Launch plan

Every step from agreeing a contract with us to selling pizzas at your venue. Pick a start date, or the date you'd like to go live, and the plan works out when each step happens. Lots of them run side by side.

The times are our estimates, not promises: electricians, suppliers, shipping and Nayax all work to their own timescales. You can change any estimate in the steps below. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

Plan from
The machine
Start
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Go live
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Total time
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At the same time
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What sets the go-live date

These steps follow one after another with no slack, so a delay to any of them moves the go-live date. Every other step has time to spare.

    Timeline

    Each bar is a step. The thin line after a bar is its slack: how long it could slip without moving the go-live date.

    • Sets the go-live date
    • Has slack
    • Slack
    • Today
    Agreement
    Intro call and site visit
    Agree the contract
    Food safety
    Register with the HSE
    Food safety training
    HACCP plan for your site
    Pest control and cleaning schedule
    Allergen information
    Stock
    Choose the menu and order pizzas
    Boxes and grills
    Card payments
    Nayax account and checks
    Card reader activation
    Your site
    Dedicated power supply
    Internet connection
    Clear the spot and the way in
    The machine
    Prepare the machine
    Delivery to your venue
    Launch
    Install and commission
    Test card payments
    Load the first stock
    Trial run
    Go live

    Step by step

    What happens at each step, who does it and when. "Us" is The Pizza Machine; "you" is your venue. Change an estimate and the whole plan moves with it. Put 0 for anything that's already done.

    Agreement

    Intro call and site visit

    We talk you through how it works, then visit to check the spot, the power supply, internet and the way in.

    • Who: Both
    days

    Agree the contract

    We agree the terms: where the machine goes, your share of sales, what we look after, and a target go-live date.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Intro call and site visit
    days

    Food safety

    Register with the HSE

    We register the machine as a food business with the HSE. It's free, and has to be done before we sell anything.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Food safety training

    Our team are trained in food hygiene for the machine. If your staff will help out, we include them.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    HACCP plan for your site

    Our food safety plan, updated for your site: deliveries, storage, temperatures and records.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Pest control and cleaning schedule

    Pest control that covers the machine, and a cleaning schedule. Your own pest control contractor may already cover it.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Allergen information

    A written allergen notice for each pizza, on the machine and on its screen.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Choose the menu and order pizzas
    days

    Stock

    Choose the menu and order pizzas

    Samples, test bakes in the machine and the first order, with spec sheets for allergens and shelf life.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Boxes and grills

    From stock where we can. A new run of boxes takes longer.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Card payments

    Nayax account and checks

    CoreVend set up the Nayax account for the machine, and Nayax run their agreement and ID checks.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Card reader activation

    Nayax allow up to 10 working days to activate the reader once the account is approved.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Nayax account and checks
    days

    Your site

    Dedicated power supply

    An electrician fits a dedicated circuit at the spot. The machine draws up to about 7.5 kW.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Internet connection

    Wi-Fi or a SIM, for card payments, the app and remote monitoring.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    Clear the spot and the way in

    Room for a machine 1800 × 1150 mm and 2400 mm tall, and a clear route in for the delivery.

    • Who: You
    • Starts after: Agree the contract
    days

    The machine

    Prepare the machine

    In our workshop: service, software, menu and prices, test bakes and temperature checks.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Agree the contractCustoms and delivery to our workshop
    days

    Delivery to your venue

    By pallet truck or tail-lift. Machines like ours weigh around 650 kg.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Prepare the machineCustom artwork wrapDedicated power supplyClear the spot and the way in
    days

    Launch

    Install and commission

    We position and level it, connect power and internet, and check the fridge holds 3°C.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Delivery to your venueInternet connection
    days

    Test card payments

    A few real card payments, to check the takings come through.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Install and commissionCard reader activation
    days

    Load the first stock

    Once payments work, the first pizzas go in, test bakes are probe-checked, and the temperature records start.

    • Who: Us
    • Starts after: Test card paymentsChoose the menu and order pizzasBoxes and grillsHACCP plan for your site
    days

    Trial run

    A week of test sales, daily temperature records and cleaning sign-offs, fixing anything before launch.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Load the first stockRegister with the HSEFood safety trainingPest control and cleaning scheduleAllergen information
    days

    Go live

    Open for business.

    • Who: Both
    • Starts after: Trial run
    Partnerships
    Mark Finlay

    Thinking about hosting a machine? I'll help you work out the location and what the site needs.

    Call Mark
    +353 86 310 2697
    Email Mark
    mark.finlay@doveshield.com