A TRAFFORD Park cafe is allowing customers to design their perfect meal and save time in their lunch hour, using an innovative click and collect service.

Food On Third in the Village has become one of the first food outlets to implement the system, created by nearby web design studio, Nettl.com.

The system allows people to customise their breakfast or lunch online at foodonthird.com and select the time they’d like to go and collect it.

Food on Third owner, Paul Ingrouille, explained: “Our location on Third Avenue, among the many offices and factories nearby, meant that we were taking a large number of telephone orders.

“I wanted to find a way of putting our entire product range online to allow customers to browse, build their ultimate sandwiches, pimp their jacket spuds and then reserve a collection slot.

“There were no off-the-shelf services to do this, so I approached Nettl, whose Manchester office is just across the street from ours.”

Nettl.com worked with Epos Now, the UK’s largest till vendor, to build a custom integration system for Food On Third.

Paul now plans to use the new Nettl web shop to launch an online buffet and catering option for meetings, allowing businesses to build a bespoke buffet, pay online and choose a delivery date.

He added: “Customers love the new service. It enables them to beat the queues in their valuable lunch break, not have to mess about with cash, and they know their order will be ready to go exactly when they want it.

The system is also helping us enormously as our team can now spend more time baking and making delicious food, instead of on the phone taking orders.”