diff --git a/app/Services/Merchant/KitchenPusher.php b/app/Services/Merchant/KitchenPusher.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04fea93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Merchant/KitchenPusher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Merchant;
+
+use App\Models\QrCode;
+use App\Models\QrSaleOrder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+
+/**
+ * Pushes a paid menu (food) storefront order to the merchant's Ladill POS
+ * Kitchen Display. Best-effort: failures are logged, never surfaced — they must
+ * not break order completion. POS ignores orders for accounts not running a POS
+ * kitchen, so this is safe to call for every menu order.
+ */
+class KitchenPusher
+{
+    public function push(QrSaleOrder $order): void
+    {
+        $url = (string) config('kitchen.url');
+        $key = (string) config('kitchen.key');
+        if ($url === '' || $key === '') {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $order->loadMissing('qrCode', 'merchant');
+
+        // Only food menus feed a kitchen.
+        if (($order->qrCode?->type) !== QrCode::TYPE_MENU || ! $order->merchant) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $items = collect((array) $order->items)
+            ->filter(fn ($i) => strtolower(trim((string) ($i['name'] ?? ''))) !== 'shipping')
+            ->map(fn ($i) => [
+                'name' => (string) ($i['name'] ?? ''),
+                'quantity' => max(1, (int) ($i['qty'] ?? 1)),
+                'unit_price_minor' => (int) round(((float) ($i['price_ghs'] ?? 0)) * 100),
+            ])
+            ->filter(fn ($i) => $i['name'] !== '')
+            ->values()
+            ->all();
+
+        if ($items === []) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Http::withToken($key)->acceptJson()->asJson()->timeout(8)
+                ->post($url.'/kitchen/orders', [
+                    'owner' => (string) $order->merchant->public_id,
+                    'reference' => (string) ($order->payment_reference ?: ('QO-'.$order->id)),
+                    'customer_name' => $order->customer_name,
+                    'items' => $items,
+                ]);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            report($e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Merchant/MerchantSaleService.php b/app/Services/Merchant/MerchantSaleService.php
index 393d8f3..cf1b406 100644
--- a/app/Services/Merchant/MerchantSaleService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Merchant/MerchantSaleService.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MerchantSaleService
         private PaystackService $paystack,
         private BillingClient $billing,
         private SmsService $sms,
+        private KitchenPusher $kitchen,
     ) {}
 
     /**
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ class MerchantSaleService
         ]);
 
         $this->notifyOrderPlaced($order->fresh(['qrCode', 'merchant']));
+        $this->kitchen->push($order->fresh(['qrCode', 'merchant']));
 
         return $order;
     }
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ class MerchantSaleService
         );
 
         $this->notifyOrderPlaced($order->fresh(['qrCode', 'merchant']));
+        $this->kitchen->push($order->fresh(['qrCode', 'merchant']));
 
         return $order;
     }
diff --git a/config/kitchen.php b/config/kitchen.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15ccf30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kitchen.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    // Ladill POS kitchen ingest — paid food-storefront orders are pushed here so
+    // they appear on the merchant's POS Kitchen Display. Empty = disabled.
+    'url' => rtrim((string) env('KITCHEN_API_URL', ''), '/'),
+    'key' => env('KITCHEN_API_KEY'),
+];