Square vs FoodDropr for Home Food Businesses
Square is the default for in-person retail and counter-service restaurants. FoodDropr is built for cottage food sellers running weekly preorder + pickup drops. Both can take a card. They're not the same job.
What Square does well
In-person tap-to-pay, restaurant POS, daily-open menus, basic online storefront.
Where Square struggles for home food
No native preorder cutoff per drop. No per-item caps tied to your prep capacity. Online storefront assumes daily availability. Pickup window logic is bolted on.
What FoodDropr does well
Weekly menu with one pickup window. Hard preorder cutoff. Per-item caps. Mobile-first storefront with your branding. Stripe payouts.
Where FoodDropr isn't the answer
If you need a tap-to-pay reader at a counter for walk-ins, pair FoodDropr with Square's reader — they aren't mutually exclusive.
Fees
Square: 2.6% + 10¢ in person, 2.9% + 30¢ online. FoodDropr: monthly subscription plus Stripe processing — predictable at volume.
