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Set up Delivery for your Restaurant

Did you know with Lavu’s partnership with MenuDrive, you can partner with premier delivery services for free? If you haven’t taken advantage of this free online ordering and delivery integration tool, click here. Your customers are looking for your restaurant online, and they need pickup and delivery options now, with this no-cost tool you’ll pivot your business to the needs of your customers today.

Partnering with a Delivery Service Saves Time and Money

Are you taking delivery orders over the phone, entering them into your POS system, sending them to the kitchen, then having your delivery driver take them to your customers? While a lot of restaurants still use this system for taking orders for delivery, it’s outdated, and it is wasting valuable time and resources. When you implement an online ordering service like MenuDrive, your process is streamlined and you have your own online ordering storefront.

What do you need to do to set up online delivery?

Make sure your menu is up-to-date and that all items you have available for delivery can be delivered and arrive just as tasty as they would to a diner’s plate in the restaurant. Once you’ve updated your menu, it’s time to choose a delivery service that works best for your restaurant. We recommend MenuDrive, which utilizes DoorDash to deliver orders, at no cost to the restaurant.

What Makes MenuDrive and Lavu’s delivery partnership better?

MenuDrive and Lavu’s delivery partnership makes online delivery and pickup orders a breeze for your customers, and streamlines the process within your restaurant. You can take advantage of these valuable features of MenuDrive when you access your free account through Lavu:

 Branded Online Ordering: MenuDrive gives a personalized branded marketing on the web and versatile ordering platforms for your eatery with client analytics, automated marketing, and a plethora of auxiliary features that no other platform comes close to competing with. Their cutting-edge technology and food ordering software will have you soaring above competing restaurants.

Improved Takeout Operations: MenuDrive is on a mission to improve order processing for all restaurants by giving restaurant customers multiple ordering options. Almost half of MenuDrive’s users are Millennials, of which 90% use their mobile devices to place food orders.

Increase Restaurant Sales Without Increased Ad Spend: When you add a web-based ordering system for your restaurant, you’ll have the chance to upsell certain menu items, process large orders, and use automated marketing to build promotions and increase sales.

Marketing and Promotional Features: Get the word out 24/7 about your restaurant with marketing and promotion features such as automated email, promo broadcasts, and MenuDrive’s state-of-the-art coupon builder. You’ll connect your restaurant to potential customers at alarming rates.

Loyalty Programs: Having a loyalty program helps you get ahead of the competition with customized offerings and analytics of your loyal patrons.

Mobile Ordering: MenuDrive creates a mobile responsive copy of your restaurant’s website for customers to place an order, letting you reach more customers no matter what device they use to place online orders.

Credit Card Processing: When you use MenuDrive in conjunction with Lavu, you’ll get credit card processing from PCI-compliant payment processors. These processors provide better cybersecurity for payments.   

How can you change delivery options on Google My Business?

Google My Business has integrated delivery from third-party companies through their local search, but you have the power to choose who delivers for your customers. To turn off the delivery option for knowledge cards, which are shown on Google Maps results, you’ll need to opt-out of online delivery with this Google form. This sounds like a scary idea when so many are dependent on online orders. Still, it merely disconnects your business profile from third-party delivery services you haven’t chosen to partner with.

When customers use the online order option displayed in Google search results, your business sees a reduction in profit from each order due to receiving the orders from an outside source. If you want better control over your bottom line when it comes to delivery, you may want to turn this feature off.

 

FAQ

Frequently Answered Questions

See how owners like you boosted covers, cut costs and
took back control of their business.

What is Marty and what does it actually do?

Marty is your restaurant’s intelligence engine. It watches every sale, shift, hour, item, and
trend inside your POS and gives you clear, actionable direction.

Marty informs. Lavu automates.
Together they act like a digital GM that never sleeps.

Marty gives you:

  • Daily morning briefings
  • Real time sales and labor insights
  • Forecasts and schedule recommendations
  • High margin bundle suggestions
  • Menu and pricing guidance
  • Server performance insights
  • Alerts when something is off


No spreadsheets. No reports. Just clarity and next steps.

You can run basic reporting and audits without Lavu.

But the full power of Marty only unlocks when paired with Lavu POS.

Why?
Because Marty needs real-time, restaurant-wide data to give you accurate insights and
recommendations.
With Lavu, Marty can see everything that happens in your restaurant and Lavu can instantly automate the action.

Marty informs.
Lavu executes.

Three things owners consistently call out:

It runs on iPads
Staff learn it fast. Training drops from days to hours.

It is flexible and not hardware locked
You are not forced into proprietary hardware. You can buy replacements anywhere.

It is the only POS designed to work with Marty
Other POS systems show you what happened.
Lavu plus Marty tells you what to do next.
This is what restaurants actually need to increase profit

Marty analyzes everything happening in your restaurant.
Lavu automates the work behind it.

Examples:

  • Marty flags high food cost items. Lavu shows the exact recipe cost and usage.
  • Marty spots slow periods. Lavu triggers targeted outreach or bundle suggestions.
  • Marty forecasts sales. Lavu generates the schedule with labor control.


It feels like hiring an analyst and an operations manager without adding payroll

Yes. Lavu uses PCI compliant, encrypted payment processing trusted in restaurants
worldwide.

Secure card handling, safe mobile payments, and no risky shortcuts

Most servers pick it up within one shift because it mirrors real restaurant workflows.

Managers love how much time they get back during onboarding

Lavu offers flexible plans for single location operators and multi location brands.

Pricing depends on your configuration, number of devices, and whether you activate Marty.

We will help you select the right setup based on your volume and goals.

Almost always yes.

Lavu works with major EMV readers, printers, KDS screens, and delivery platforms.
We are partnered with Apple to deliver the best-in-class iPad hardware experience.
For payments, Lavu integrates with Adyen, a global leader in secure restaurant payment
processing.

Because the system is open, you are not trapped buying expensive proprietary hardware.

Yes. Online orders flow straight into the POS with no extra steps and no chaos.

You can manage curbside, pickup, and delivery from the same screen.

Inventory updates in real time as items are sold.

Marty then analyzes the trends and highlights waste, low stock, or margin issues so you can
correct them early.

Yes. Lavu tracks time, wages, overtime, and labor percentage.

Marty adds intelligence on top of it by showing staffing efficiency, server performance, and when labor is running high.

Worldwide.

Both support restaurants across the globe with the infrastructure and partnerships needed
for international operations.

While Lavu is purpose built for restaurants, it works with other businesses too.
Drop us a line to find out more

Hit us on Marty Chat or reach support at support@lavu.com or 505-559-5100

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