If you're in the food and beverage industry, having an online presence is key to reaching new customers, managing orders, and showcasing your menu. Shopify makes it easy to set up an attractive, functional food store, and choosing the right theme can make all the difference.
In this article, we'll explore the best Shopify themes for food and drink stores, each tailored to help you create a smooth shopping experience for your customers.
1. Takeout
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Best for: Physical businesses selling online and in store, and food sellers catering to special dietary requirements
Takeout is a friendly and versatile theme specifically designed for restaurants and food sellers. With all five demo stores featuring food and drink sellers, it's made to meet their unique requirements.
Food and drink demo stores
Macho Nacho: Preview demo store
Crumbs: Preview demo store
Naughty Vegan: Preview demo store
Casa Italiana: Preview demo store
Wasabi: Preview demo store
Features
Menu/grid collection view: Versatile collection layout gives a choice between a traditional grid or menu view for customers to browse the store offerings like in a restaurant.
Opening hours and restricted buying: Merchants can set opening hours and restrict order placements accordingly. Live messages can be displayed to inform customers about the next opening time, which helps in managing customer expectations and improving the shopping experience.
Image filters: Merchants can use image filters to give a professional touch to website images and make them look cohesive. The intensity and use of filters are adjustable.
Multicolumn image buttons: Ideal for linking to detailed information like different restaurant locations, these buttons facilitate easy navigation and information access for customers.
Customisable table: This feature can be used to display important data like nutritional values, size guides, or ingredient lists, aiding customers in making informed purchase decisions.
Dietary requirements tags: Automatically applied tags with icons, based on the tag text, help customers quickly identify products that meet their dietary needs.
Food-related icons: By integrating icons that resonate with the food industry, the theme effectively complements the overall culinary focus of the site, ensuring a cohesive and attractive user experience.
Narrow banner: Narrow banner effectively grabs attention and guides customer actions without dominating the page, ensuring a balanced and inviting page layout.
Optimized mobile experience: Fully responsive, with elements that can be selectively hidden on mobile, and the product page designed to make buy buttons visible above the fold, the theme ensures a smooth shopping experience on mobile devices.
Quick add-to-cart buttons: Inspired by Amazon, these buttons in sections and collections allow for a swift checkout process without needing to visit the product page. Customers can continue shopping with an open cart in grid-type collections and change product variants directly in the cart.
Sticky buying buttons: On the product page, sticky buying buttons help increase conversion by keeping the purchase option in view for longer.
Layout control with Divider section: These features allow merchants to create a balanced and clear website layout, enhancing the aesthetic and user experience.
Engaging moving elements: Animated text, parallax effect on images, and other moving elements bring the store to life, making it easy to engage visitors and convey the brand's story effectively.
2. Shapes
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Best for: Loud modern brands with small range of products.
Shapes is a bold and funky theme for businesses that are not afraid to stand out.
Food and drink demo stores
Hella Goods: Preview demo store
Slam: Preview demo store
Billy's: Preview demo store
Features
40+ In-Built Frame Styles: Choose from a variety of creative display options, including shapes like clouds and hearts, to make your product presentations stand out.
Stickers, Patterns & Dividers: Utilize a collection of easy-to-use shapes, patterns, and dividers to enhance page layouts and break up content effectively.
Quick Buy Buttons: Enable customers to swiftly add products to their cart without navigating away from the current page, streamlining the purchasing process.
Industry & Ingredient Icons: Display relevant icons to provide at-a-glance information about product features, such as dietary suitability or industry-specific attributes.
Product Comparison Tables: Allow customers to compare products side-by-side, facilitating informed decision-making.
Sliding Flavor Scales: Interactive sliders that showcase flavor profiles or product intensities, enhancing the user experience.
Age Verification: Built-in age verifier ensures compliance for age-restricted products, adding an essential layer of compliance for products with age restrictions.
Visual Storytelling: Designed to showcase images effectively, supporting visual brand storytelling and enhancing engagement.
Enhanced Search and Filtering: Advanced search functionalities and filtering options help customers find products quickly and efficiently.
High Customization: Offers extensive customization options, allowing merchants to tailor the theme to their brand's unique identity.
3. Local
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Best for: Local shops, restaurants, and businesses aiming to integrate their online and physical store experiences.
Local is a versatile theme tailored for the food industry and local businesses, offering tools to connect with your community effectively.
Food and drink demo stores
Local: Preview demo store
Caffeine: Preview demo store
Lively: Preview demo store
Features
Store Locator: Helps customers find your physical locations with integrated maps and store details.
Age Verifier: Ensures compliance by restricting access to age-sensitive products like alcohol or tobacco.
Quick Buy: Allows customers to add products to their cart directly from product listings, streamlining the shopping experience.
Interactive Icons: Use custom icons to highlight product features, ingredients, or nutritional information, enhancing product transparency.
Slide-Out Cart: Provides a seamless shopping experience with a cart that slides out without leaving the current page.
Countdown Timer: Creates urgency for promotions or limited-time offers, encouraging quicker purchasing decisions.
Promo Banners: Highlights special deals or announcements prominently across the site.
Mega Menu: Organizes complex navigation menus, allowing customers to find products or information quickly.
4. Expanse
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Best for: Medium to large inventory stores aiming to provide an intuitive shopping experience.
Expanse is a clean and versatile theme designed to showcase and promote extensive product catalogs effectively.
Food and drink demo stores
Bubble: Preview demo store
Caffeine: Preview demo store
Lively: Preview demo store
Features
Navigation and Filters: Facilitates hassle-free browsing with multi-category sidebar filters, multi-column menus, subcollection tiles, and quick view options.
Boost Upsell and Cross-Sell: Increases order value by offering cart upsell features and relevant product recommendations throughout the store.
Advanced Custom Promotion: Highlights promotions on the homepage, collection page banners, large photos on product pages, or even in the footer to boost sales.
Image Enhancements: Ensures a consistent, professional look across multiple product lines with image size correction, various product and collection tile styles, and photo breathing room adjustments.
Multi-Column Menus: Automatically creates and smartly lays out menus with large numbers of columns, enhancing navigation.
Snappy Animations: Designed to smoothly and quickly animate content into view, offering a premium, polished look and feel.
5. Flow
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Best for: High-volume stores, flash sales, and businesses seeking quick setup with minimal steps.
Flow is a premium Shopify theme offering a clean, highly customizable design with large eye-catching imagery, ideal for displaying fashion, food, and drink products.
Food and drink demo stores
Flow: Preview demo store
Features
Drive More Conversions: Utilize integrated upsells, quick view, and stock level indicators to turn browsers into buyers.
Cart and Checkout Features: Enhance the shopping experience with cart notes, gift wrapping options, in-store pickups, pre-order capabilities, quick buy, sign in with Shop, and a slide-out cart.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Implement age verification, back-in-stock alerts, blogs, countdown timers, cross-selling, customizable contact forms, EU translations, FAQ pages, in-menu promotions, press coverage, product badges, promo banners, popups, tiles, quick view, recently viewed items, recommended products, stock counters, and trust badges.
Merchandising Options: Showcase products with animations, color swatches, high-resolution images, image galleries, hotspots, rollovers, zoom, ingredients or nutritional information, lookbooks, product options, tabs, videos, size charts, slideshows, and usage information.
Product Discovery Features: Improve product discovery with enhanced search and filtering options.
6. Envy
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Best for: High-volume stores, flash sales, and businesses with physical locations.
Envy is a premium Shopify theme offering a clean, highly customizable design with large eye-catching imagery, ideal for displaying fashion, jewelry, accessories, health, and beauty products.
Food and drink demo stores
Brew: Preview demo store
Features
Customization: Craft a unique store with intuitive drag-and-drop sections, flexible layouts, and no coding required.
Drive More Conversions: Utilize integrated upsells, quick view, and stock level indicators to turn browsers into buyers.
Cart and Checkout Features: Enhance the shopping experience with gift wrapping options, and pre-order capabilities.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Implement age verification, back-in-stock alerts, countdown timers, customizable contact forms, in-menu promotions, product badges, promo banners, quick view, recently viewed items, and stock counters.
Merchandising Options: Showcase products with animations, image galleries, hotspots, rollovers, zoom, ingredients or nutritional information.
7. Emerge
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Best for: High-volume stores, physical retail locations, and businesses seeking quick setup.
Emerge is a theme offering a clean, customizable design with large eye-catching imagery.
Food and drink demo stores
Cantina Taco: Preview demo store
Features
Advanced Cart Options: Enhances the shopping experience with features like quick buy, and sticky cart.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Includes age verification, back-in-stock alerts, blogs, countdown timers, cross-selling, customizable contact forms, EU translations, FAQ pages, in-menu promotions, press coverage, product badges, promo banners, popups, tiles, quick view, recently viewed items, recommended products, stock counters, and trust badges to boost sales and customer engagement.
Merchandising Features: Showcases products effectively with animations, before/after image sliders, color swatches, high-resolution images, image galleries, hotspots, rollovers, zoom, ingredients or nutritional information, and slideshows.
Product Discovery: Improves navigation and search functionality with breadcrumbs, collection page navigation, enhanced search, and mega menus.
8. Outsiders
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Best for: High-volume stores, physical retail locations, and brands emphasizing visual storytelling.
Outsiders is a theme inspired by street culture and bold fashion, designed for brands seeking to express individuality and style.
Food and drink demo stores
Eccentrics: Preview demo store
Features
Dynamic Layouts with Urban Edge: Create an edgy, urban-themed site with diverse sections, slider effects, and sleek layouts.
Stunning Effects & Elements: Enhance your website with impressive animations that bring sections and individual elements to life.
Power-Packed Functions: Utilize quick view, gallery variations, catalog, cart drawer, and multiple collection layouts—everything you need for success in one theme.
Cart and Checkout Features: Enhance the shopping experience with cart notes, quick buy, sign in with Shop, slide-out cart, and sticky cart.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Implement age verification, blogs, countdown timers, customizable contact forms, EU translations, FAQ pages, in-menu promotions, product badges, promo banners, popups, tiles, quick view, recommended products, stock counters, and trust badges.
Merchandising Options: Showcase products with animations, before/after image sliders, color swatches, high-resolution images, image galleries, hotspots, rollovers, zoom, ingredients or nutritional information, lookbooks, product options, tabs, videos, size charts, slideshows, and usage information.
Product Discovery Features: Improve navigation and search functionality with back-to-top buttons and breadcrumbs.
9. Story
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Best for: Visual storytelling, physical stores, and quick setup.
Story is a theme designed to help merchants build their brand and establish customer trust.
Food and drink demo stores
Winery: Preview demo store
Features
Collections: Organize your catalog with collection swatches and sibling products for color variations.
Sections Everywhere: Utilize drag-and-drop sections on every page, with pre-made starter templates to effectively tell your brand's story.
Cart and Checkout Features: Enhance the shopping experience with cart notes, in-store pickups, pre-order options, and a slide-out cart.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Leverage blogs, cross-selling, customizable contact forms, EU translations, FAQ pages, in-menu promotions, press coverage, product badges, promo banners, popups, tiles, recently viewed items, recommended products, stock counters, and trust badges to boost customer engagement.
Merchandising Options: Showcase products with animations, color swatches, high-resolution images, image galleries, zoom features, nutritional information, lookbooks, product options, tabs, videos, size charts, slideshows, and usage information.
Product Discovery Features: Improve navigation and search functionality with collection page navigation, enhanced search, mega menus, product filtering and sorting, and a sticky header.
10. Space
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Best for: Brands seeking a minimalistic design that emphasizes visual storytelling and high performance.
Space is a theme featuring an expertly designed minimal layout, packed with features to enhance user experience and reduce reliance on additional apps.
Food and drink demo stores
Space: Preview demo store
Features
Conversion-Boosting Design: Provides a seamless browsing experience, encouraging customers to engage with promotions and complete purchases efficiently.
App Replacement Capabilities: Offers built-in features that can replace multiple apps, leading to cost savings and a smoother shopping experience.
Cart and Checkout Features: Includes functionalities such as cart notes, gift wrapping options, pre-order capabilities, and quick buy.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Equipped with an age verifier, countdown timers, cross-selling options, customizable contact forms, in-menu promotions, product badges, promo banners and tiles, quick view, recently viewed items, recommended products, stock counters, and trust badges.
Merchandising Features: Supports animations, high-resolution images, image galleries, hotspots, rollovers, zoom, nutritional information displays, product options, tabs, videos, shipping/delivery information, size charts, and slideshows.
Product Discovery: Improves navigation with back-to-top buttons and breadcrumbs, facilitating easy product discovery.
11. Swipe
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Best for: Brands seeking a mobile-first design with swift performance and a native app-like experience.
Swipe is a theme optimized for performance, offering a seamless user experience across all devices.
Food and drink demo stores
Swipe: Preview demo store
Features
Mobile-Optimized UX: Ensures fast loading and intuitive navigation, enhancing user engagement on mobile devices.
Native App Experience: Focuses on essential features and content with a mobile-first approach, creating fast and user-friendly designs for any device.
Swift Performance: Designed for fast load times and seamless user experiences across all devices, boosting SEO and user engagement.
Cart and Checkout Features: Includes functionalities such as quick buy, and sticky cart to enhance the purchasing process.
Marketing and Conversion Tools: Equipped with an age verifier, countdown timer, customizable contact form, in-menu promos, product badges, promo banners, promo popups, promo tiles, quick view, recommended products, right-to-left support, stock counter, and trust badges.
Merchandising Features: Supports animation, before/after image slider, high-resolution images, image galleries, image hotspot, image rollover, image zoom, ingredients or nutritional information, product videos, size chart, and slideshow.
Product Discovery Enhancements: Improves navigation with back-to-top button, breadcrumbs, collection page navigation, enhanced search, infinite scroll, mega menu, product filtering and sorting, recommended products, and sticky header.
Final Thoughts
Finding the right Shopify theme for your food and drink store can make a huge difference for your business. Whether you're running an online grocery, a restaurant, or a specialty food store, it's worth investing in a good theme that will help you succeed.