FoodMaster (formerly WooFood)

Step-by-step guide to install WooCommerce and FoodMaster, build menus, set pickup/delivery rules, and test payments for online orders.

Treat online ordering as one connected flow: mobile-first menu, simple customizations, short checkout, clear payments, and reliable delivery.

Running one restaurant on WooCommerce is fairly straightforward. Running three, seven, or twenty branches on the same WordPress install? That’s where most owners hit a wall. Menus diverge, delivery zones overlap awkwardly, one branch runs out of chicken wings while another has a freezer full, and suddenly the “simple” ordering site becomes a support nightmare. […]

Anyone who has stood in a busy kitchen on a Friday night knows the sound of a printer spitting out ticket after ticket, only to have half of them curl onto the floor or get splashed with sauce. Paper tickets worked fine in 2005. They don’t work when your WooCommerce store is pulling in orders […]

Why Allergen Labels and Dietary Filters Matter for Online Restaurant Ordering A customer with a severe peanut allergy places an order through your restaurant’s website. There’s no allergen information listed anywhere on your menu. They assume a dish is safe, have a reaction, and suddenly your restaurant faces a liability claim, a reputation crisis, and […]

What Is a Kitchen Display System (KDS) and Why Your Restaurant Needs One Picture this: it’s Friday night, orders are flooding in from your website, and your kitchen printer jams. Tickets pile up, the cook misses a special instruction (“no onions — severe allergy”), and a delivery driver is standing at the counter tapping their […]

Why Allergen and Dietary Information Matters for Online Restaurant Ordering A customer with a severe peanut allergy places an order from your online menu. There’s no allergen info listed anywhere. They call the restaurant, but it’s a busy Friday night and nobody picks up. They either abandon the order — or worse, they take a […]

What Is a Kitchen Display System and Why Your Restaurant Needs One Picture this: it’s Friday night, orders are flooding in from your website, and your kitchen staff is squinting at a stack of printed tickets that keep curling up near the fryer. One ticket falls on the floor. Another gets smudged. A customer’s “no […]

Why Pre-Ordering and Scheduled Meal Pickup Matters for Restaurants Picture this: a customer wants to order a full Thanksgiving turkey dinner for 12 people, scheduled for pickup three days from now. Another wants to pre-order a weekly meal prep package every Sunday for the month ahead. A third is planning a birthday dinner and wants […]