The Irish Alternative to Deliveroo and Just Eat: Keep More of What You Earn For Businesses Offering Delivery & Collection

When customers order food for delivery or collection, who's really making money? If you're using Deliveroo or Just Eat, the answer is increasingly "not you."

With commission rates climbing as high as 30% on some platforms, Irish foodservice businesses are watching their already thin margins disappear with every order. Add in the lack of customer data, zero control over your delivery experience, and the constant pressure to discount, and it's no wonder restaurant owners are looking for alternatives.

Mosey offers Irish foodservice businesses a completely different approach to collection and delivery—one where you keep more of what you earn, own your customer relationships, and maintain control over how your food reaches customers.

The High Cost of Traditional Delivery Platforms

Let's talk numbers, because they tell the real story.

Deliveroo and Just Eat typically charge:

• 20-30% commission per order

• Additional fees for marketing and promotions

• Higher commissions during peak times

• Service fees passed to customers (which reduces your order volume)

What this means for your business:

A €50 order on a 25% commission platform leaves you with just €37.50. From that, you still need to cover food costs (typically 28-35% of revenue), staff wages, rent, utilities, and everything else that keeps your business running.

On an already tight 10-15% profit margin, a 25% commission doesn't just eat into your profits—it can push you into loss territory on delivery orders. You're essentially working to make someone else money.

How Mosey Changes the Maths For Delivery In Ireland

Mosey charges just 4.5% commission for vouchers and 6% for collection and delivery orders, with a transparent €0.89 service fee to customers.

The same €50 order on Mosey:

• 6% commission = €3.00

• You keep: €47.00

  
  

That's an extra €9.50 in your pocket compared to a 25% platform. Do 100 orders a week and you're keeping an additional €950 weekly, or over €49,000 annually.

These aren't trivial numbers. That's the difference between hiring another chef, upgrading your kitchen equipment, or simply keeping your business profitable during difficult months.

You Control Your Delivery, Your Way

Here's where Mosey is fundamentally different from traditional delivery platforms: we don't provide drivers. And that's actually a benefit.

Why no drivers matters:

With Deliveroo or Just Eat, you have zero control over who delivers your food, how quickly they arrive, or how they represent your brand. A cold burger or spilled curry isn't just a disappointed customer—it's a bad review that damages your reputation for something outside your control.

Mosey lets you choose your own delivery solution:

Option 1: Hire Your Own Drivers

• Maintain complete quality control

• Drivers represent your brand

• Build relationships with regular customers

• Keep delivery fees in-house

  
  

Option 2: Partner with Local Driver Pools

• Share driver costs with nearby businesses

• Pay a competitive fee to another business for using their drivers

• Maintain local control and relationships

• More affordable than hiring full-time during quiet periods

  
  

Option 3: Collection Only

• Many successful restaurants focus purely on collection

• No delivery logistics to manage

• Even higher margins

• Build direct customer relationships

  
  

This flexibility means you're not locked into one expensive solution. Quiet Tuesday? Use a shared driver pool. Busy Saturday? Your own drivers ensure everything's perfect. Want to skip delivery entirely? Focus on collection where your margins are even better.

Keep Your Customer Data (It's Worth More Than You Think)

When someone orders through Deliveroo or Just Eat, you get an order. That's it. You don't get their email, their phone number, their order history, or any way to contact them directly.

What you're losing:

• Ability to build customer loyalty

• Opportunity to market directly without paying platform fees

• Understanding of ordering patterns and preferences

• Control over your own customer relationships

What Mosey gives you:

Every customer who orders through Mosey becomes your customer. You get their data, their preferences, their history. This means you can:

• Send them updates about new menu items

• Offer them birthday discounts

• Encourage repeat orders without paying commission on marketing

• Build genuine relationships that drive loyalty

Customer data is valuable. A regular customer who orders twice monthly is worth roughly €1,200 annually to your business. Own that relationship, and you own that revenue stream. Give it to a platform, and you're forever paying commission to reach your own customers.

The Full Picture: Collection and Delivery Benefits for Your Business

Beyond the obvious cost savings, offering collection and delivery through Mosey brings additional revenue opportunities that traditional platforms don't provide.

Reach Customers in New Ways

Expand Your Service Area Collection and delivery mean you're no longer limited to walk-in customers. Someone 15 minutes away becomes a viable customer. Families at home on a rainy Sunday become your audience. You've expanded your potential customer base without opening a second location.

Capture Different Occasions Dine-in is wonderful, but it's not always convenient. Delivery captures family dinners at home, office lunches, movie nights, and busy weekday meals. Each of these occasions is additional revenue you wouldn't otherwise see.

Increase Order Frequency Customers who dine in might visit monthly. But give them easy collection or delivery, and they might order fortnightly. Double the frequency, double the lifetime value.

Better Cash Flow During Quiet Periods

Rainy Tuesday evening? Delivery orders fill tables that would otherwise sit empty.

Quiet lunch service? Collection orders supplement walk-in revenue without additional front-of-house costs.

Off-season month? Regular delivery customers provide baseline revenue when tourism drops.

Mosey's commission structure means these orders actually add to your bottom line rather than just keeping you busy while someone else profits.

Operational Benefits You'll Actually Notice

Predictable Order Flow Collection orders let customers pre-order, giving your kitchen notice and reducing the chaos of unexpected rushes. Better for staff morale, better for food quality, better for your stress levels.

Reduced Table Turnover Pressure When delivery and collection revenue supplements your dine-in service, you're less dependent on fast table turnover. Customers can enjoy their meals without feeling rushed, leading to better experiences and reviews.

Menu Testing and Experimentation Want to test a new dish before adding it to your main menu? Offer it for delivery first. Lower risk, real customer feedback, and if it's a flop, you haven't printed new menus or confused your regular diners.

Better Weather Days Weather impacts dine-in revenue significantly. Delivery and collection orders remain steady regardless of rain, snow, or scorching heat. Revenue diversification protects your business from factors outside your control.

What About Marketing and Discovery?

Traditional delivery platforms promise "exposure" in exchange for their high commissions. But what are you actually getting?

The Reality:

• You're competing with every other restaurant in a race to the bottom on price

• Discounts and promotions eat further into margins

• Customers choose based on commission-inflated prices, not food quality

• Your business becomes a commodity, not a destination

Mosey's Approach:

Customers discover you through food-focused search when they're actually hungry and deciding where to eat—not when they're scrolling through hundreds of generic listings. Search by cuisine, menu item, atmosphere, or dietary needs. No follower count required.

Your collection and delivery options appear naturally in search results. Customers find you because they want what you offer, not because you paid for sponsored placement.

Plus, with vouchers, promotions, and events, you can market directly to customers and get paid before they even visit. Create a "Sunday Roast Collection Box" voucher and get paid this week for meals you'll serve next month. That's marketing that actually makes you money.

Transparency About Costs (Because You Deserve to Know)

We believe in showing exactly where money goes, so here's the complete breakdown:

Mosey Commission Rates:

• Vouchers: 4.5% + €0.89 service fee (paid by customer)

• Collection & Delivery: 6% + €0.89 service fee (paid by customer)

• Events: 5.7% + €0.89 service fee (paid by customer)

• Promotions: 6.9% + €0.89 service fee (paid by customer)

You Get Paid Before Service: For vouchers, events, and promotions, you receive payment immediately—before customers collect their food or attend your event. This improves cash flow when you need it most.

For collection and delivery orders, you're paid according to standard payment processing timelines (typically 1-2 business days).

No Hidden Fees:

• No monthly subscription required for basic collection and delivery (free tier available)

• No marketing fees

• No surge pricing during busy periods

• No penalties for opting out of promotions

Optional Paid Tiers: If you want advanced features like reservation management, CRM tools, or push notifications to followers, paid tiers start at €29.99 monthly. But basic collection and delivery work perfectly fine on the free tier.

Real-World Scenarios: See Yourself in These Numbers

Scenario 1: The Busy Gastropub

Orders per week: 150 collection/delivery orders averaging €38 each

On a 25% platform:

• Weekly revenue: €5,700

• Commission paid: €1,425

• Revenue kept: €4,275

On Mosey (6% commission):

• Weekly revenue: €5,700

• Commission paid: €342

• Revenue kept: €5,358

Difference: €1,083 weekly or €56,316 annually

That's enough to hire a full-time chef and improve your menu, opening up even more revenue opportunities.

Scenario 2: The Family Restaurant

Orders per week: 80 collection orders averaging €45 each

On a 20% platform:

• Weekly revenue: €3,600

• Commission paid: €720

• Revenue kept: €2,880

On Mosey (6% commission):

• Weekly revenue: €3,600

• Commission paid: €216

• Revenue kept: €3,384

Difference: €504 weekly or €26,208 annually

Enough to reduce your owner hours, hire part-time help, or invest in equipment that improves efficiency.

Scenario 3: The Weekend-Focused Café

Orders per week: 40 collection orders averaging €22 each

On a 30% platform:

• Weekly revenue: €880

• Commission paid: €264

• Revenue kept: €616

On Mosey (6% commission):

• Weekly revenue: €880

• Commission paid: €52.80

• Revenue kept: €827.20

Difference: €211.20 weekly or €10,982 annually

Small business, but that's still a significant amount that can be reinvested or taken as actual profit.

Why Irish Businesses Are Switching

The conversation we're hearing from Irish restaurant owners goes something like this:

"We joined Deliveroo to get more orders. And we did—but we're working harder to make less money. Every order costs us more than we're making. We can't keep doing this."

Sound familiar?

Mosey was built specifically for this problem. We're Irish, we're LEO-backed, and we understand that foodservice businesses already operate on tight margins. You don't need another platform taking huge cuts. You need tools that actually help you make money.

What Makes Mosey Different:

• Transparent pricing — You know exactly what you're paying

• Customer data ownership — Your customers belong to you

• Flexible delivery options — Choose what works for your business

• Additional revenue streams — Vouchers, events, and promotions build cash flow

• Food-focused discovery — Customers find you when they're hungry

• Local support — We're based in Ireland and understand Irish hospitality

Getting Started Is Genuinely Free

Create your free Mosey profile and you can immediately offer collection and delivery. There's no setup fee, no monthly subscription required for basic features, and no obligation to use paid tiers.

Start with just collection if you want. Add delivery when you're ready. Experiment with vouchers to build cash flow. Scale at your own pace.

We make money when you make money—and even then, we take significantly less than traditional platforms. That alignment matters.

The Bottom Line: More Money, More Control, More Customers

When you're running a foodservice business in Ireland today, every euro counts. You can't afford to give away 20-30% of your revenue to a delivery platform that doesn't care whether you succeed or fail.

Mosey gives you a genuine alternative:

• 4.5-6% commission instead of 20-30%

• You own your customer data and relationships

• You control your delivery experience

• You get paid before customers even collect their food

• You reach new customers when they're actually deciding where to eat

This isn't about replacing dine-in service. It's about adding revenue streams that work for your business, not against it.

Stop paying someone else to access your own customers. Keep more of what you earn. Build a business that's sustainable, profitable, and actually yours.

Ready to see the difference?

Set up your free Mosey profile at www.moseyfoodfinder.com/forbusiness and start offering collection and delivery that actually makes you money.

Your margins deserve better than 70p on the euro. Keep what you earn.