares as a guide to where the pattern is, not as a verdict on any business.

How a direct ordering page helps here

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in SK9 and CW5, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Cheshire East fits the spread.
• Size, base and toppings in one flow. Size and crust can be required choices and toppings a pick-several choice with a surcharge for each, so the ticket shows exactly what to make.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are on every plan, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.
• Plan for the Friday rush. When the oven is full, pause ordering or lengthen the prep time you give each customer when you accept the order, rather than letting orders pile up. Chefzi has no slot grid, so you control the pace from the app.

Late-night hot food in Cheshire East: what to check

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Cheshire East's council publishes its process here: Cheshire East council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

Our late night refreshment licence guide sets out the England and Wales rules. In Chefzi, collection hours and delivery hours are separate settings, so you can match whatever your licence allows. This is general information and not legal advice.

How to start

1. Put your menu into Chefzi on a short call with us. We set it up with you and aim to have you live in 24 to 48 hours.
2. Set required choices for the way your customers order, and set your delivery zones by postcode district or radius.
3. Put the link on your Google Business Profile (how), and print a QR code for each bag (QR kit).
4. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, Plus and Pro).

For more, see the pizza page, the commission calculator and our guide on moving customers from Just Eat to your own site, and the Cheshire East location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Cheshire East pizza shop

These are assumed numbers, not Cheshire East data: with no published average order value for Cheshire East pizza shops, the example takes £25 (the commission calculator default) and 30 orders a week. Use your own.

Suppose 30 orders a week (about 130 a month, £25 each, £3,250 in sales) shift from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. Just Eat's published rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. At 14% those 130 orders cost £455 plus £91 VAT, £546 in all; at 30% they cost £975 plus £195 VAT, £1,170.

On Chefzi the same 130 orders carry 0% commission. You pay the flat plan: Plus, which adds card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location, excluding VAT, and it does not change if the month is busier. Card processing charges depend on your payment provider and are not modelled on either side. Orders customers still place through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; the example only covers the ones you move.

What Chefzi does not do

• Delivery: you run your own drivers. Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• No kiosk and no CRM.
• Pre-order lead time is one setting per location, not per dish.
• Marketplace orders still pay the marketplace's commission. Chefzi helps you move regulars across; it does not change what Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats charge.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Cheshire East, business types Takeaway/sandwich shop and Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, name search for "pizza" or "pizzeria", extract 13 November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Cheshire East council licensing page linked above: https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/business/licensing/alcohol-and-entertainment/premises-licence-applications (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.