Door-to-door takeaway menu distribution

Choose households before choosing a print quantity

Start with where you actually want to receive orders from. Tell us the streets, postcodes or radius around your business that you want to discuss, and we can plan a delivery route for that area. It is more useful to identify a realistic area than to order a large stack of menus and decide later where they should go.

If a building has no accessible letterboxes, delivery there may not be possible. Our distribution page explains how access to flats and apartments is handled. A route plan should make that constraint visible before you treat every address in a postcode as a guaranteed delivery. Ask us which streets fit your brief rather than assuming an entire district can be covered by one round.

Shared or solus menu drops

Shared delivery places your menu alongside other non-competing print; solus means your menu is the only item our distributor puts through that letterbox on the round. Those are different ways to organise the drop, not different menu formats. Shared distribution starts from around £30 per 1,000 and solus from £45 per 1,000 on the site; the actual campaign quote depends on the area and quantity.

We typically run distribution from 1,000 items upwards, with smaller test drops possible for very tight local areas. Ask about the route and available option before you print, especially if the menu is for a limited promotion. Choosing solus does not promise more orders; it means the printed item goes through the door on its own.

Print a menu that works through a letterbox

Our menu printing page covers the formats we offer: A4 folded to DL takeaway menus, laminated table menus, booklet menus and smaller table pieces. A folded takeaway sheet is usually the relevant option for a household drop; a wipe-clean table menu serves a different purpose in a restaurant. Decide which you need before asking for a combined print-and-drop quote.

For a folded menu, put the ordering details somewhere visible before the reader opens every panel. Confirm the dishes, prices, allergen information and contact details on the proof. The print team can check supplied artwork, or the design team can arrange a layout from the content you provide. Paper and finish choices can be discussed alongside the fold and quantity; a dining-room laminate is not automatically the right choice for a letterbox menu.

What GPS route proof tells you

Each distributor carries a GPS-logging device and we share recorded routes after the shift. That gives you a way to check where and when a round was walked. It does not show whether anyone read the menu, kept it or ordered from it, so treat it as delivery evidence rather than a sales forecast.

To assess the response yourself, you may want to note which menu version and distribution area were used before the drop. If your order channels allow it, compare enquiries afterwards against your own records. We cannot promise a response rate or infer sales from a GPS map; those depend on the offer, the area and what happens when a customer decides to order.

From brief to delivery

Send the area, approximate quantity, whether you have printed menus already and whether you prefer shared or solus delivery. If printing is needed, send your existing PDF or the information our designers need to prepare one. After the artwork and area are agreed, the menu can be printed and passed to the distribution team for a planned round.

We are based at 10 Queen Street in Leicester and offer distribution in the four cities listed above. Tell us your intended dates when asking for a quote, but do not assume a delivery date until the route and print requirements have been agreed. The related campaign guide covers practical preparation in more detail; you can also call 01162 161739 to discuss your brief.

Related

• Takeaway menu printing
• Leaflet distribution
• Solus distribution
• Takeaway menu drop campaign guide

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