Marketplace commissions on every order
Delivery marketplaces keep a cut of each order and the customer relationship with it. Orders taken on your own site and domain keep both. Card processing fees still apply, but you set the menu and the prices.
Software for food businesses
Software for food businesses: ordering, meal plans and delivery routes, for any cuisine
Ojastra builds software for food businesses: restaurants, caterers, meal-prep companies and home kitchens of any cuisine. That means online ordering on your own site instead of a marketplace, meal-plan subscriptions, delivery routes with a driver app, and a point of sale that stays in step, all for a fixed price.
We know this field first-hand. We built and run pickup.kitchen, a live ordering and meal-plan platform for food businesses, so the choices on your project have already been made once in a working system.
Fixed price. You own the code. A working demo every week.
What food business owners are tired of
Orders on WhatsApp, DMs and phone calls
Someone copies each order into a notebook or spreadsheet and misses one at the worst moment. Customers should order and pay in one place, and your kitchen should see a single list.
Meal plans run from spreadsheets
Weekly menus, subscribers, skips, allergies and payments spread over five sheets break the moment you grow. A subscription system runs the cycle for you.
Delivery day chaos
Routes drawn by hand, drivers texting for addresses and customers asking where their food is. Planned routes and a driver app take most of that away.
What we build for food businesses
Online ordering system for restaurants and caterers
Menu, cart, Stripe payments, pickup or delivery slots and order tracking, on your own site and domain, under your brand rather than a marketplace's.
Meal plan subscription software
Weekly or monthly plans, skips and pauses, dietary preferences and recurring payments, with a kitchen view of what to prepare.
Delivery route planning software with a driver app
Stops grouped into routes, a driver app for the day's list and live status for customers.
POS and inventory sync
Orders and stock kept in step with your point of sale. We've built a Shopify POS integration, and we connect other systems that offer an API.
Kitchen and prep dashboards
One screen showing what's ordered, what to cook and what goes out when.
Phones and messages answered
Questions about hours, menus and catering requests handled automatically, with a person stepping in for anything unusual.
Built from running a food platform ourselves
pickup.kitchen is our own platform. It's multi-tenant, so each kitchen gets its own storefront and custom domain; it takes payments through Stripe, tracks orders live and plans delivery routes with a driver app. You start from patterns that already work in a live system, not from a blank page.
Some food businesses can use an existing platform close to as it is; others need something shaped around their own menu, plans or routes. The free written plan tells you which, and if an existing product covers what you need, we'll say so. Custom work starts at $5,000 CAD.
We work with food businesses across the GTA in person and across Canada by video. Menus, cuisines and business models vary, so we ask how your week actually runs before we draw a single screen.
What it costs
Fixed prices in Canadian dollars. The blueprint fee is credited in full when you go ahead with the build.
| What you get | Price (CAD) | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| BlueprintWorkflow map, key screens, fixed quote and build schedule. 100% credited to the build. | $1,500 | About 1 week |
| One automation or integrationCalls answered and booked, quotes from your price sheet, orders keyed into your ERP, two tools synced. | $5K–$12K | 2–4 weeks |
| Internal tool that replaces spreadsheetsOps dashboard, job tracker, CRM, inventory or scheduling. | $12K–$40K | 4–10 weeks |
| Customer-facing web or mobile appBooking, ordering, client portal or marketplace. | $20K–$60K | 6–12 weeks |
| Care planHosting, monitoring, fixes and small changes. | From $500/month | Monthly |
Quoted in Canadian dollars, with the price fixed once the blueprint is done. Stripe and card processing fees, hosting and any third-party subscriptions you choose are paid to those providers, not to us. See all prices.
How we work
1. Plan
A free written plan within 48 hours, then a one-week blueprint ($1,500, credited to the build) that ends in one fixed price and a schedule.
2. Build
A working link to click every week. Milestone payments, no hourly surprises. Scope changes are priced in writing before we build them.
3. Care
You own the code and accounts from day one. Optional care plan from $500 a month for hosting, fixes and small changes.
Software we built and run
pickup.kitchen
Our own live ordering and meal-plan platform for food businesses.
- Each kitchen gets its own storefront on a subdomain or custom domain
- Stripe payments and a Shopify POS integration
- Live order tracking, delivery routes and a driver app
Questions owners ask us
How much does custom restaurant software cost?
For restaurants, caterers and meal-prep companies alike, a customer-facing ordering or meal-plan app is typically $20K–$60K CAD, an internal tool such as a kitchen or route dashboard $12K–$40K, and a single integration such as syncing with your POS $5K–$12K. The $1,500 blueprint turns your plan into one fixed price, and the fee comes off the build.
Is commission-free online ordering really possible?
Yes. Orders placed on your own website or app go through your own payment account, so no marketplace takes a percentage. Card processing fees from the payment provider still apply, and the blueprint shows you the estimate.
Do you build meal prep software with subscriptions?
Yes, it's one of our core builds: plans, weekly menus, skips and pauses, dietary notes, recurring payments and a prep list for the kitchen.
Can you connect to my POS?
We've built a Shopify POS integration and can connect other point-of-sale systems that offer an API. If yours doesn't, we'll explain how we'd work around it before you commit.
How long does it take?
A single integration takes two to four weeks, an internal tool four to ten and a customer-facing ordering or meal-plan app six to twelve. A working link is ready to click within the first week or two.
Do you only work with certain cuisines or kinds of kitchen?
No. Restaurants, caterers, bakeries, meal-prep companies and home kitchens all run on the same ingredients: a menu, orders, a prep list and deliveries. The cuisine changes the menu, not the software.
Who owns the software?
You do. The code is in your GitHub account and the platform runs on accounts in your name, including your domain and your payment account.
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