Manchester · Greater Manchester
Manchester’s food streets are dense in different ways. The Curry Mile in Rusholme is a run of competing menus. The Northern Quarter is collection and late covers. Further out, Salford, Didsbury and Stockport are delivery decisions, not slogans. Chefzi is the direct lane beside whatever marketplaces you already use.
These counts are from the Food Standards Agency open data, pulled on 19 October 2026. “Takeaway” means the FSA business type “Takeaway/sandwich shop”. Cuisine rows are a name-keyword estimate, not a census, and 62% of takeaway names were not classified.
| Measure | Manchester |
|---|---|
| Takeaway / sandwich shops | 765 |
| Restaurants, cafés and canteens | 2,048 |
| All registered food businesses | 6,599 |
| Takeaways rated 5 | 48.3% of rated businesses |
| Takeaways rated 4 or 5 | 75.1% of rated businesses |
| Takeaways rated 0, 1 or 2 | 9.7% of rated businesses |
| Mean rating of rated takeaways | 4.08 |
| Takeaways awaiting inspection | 179 |
| Takeaways inspected in the last 12 months | 209 |
| Postcode districts with a takeaway | 21 |
| Median miles from the takeaway centre of this register | 1.8 |
| Takeaways within 3 miles of that centre | 75.8% |
| England benchmark | 61.9% rated 5 · 51,838 takeaways |
| North West benchmark | 54.3% rated 5 · 8,560 takeaways |
| FHRS rating | Takeaways |
|---|---|
| 5 | 283 |
| 4 | 157 |
| 3 | 89 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 1 | 30 |
| 0 | 1 |
| Awaiting inspection | 178 |
| Awaiting publication | 1 |
| Postcode district | Takeaways | Share |
|---|---|---|
| M12 | 172 | 22.5% |
| M14 | 58 | 7.6% |
| M4 | 57 | 7.5% |
| M19 | 47 | 6.1% |
| M40 | 46 | 6% |
| M1 | 45 | 5.9% |
| M20 | 41 | 5.4% |
| M8 | 40 | 5.2% |
| Name keyword | Takeaways |
|---|---|
| Unclassified | 475 |
| Pizza | 49 |
| Chinese | 42 |
| Indian or Bangladeshi | 42 |
| Chicken | 36 |
| Fish and chips | 33 |
| Thai or other Asian | 23 |
| Burger | 22 |
| Kebab | 20 |
| Café or bakery | 19 |
| Caribbean or African | 4 |
Among North West authorities with 50+ takeaways, ranked by takeaway pct_rated_5. Rank 24 of 35.
Source: Food Standards Agency, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Extract date 19 October 2026. The council food team page is Manchester.
A customer comparing restaurants on Wilmslow Road does not need a slower page than the app they just closed. Large Indian menus, set meals, spice levels and breads have to load on a phone and land on the ticket as choices. Sticky categories and a straightforward basket are the whole job. Chefzi is the page for one kitchen, with that kitchen’s prices.
The Android app rings until someone accepts with a prep time or rejects with a reason. That is the requirement on a Friday when the extractor is loud, whether the shop is on the Curry Mile or in a suburb. If the tablet goes offline, the dashboard shows a warning and Chefzi texts and emails the restaurant. A phone call follows when the messaging account is connected. The app can talk to a Bluetooth printer the restaurant chooses. Card numbers are not stored on the tablet. The ticket is the order.
People collecting in the Northern Quarter need a short, honest prep time. A kitchen that also delivers towards Didsbury or Stockport should not use that same promise for the drive. Split the zones. The close streets can carry a small fee. The longer Greater Manchester runs can carry a higher fee or a higher minimum, so a small order does not send a driver across the city. If you only do collection, hide delivery. The kitchen app is the same either way.
Three months free, then £19 a month for cash or no-card payments, or £29 a month with online card payments through Stripe per location, excluding VAT. No setup fee. No commission on the order. No contract term beyond the month. That is the Chefzi price in Manchester and everywhere else in the UK we serve. It is not a discount off Just Eat, and it does not include their commission. Just Eat’s UK partner sign-up page is reported to show 14% when you deliver and 30% when they do, plus VAT on the fee. A direct fetch of that page was blocked on 19 October 2026. Use the calculator with your own order count. The result is a projection from those reported rates, not a Manchester case study.
Rusholme, the Northern Quarter, Salford, Didsbury and Stockport are different runs. Set a fee and a minimum for each, and leave the rest closed.
Set meals and spice choices on a page that is yours, not a marketplace tile.
Short prep times for people on foot.
Separate fees where the drive leaves the neighbourhood.
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It keeps ringing until the order is accepted or rejected. Turn the tablet volume up and leave it plugged in for the shift.
Yes. You set the zones, the fee and the minimum. Chefzi does not supply couriers.
No. Direct orders are the commission-free lane. Marketplace orders still pay the marketplace.
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3 months free, then £19 a month for cash or no-card payments, or £29 a month with online card payments through Stripe. Standard Stripe card processing fees apply. No setup fee. We move the menu.