Eventifood

Eventifood is ordering and POS software for food vans, street-food traders, mobile caterers and festival vendors. It suits sellers who need to coordinate customer orders with a kitchen and event-specific menus. Its clearest trade-off is the choice between monthly plans without per-transaction fees and free-to-start plans that charge a platform fee.

Overview

Customers order through a QR code that opens a menu in their phone browser, with no app download or account required. Sellers can build menus with categories, photos, variations and extras, and keep separate menus for different events. That makes the ordering flow a practical fit for traders whose offerings change by location or occasion.

Paid orders move to a kitchen display, where staff can update their status and send ready notifications. Reporting covers popular items, revenue over time and busy trading hours; profit per item depends on entering cost prices. Eventifood also supports SumUp, PayPal and Stripe. Apple Pay and Google Pay are described as coming soon through Stripe Connect, so they should not be treated as current payment options.

Key features

• QR ordering: A browser-based order flow avoids asking customers to install an app or register, removing friction at a stall or event.
• Menu tools: Categories, photos, prices, variations, extras and separate event menus give sellers room to tailor what customers see.
• Kitchen workflow: The kitchen screen keeps paid orders visible, while status updates and ready notifications help staff communicate progress.
• Analytics: Sales patterns can help sellers spot busy hours and bestsellers. Item profit is useful only if cost prices are entered.
• Accounting and security: Pro features include CSV, QuickBooks and Sage exports; Pro Max adds Xero. Seller accounts have email MFA protection.
• Offline POS: Pro includes an offline desktop POS app, a relevant option for sellers who need desktop order taking without relying on an online POS session.

Pricing

The PAYG plans have no monthly charge but add a platform fee plus Stripe processing. Monthly plans instead have no per-transaction fee, so the better fit depends on how much a seller processes and which tools they need.

The free PAYG entry points preserve a zero monthly bill but take a share of transactions, rising from 1.0% on Basic to 3.0% on Pro Max, with Stripe processing also charged. Basic Pay Monthly is the lower-cost route away from platform fees, but it does not include the Pro Plan's inventory, analytics and P&L, staff costs, exports or multi-device POS. There is no free trial. The plans do not state seat limits or order quotas.

Platforms

Eventifood is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web and Windows. It runs in a browser on Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, Amazon Fire tablets and Raspberry Pi devices. The mobile catering page says support when needed is covered by the 2% transaction fee.

Who it's for

Eventifood is best suited to UK food vans, street-food traders, mobile caterers and festival vendors who want QR ordering tied to kitchen order handling. Its event-specific menus and event pricing suit changing setups; the Pro tiers make more sense when inventory, reporting, staff costs or accounting workflows matter. Sellers seeking only a simple menu without payment-linked fees, or who do not need the ordering and kitchen workflow, may find the paid structure harder to justify.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Customers can order without installing an app or creating an account, reducing steps at the point of sale.
• Pro: Separate menus for events and a kitchen display connect changing offers to order fulfilment.
• Pro: PAYG keeps monthly costs at zero, while fixed monthly plans remove per-transaction fees.
• Con: PAYG platform fees rise with feature tier and sit alongside Stripe processing, which can make the apparent free entry point costly as sales grow.
• Con: Several operational tools, including inventory, analytics and multi-device POS, begin with the £59.96/month Pro Plan.
• Con: Apple Pay and Google Pay are not presented as current options.

Alternatives

For a wider comparison, see Event Catering Software.

• BanquetsCRM is worth considering when event CRM basics such as leads, customers, invoices, venues, menus and team management matter more than Eventifood's food-van ordering workflow; its Core CRM is free forever.
• OneCatering is an option for buyers looking at a paid web-based catering platform with an annual Essentials plan and a 1% platform fee on eligible payments processed through OneCatering.
• SendOrder may suit a business that wants food costing, preparation conversion, inventory, recipes, orders and expenses in its free Starter plan.
• CartFlow is a fit to compare for event operations with a free tier capped at three events and limited monthly sales records, products, recipes and stock items.
• Caterease offers paid module options for buyers who want to select tools such as guest rooms management, prospect management, document building or banquet rooms.
• CaterZen is a paid alternative for catering businesses seeking unlimited users, transactions, menus, items and orders or events on its Pro plan.
• Curate is another paid catering option, with annual subscription pricing by chat.
• Traqly is another freemium web-based alternative.

Verdict

Choose Eventifood if you run a food van or mobile catering operation and want QR ordering connected to kitchen workflows, with a way to start PAYG or move to a fixed monthly plan. Its event menus and tiered tools make it more compelling for sellers who will use the ordering and operations together. Look elsewhere if those workflows are unnecessary or if the platform fees on PAYG are a poor match for your sales volume.