Uber Eats has announced that it is to waive sign-up fees for all Manchester restaurants who choose to join the leading food delivery platform.
Takeout and delivery services have been widely embraced by local hospitality businesses in Greater Manchester throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – particularly during England’s current national lockdown.
For those looking to continue with a strong delivery offering into the future though, Uber Eats is here to help.
Uber Eats gives restaurants the “flexibility, visibility and insights” needed to connect with more customers, by enabling restaurants to either sign-up using their own delivery couriers, or with couriers who use the Uber Eats app.
The in-app marketing options available to Uber Eats restaurant partners also help to reach a wider customer base that they wouldn’t normally be exposed to, which in-turn, increases sales. Restaurants “turn customers into regulars” with the actionable data insights provided in the ‘Restaurant Dashboard’.
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It also couldn’t be easier to respond to reviews or offer a loyalty programme to keep customers keen.
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So, how does it work then?
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Well, it’s simple – First, a customer finds your restaurant and places an order through the Uber Eats app, then your restaurant accepts and prepares the order ready for the delivery partners using the Uber Eats platform to pick up the order and deliver it to the customer.
You can get started in just three steps too:
1. Tell Uber Eats about your restaurant.
2. Upload your menu.
3. Access the ‘Restaurant Dashboard’ and go live.
For a limited time only, all Manchester eateries looking to become new restaurant partners won’t have to pay to join, as Uber Eats is waiving all sign-up fees until the end of June.
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You’ll also get your tablet and photography session for free too, which would normally set you back £500.
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This offer is available to first-time Uber Eats restaurant partners only.
You have until 30th June 2021 to sign-up.
Contact Manchester representative Laurence Thomas on [email protected] for more information or to sign-up, and you can find out more about the service and access some FAQs via the Uber Eats website.
Food & Drink
The cosy Peak District pub serving a pick’n’mix sausage and mash menu
Daisy Jackson
There’s a Peak District pub that’s turned one of Britain’s most beloved comfort foods into a full-on pick’n’mix.
Tucked away in the postcard-perfect village of Castleton, Ye Olde Nags Head is serving up a fully customisable menu of sausage and mash dishes.
We’re talking near-endless combinations of proper pub grub.
You start by choosing your sausages from a daily rotating selection (not a sentence you hear every day, but we’re into it).
Expect classics like Cumberland alongside more adventurous options like venison and mustard, or even wild boar and orange, plus a veggie sausage daily.
Then it’s onto the mash – you can go for flavours like cheese and onion, wholegrain mustard, or even black pudding mash.
Classic cumberland, mustard mash, and mushroom sauceVeggie sausage with cheese and onion mash and classic gravyTucking in
To finish? A choice of rich, hearty gravies and sauces to bring it all together, whether that’s a classic onion gravy, a peppercorn sauce, or a creamy wild mushroom sauce.
And if that wasn’t enough, you can even upgrade your bangers and mash pick’n’mix by having it all served inside a giant Yorkshire pudding.
Ye Olde Nags Head is a historic 17th-century pub, with a roaring fire in every room and cosy bedrooms upstairs.
Inside Ye Olde Nags Head pub in the Peak DistrictYe Olde Nags Head pub is near Mam Tor
It’s one of those flagstone-floored, beamed-ceilinged, mismatched-furniture type pubs that welcomes everyone in every state, whether you’re caked in mud from a hike or popping in on a coach tour.
Another of the pub’s specialties is the Derbyshire Breakfast, a hearty plate of sausage, smoked bacon, black pudding, free range egg, grilled tomatoes, field mushrooms, baked beans and fried bread.
The pub also offers takeaway breakfast butties, so you can use it for both a pre-hike stop and a post-hike pint.
Given it’s just minutes from the ever-popular Mam Tor hike, this is one pub you’ll definitely want to add to your next Peak District day out itinerary.
The hillside farm in the Peak District making its own ice cream
Daisy Jackson
Did you know there’s a 300-year-old farm in the Peak District serving up some of the freshest ice cream you’ll ever taste? And yes, you can meet the cows that made it while you’re there.
Welcome to Hope Valley Ice Cream, a family-run gem where things are kept refreshingly simple: happy cows, proper farming, and seriously good ice cream.
Set in the heart of the Peak District countryside, this place is about as wholesome as it gets.
The ice cream is made on-site in the farmhouse, literally just metres from where the dairy herd are out grazing.
You can watch the animals, wander around the farm, and then tuck into a scoop or three perched on a milk pail stool, or a picnic bench (or even a decorative tractor).
Hope Valley Ice Cream has some amazing seasonal ice creams, like lemon curd, elderflower, and blackberry, alongside all the classics and a rather delicious tiramisu.
You can grab a cone, sit down with a coffee (again, made with milk from the nearby cows), or go all in with a freshly-made waffle if you’re feeling fancy.
Takeaway tubs from Hope Valley Ice CreamYou can get a mini pail of ice creamMeet the newborn calves at Hope Valley Ice CreamTuck into your ice cream on a milk pail stoolHope Valley Ice Cream
And if you’re the type who really loves ice cream? You can actually order a full pail of it, with four huge scoops plus whipped cream and sauce.
The farm itself is run by the Marsden family, who’ve been working this land for generations. It shows in everything – they’ve created a place that feels genuinely welcoming, not just another tourist stop.
Beyond the ice cream, you’ve got plenty of reasons to stick around. There are calves (including the newest tiny arrivals), plus donkeys and pigs to say hello to.
Whether you’re heading out on a hike or just fancy a drive into the Peaks, this is one pitstop that’s absolutely worth it – and honestly, it’s worth the trip on its own.
Emily Sergeant -
9th March 2021 
