Claim your listing, keep your business information accurate and unlock more ways to showcase your takeaway to customers.
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Create Your Merchant Account
Create a free account to claim or manage your takeaway. We will email you a confirmation link before the account becomes active.
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Account security: Takeaway Scout will never ask you to send us your password. Password reset links are sent only to the email address registered to your Merchant Hub account.
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My Memberships
Activate your first annual membership, manage renewal dates and see expiry warnings.
Takeaway Scout Plans
Simple access: keep the essentials accurate for free, or unlock the complete Premium profile.
Free
£0
Claim your takeaway and control the two essentials customers see on the standard profile.
Claim and verify your listing
Upload / change the profile picture
Update the information / business description section
No cover image
No direct ordering
No menu or gallery uploads
No featured dishes
No merchant review replies
Premium
£89.99 / year
The complete Takeaway Scout merchant profile and all of the Premium tools built into the public listing.
Everything included in Free
Premium 1600 × 350 cover image
Premium profile headline
Direct Order button
Website button
Opening hours and live OPEN / CLOSED status
Up to 8 menu images / pages
Up to 4 featured dishes with uploaded photos
Up to 6 gallery photos
Public replies to customer reviews
Merchant analytics
SEE WHAT PREMIUM ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
Turn A Basic Listing Into A Full Takeaway Storefront
Don’t just read a feature list — see the difference customers will actually see on your Takeaway Scout profile.
FREE PROFILE
YOUR PHOTO
Your Town TakeawayYour Takeaway Name
Takeaway · Your Town
SCOUT SCORE
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Order DirectView MenuWebsiteFood Hygiene
NO PREMIUM COVER / FEATURE CONTENT
ABOUT YOUR TAKEAWAY
Your basic business information
Free listings can keep the profile picture and information section accurate.
Opening hours Locked
Gallery Locked
Featured dishes Locked
Reviews replies Locked
Free keeps the essentials accurate.Useful, but deliberately basic. Customers see your listing — not your full brand.
PREMIUM PROFILE
This is what Premium unlocks.Cover image, branded profile, live opening status, direct-order buttons, menu, featured dishes, gallery, reviews, replies and a far more complete customer experience.
More visualShow customers your food, venue and brand.
More usefulMenu, opening hours, direct-order and website buttons.
More convincingA profile that looks established rather than unfinished.
Premium doesn’t buy a better Scout Score.It gives your takeaway the tools to make the most of the customers already viewing your profile.
Independent ranking: Premium never changes the Scout Score or organic ranking. Payment unlocks profile tools only.
Claim A Takeaway
Search for your business and press Claim this takeaway beside the correct listing.
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Find your takeawayStart typing the business name, then claim the correct result directly.
Results can come from any populated Takeaway Scout market.
CLAIM YOUR LISTING
Confirm you represent this takeaway
Selected takeaway
Selected business—
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2Tell us who you are
3Provide ownership evidence
4Submit for verification
Claims are reviewed before management access is activated.
Add My Takeaway
Postcode, category, official Food Hygiene registration and current trading status are checked before the application can enter Admin approval.
Required for customer search filters and category rankings.
Official verification required · We match the business name and postcode against the Food Standards Agency/FHRS register before the application is submitted. The hygiene rating is read from the official record; applicants cannot enter their own rating.
Manage Your Takeaway
Choose a claimed listing and manage your Free or Premium profile. Your Scout Score and organic ranking remain completely independent of payment.
Current accessSelect a listing
Sign in and choose an owner-managed listing.
1. Profile Picture & InformationAvailable on both Free and Premium. These are the only fields a Free listing can edit.
Profile pictureSquare image recommended · up to 800 × 800 after processing
The image is resized and converted to WebP before storage.
This is the About / information text shown on the public profile.
Displayed beside the Featured Dish area on the Premium profile.
Market locked:Your Takeaway Scout market. Business owners cannot change the territory from the Merchant Hub.
2. Premium Customer ActionsThe buttons shown immediately beneath the Premium name and Scout Score bar.
3. Premium Cover ImageThe public Premium cover accepts one exact banner size so it displays correctly without cropping.
Premium coverRequired: exactly 1600 × 350 px
Required: the source image must be exactly 1600 × 350 pixels. Other dimensions are rejected. Accepted images are compressed to WebP.
4. Opening Times & MenuControls the live trading status and View Menu action on the Premium profile.
Opening timesUsed for the live OPEN / CLOSED status.
MenuUp to 8 pages · max 1600 × 2200 each
Menu pages are resized and converted to WebP before upload.
5. Featured DishesShown as the image slideshow on the left side of the Premium information section.
Premium Featured Dishes
Add up to four dishes. These do not affect the Scout Score or organic ranking.
PREMIUM
Maximum 4 dishes. Enter the price as 10.00 — Takeaway Scout adds £ automatically. Dish photos are compressed to WebP.
6. Premium GalleryCustomer-facing food and venue photography.
GalleryUp to 6 photos · max 1200 × 900 each
Maximum 6. Each image is resized and compressed before storage.
7. Premium AnalyticsMerchant performance information. Analytics never influence the Scout Score.
Profile views—
Menu views—
Order clicks—
Website clicks—
Last 30 days
Customer Reviews & Disputes
Read published Takeaway Scout reviews for your business, publish Premium merchant replies and raise a dispute for independent moderation.
Sign in and choose one of your owner-managed listings.
CUSTOMER REVIEW TOOLS
Your Review QR Code & Poster
Give customers a direct route to review your takeaway on Takeaway Scout. Every claimed takeaway has its own permanent QR code.
Choose one of your owner-managed takeaways above to generate its review QR code and poster.
YOUR PERMANENT REVIEW LINK
Takeaway
Customers who scan this code go straight to the Takeaway Scout review form for this business. The QR is tied to the permanent business ID, so you can keep using the same printed code even if the public profile design changes later.
—QR scans
—Approved reviews
—Conversion
Your Takeaway Scout Review QR
Personalised Takeaway Scout Review Poster
Print it for your counter, window or collection area. The QR remains unique to this takeaway.
