Can home bakers sell on Deliveroo or Uber Eats? Cravers Eats vs the big apps

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat are built for restaurants and takeaways. Uber Eats publishes 13% plus VAT for pickup or own delivery and 30% plus VAT when its couriers deliver, plus a £650 + VAT activation fee. Deliveroo asks for a food hygiene rating of at least 2 and a joining fee, and its terms set 35% plus VAT on some rider-delivered orders. Cravers Eats is built for registered home kitchens: free to join, 5% per sale, collection or your own delivery, with allergen information on every item.

Side by side

Compared	Deliveroo / Uber Eats / Just Eat	Cravers Eats
Built for	Restaurants, takeaways and dark kitchens doing on-demand hot food	Home bakers, home cooks, street food, caterers, florists and makers
What they ask for	Deliveroo: an FSA food hygiene rating of at least 2, or proof you've started registering; ID checks; a tablet. Uber Eats and Just Eat: a business set-up with menu, tablet and onboarding	Council registration, your shop details, and payouts set up through Stripe; we review every shop before it goes live
Commission	Uber Eats: 13% + VAT pickup or own delivery, 30% + VAT with its couriers (33% for Uber One orders). Deliveroo: unpublished, except 35% + VAT on some rider-delivered orders in its terms. Just Eat: unpublished	5% (card fees covered); 15% only on orders delivered by Cravers riders once launched
Set-up cost	Uber Eats £650 + VAT activation; Deliveroo one-off joining fee	Free, no monthly fees
On a £30 order you keep	£25.32 (Uber Eats pickup), £19.20 (Uber Eats courier delivery), £17.40 (Deliveroo 35% + VAT terms), if you're not VAT-registered	£28.50
Order type	On-demand hot food, delivered within the hour	Pre-order and made-to-order (cakes, treat boxes, meal prep) as well as same-day
Delivery	Platform couriers, or your own	Collection or seller delivery today; Cravers riders later
Allergen information	Menu notes	Per-product allergens shown before ordering and on the order
Payout	Weekly (Deliveroo pays UK partners on Thursdays)	Weekly via Stripe, every Wednesday

Figures are from each company's published UK pages in October 2026 (Uber Eats merchant pricing, Deliveroo's partner page and partner terms); Just Eat doesn't publish its rates. Work out other prices with our selling fees calculator.

When the big apps are the right answer

If you run a takeaway with a hot-food menu that goes out within the hour and enough volume to absorb the commission, the big apps bring enormous demand and you should be on them. They're built around restaurant-style ordering, tablets and couriers, not someone making 20 cakes a month to order.

When Cravers Eats is

You cook or bake from a registered home kitchen.
Your orders are made to order or pre-ordered, not 30-minute hot delivery.
The difference between 5% and 13–35% plus VAT matters to you.
You want allergens, payments and orders handled without turning your DMs into a call centre.

Honest limits: Cravers Eats is young and does not yet have its own riders. Customers collect or you deliver within an area you set. If you need couriers today, that is a real gap.

Sell on Cravers Eats

A new local marketplace for anyone who makes and sells from home: bakers, cooks, florists, crafters and makers, opening across the UK in early 2027. Founding sellers join free now and set up before launch day. Customers order and pay by card, you keep 95%, and there are no monthly fees.

Join as a founding seller

Questions people ask

Can I sell homemade food on Uber Eats in the UK?

Uber Eats is built for restaurants and takeaways. It charges 13% plus VAT for pickup or self-delivery and 30% plus VAT when its couriers deliver, plus a £650 + VAT activation fee. Cravers Eats is built for council-registered home food businesses and charges 5%.

How much commission does Deliveroo take?

Deliveroo doesn't publish its standard rates. Its UK partner terms set 35% plus VAT on Marketplace+ orders delivered by its riders, and new partners pay a one-off joining fee. Cravers Eats charges 5% for collection or self-delivered orders.

What does Deliveroo need before I can join?

Its partner page asks for an FSA food hygiene rating of at least 2, or evidence that you've started registering your food business, and its terms include ID and hygiene-rating checks plus a tablet to take orders.

What is the best app for home bakers to sell on?

For UK home bakers selling locally, Cravers Eats: free to join, 5% per sale, built for made-to-order food with allergen information shown on every product.

Sources (checked October 2026): Uber Eats UK merchant pricing; Deliveroo: become a partner; Deliveroo UK partner terms; Cravers Eats seller terms. Last reviewed 2026-11-05.