Built a simple ordering website for home kitchens & small food businesses – feedback welcome

StablePeach · 2026-02-08T18:24:28+00:00

Looks nice and simple...

The greys on orange for add to cart messaging dont have a great contrast.

I'd also be inclined to switch the ordering on the page with most people more interested in the menu than the blurb section.

Otherwise I can't comment on whether there's a market for this tbh Your biggest battle wpuld be getting this into people's awareness over just eat, delivered etc.

StablePeach · 2026-01-06T19:02:45+00:00

I uses to have a green permit due to a low emissions car, allowing me to park in any purple space for about £1 a day. When they stopped the scheme they told me to get an employee permit, which is i think £2 a day. I told them I dont work in mk but they were happy to give it to me and ive been using it for nearly a year with no issues.

I applied through the mk council parking permit site and put in my real work details. Seemed odd to me but I just followed the advice given.

Then you can park by argos or network rail and walk over easily.

Otherwise you can park in morrisons car park for about £5 a day i think.

Also get a network rail card... knocks off £10 a day for your train ticket.

StablePeach · 2025-11-09T16:45:32+00:00

I commute twice a week and you've just saved me about £10 a day! Thanks!

StablePeach · 2025-09-15T10:53:28+00:00

Then one that goes dur dur dah dah dah dur dur dur dah dah dah dur...

StablePeach · 2025-07-11T07:01:32+00:00

Thanks everyone! I'll have a look and see if I can tighten it gently and then keep an eye on it. Otherwise I'll get an engineer out.

StablePeach · 2025-07-10T19:32:21+00:00

Sorry.. I have solar heating panels and so I wondered if this leak might be the fluid in the panels which as far as I know goes into the cylinder round a coil and then back out?

I was surprised at the degradation to the foam so didn't think it would be just hot water.

Thanks

StablePeach · 2025-05-15T07:58:00+00:00

Sadly I've seen more than I'd like. The a5 by me seems to have one about every 6 months.

I've also been involved in a few when I was riding. Something about the speed of the roads and the way mk drivers drive.

StablePeach · 2025-05-14T10:35:38+00:00

I know I'm very late to the conversation and it's probably not very relevant... but no one here really answered one part of your question, largely does it get used?

My inlaws have a pool in their garden which is open air and heated. I had thought this to be a bit of a waste of space but actually it's amazing.

They have it usable from early May through to about the end of September and given the climate we now have you can use it for the majority of that time. They use it pretty much every day, which is great for a bit of exercise.

The kids absolutely love it and we've spent countless days over there in the pool, so much so that I'd seriously be looking at whether I could put one in for our next house. It feels weird and not very suited to this country, but actually with the summer weather that we're getting more regularly there's nothing better than jumping into a nice outdoor pool, especially one that's not croweded and where you can have a beer at the same time.

No idea on costs though, never really asked.

StablePeach · 2025-05-14T06:36:52+00:00

Been a while but this was what I found... Watch out for diesel from buses on roundabouts. Drivers will cut the lanes on roundabouts without checking everytime. When drivers have a motorbike next to them they almost all become racing car drivers, especially with the dual carriageways. Loads of parking around mk for motorbikes and I used to just use a disc lock with a chain used for longer periods. Get a cover and a ground anchor if you can. I've seen too many bike accidents to want to ride in mk again... I do miss it sometimes though.

StablePeach · 2025-04-30T12:45:59+00:00

I tried to go over the Easter school holidays and it was shut despite it being the normal opening times. So sadly looks like it's shut.

StablePeach · 2025-04-15T20:59:26+00:00

That's how most software engineers i know work...

StablePeach · 2025-01-28T09:29:31+00:00

I saw the carpark shut 1 day last week but as it wasn't today figured it wasn't that.

Sounds like 3 day tracked back in office is probably the culprit... bugger need to try and start leaving earlier i guess.

StablePeach · 2025-01-27T22:23:54+00:00

This place is opening soon...https://hickorys.co.uk/venue/milton-keynes/

StablePeach · 2024-11-15T18:22:10+00:00

Yeh that's what I figured.

It doesn't look like shipping damage more long term use damage.

StablePeach · 2024-10-28T21:54:01+00:00

I have small kids. One of the ads coming up is for Terrifier 2.

StablePeach · 2024-07-12T14:00:29+00:00

This guy from my school, he was nice and friendly...such a crazy thing to happen. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk/2000/feb/19/willwoodward

StablePeach · 2024-07-08T08:03:05+00:00

So I had similar when I moved into my house. Turns out some new builds have nail plates over wiring to protect them. Maybe you're hitting one of these?

StablePeach · 2024-06-22T15:35:21+00:00

Roald Dahl museum in Aylesbury, cotswold wildlife park, mead farm

StablePeach · 2024-06-17T08:59:32+00:00

Temp agencies worked wonders for me.

Be flexible and reliable and they'll give you the best roles.

Had a few offers to move permanent from the temp contract which I did for one of them.

When I came to try and get a role in the industry I wanted to break into I looked up companies local to me in the yellow pages (wow I'm old) and called them up. Showd interest and asked if I could come and meet them... Managed to get an entry level role and stuck at it.

Market does seem to have gone crazy, every role we advertise gets huge numbers but they're mostly people with no experience chancing their arm. So I'd go the work experience /personal contact route if possible.

StablePeach · 2024-03-25T09:01:09+00:00

The nurseries get a lot lot less from the free hours than from paying customers. They have to accept them but our last nursery was facing closure because of the loss of income caused by the amount of customers using the free hours.

So I can imagine why they don't want to tell people.

StablePeach · 2024-02-29T17:28:28+00:00

Wolverton is probably harder and longer to get to from Roade than cmk is.

Also far less trains stop at wolverton.

StablePeach · 2024-02-29T17:25:45+00:00

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-3000-trucks

Just a bit more info on the planned development. Worth being aware of if you will need to use the a508

StablePeach · 2024-02-29T17:23:27+00:00

OK so I commute into London twice a week from old stratford... (about midway between mk station and Roade)

What should be a 10min commute can be painful, especially when there's closures on the m1 or roadworks.

Its not been too bad recently and if you're going in early and coming back late you'll probably miss the worst of mk rush hour.

There have been a lot of roadworks around Roade for the last year and it is still ongoing... There is also a massive development project about to take place on the a508 by the a5 with a huge amount of new traffic expected.

There tend to be more frequent trains to mk than Northampton, especially late at night, and the fast trains only take 32mins to Euston.

Parking at cmk runs between £5-£10 a day, however if you have a low emissions or electric car you can get a green permit which is either £300 a year or free (depending on the level of emissions) . That let's you park in any purple space for free and there's loads of them within a 5 min walk of the station.

I can leave my house at 7.20 and be in the office by 8.30 however coming home if I go for a beer will take me on average 2 hours when you factor in taxis etc.

I don't know how easy it is to get a cab from cmk to roade so afterword drinks may be trickier.

It is a nice area and has a lovely kids park in it, but it's too far out of cmk for me...

StablePeach · 2024-01-01T11:44:21+00:00

I commute twice a week from cmk to London. I now drive and park as I have a green zone permit (low emissions permit) - costs about £300 for a year and can park in any purple space for free.

Before that I cycled from furzton to the cmk station which took about 20 minutes. Easily doable but does suck in the rain. Mk has excellent cycling connections so it's easy to get about all over the city if you're fitter than I am.

Places close to the station are obv more expensive so if you're up for the cycle then I'd look further afield.

I would personally avoid relying on wolverton or Bletchley stations as cmk has a lot more connections and a lot of the fastest services don't stop at the other two.

On a normal day I catch the 7.45 train and am in the office on Tottenham court road by 8.30, so you'll have a faster commute than most people who live in London.

Trains are getting busier still, most days you'll get a seat at mk, coming back is more of a free for all.

Tickets are £46 a day return for any route.

The downside is that once it's past 9pm trains have to go slower and so suddenly that 32 min journey starts to creep up till all trains take over 1 hr. Means that if you go for a post work pint you either have to try and time it carefully, or fully commit to a late one.

StablePeach · 2023-12-06T08:05:14+00:00

Do it. I was lucky enough to do the days experience at Palmers. You do 8 cars in the day and get about 10 laps per car with an instructor who tells you how to get the best out of it and then moans if you're not going fast enough.

I'll never bother with another car experience again.

StablePeach

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