FRIED CHICKEN
Stage 01: Lemonade Lane
Era ILemonade · $25 per sale
Machines: Lemon trees Juicer
Starting stage
Crew Harvester · Runner · Cashier
A StackRyx game · Android
FOODEMPIRE
SHOP TYCOON
Start with a lemon tree. Finish with a Grand Estate.
An idle tycoon where your business is somewhere you stand. Pick the lemons, run the juicer, stock the stand and hire the crew who keep it selling while you're away. Then drive out to nineteen more food businesses, each bigger than the last.
✓ Free to play
✈ Plays fully offline
☀ Light & dark
🚫 No ads during play
How it plays
Your business is somewhere you stand
Every tycoon starts small. Yours starts with one lemon tree, a juicer and a folding stand on Lemonade Lane. There is no tutorial level. You learn in the real district, one step at a time, with an arrow showing the way.
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01Drag anywhere to walk
No joystick. Where you touch becomes the centre, and how far you drag is how fast you walk.
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02Pick the lemons
Walk past a tree to harvest it. Lemons ride on your back in crates, and the trees grow back.
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03Run the juicer
Two lemons make a cup, and the juicer fills trays of three. Carry them to the stand and stock it.
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04Serve the queue
Customers line up and buy, $25 a cup. Stand close by and Rush Hour kicks in: twice the customers.
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05Collect the cash
Every sale lands in a pile of banknotes beside the stand. Walk over and tap COLLECT.
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06Upgrade, hire, expand
Walk onto a pad right where the upgrade will appear and tap UPGRADE or HIRE. Then open the Hot Dog Plaza, and keep going.
Nothing teleportsEvery lemon, tray and banknote travels a path you can see.
The world stays on screenYou play in the district itself, not in menus laid over it.
Twenty stages. Five eras.
Every stage is its own site with its own building, its own product and its own crew. Once you've earned it, you drive out to it. Finish a stage at 100% to open the next one. And because nothing teleports, every item and every banknote travels a path you can see.
- Era I: Starting Entrepreneur
- Era II: Successful Local Owner
- Era III: Established Food Entrepreneur
- Era IV: Wealthy Hospitality Owner
- Era V: Food Empire Tycoon
One sale, first stage to last
$25 to $190,000
Each era changes the world as well: your outfit, your customers and the cars on the road (compact → sedan → SUV → limousine, supercar, convertible). Staff go from aprons to waiters, valets and security.
Stage 02: Hot Dog Plaza
Era IHot dogs · $40 per sale
Machines: Grill (8 slots, extends to 12) Assembly counter
Unlocks for $5,000
Crew Supplier · Cook · Runner · Cashier
Stage 03: Burger Boulevard
Era IBurgers · $65 per sale
Machines: Flat-top grill Assembly bench
Unlocks for $12,000
Crew Stock Runner · Grill Cook · Runner · Cashier · Shift Lead
Stage 04: Coffee Corner
Era ICoffees · $100 per sale
Machines: Burr grinder Espresso machine
Unlocks for $19,000
Crew Stock Runner · Barista · Runner · Cashier · Shift Lead
Stage 05: Bakery Street
Era IIPastries · $160 per sale
Machines: Dough mixer Deck oven
Unlocks for $31,000
Crew Porter · Baker · Runner · Counter Clerk · Head Baker
Stage 06: Pizza Square
Era IIPizzas · $260 per sale
Machines: Marble prep table Wood-fired oven
Unlocks for $49,000
Crew Porter · Pizzaiolo · Runner · Cashier · Maestro
Stage 07: Ice Cream Park
Era IIIce creams · $420 per sale
Machines: Churn machine Scoop cabinet
Unlocks for $79,000
Crew Porter · Scooper · Runner · Server · Park Manager
Stage 08: Taco Market
Era IITacos · $670 per sale
Machines: Plancha Taco bar
Unlocks for $130,000
Crew Market Porter · Taquero · Runner · Cashier · Market Boss
Stage 09: Donut District
Era IIIDonuts · $1,100 per sale
Machines: Donut fryer Glaze station
Unlocks for $200,000
Crew Stock Runner · Donut Chef · Runner · Cashier · Store Manager
Stage 10: Fried Chicken Yard
Era IIIBuckets · $1,700 per sale
Machines: Breading table Pressure fryers
Unlocks for $320,000
Crew Stock Runner · Fry Cook · Runner · Cashier · Restaurant Manager
Stage 11: Sushi Harbor
Era IIISushi platters · $2,700 per sale
Machines: Rice cooker Sushi counter
Unlocks for $520,000
Crew Dock Porter · Sushi Chef · Runner · Host · Itamae
Stage 12: Smoothie Gardens
Era IIISmoothies · $4,400 per sale
Machines: Wash & prep sink Blender bar
Unlocks for $820,000
Crew Garden Hand · Smoothie Maker · Runner · Juice Server · Garden Manager
Stage 13: BBQ Ranch
Era IVPlatters · $7,000 per sale
Machines: Offset smoker Carving board
Unlocks for $1.3M
Crew Ranch Hand · Pitmaster · Runner · Cashier · Ranch Manager
Stage 14: Seafood Pier
Era IVSeafood plates · $11,000 per sale
Machines: Filleting table Seafood grill
Unlocks for $2.1M
Crew Dock Porter · Seafood Chef · Waiter · Host · Maitre d'
Stage 15: Steakhouse Avenue
Era IVSteak dinners · $18,000 per sale
Machines: Steak broiler Plating pass
Unlocks for $3.4M
Crew Kitchen Porter · Steak Chef · Waiter · Host · General Manager
Stage 16: Gourmet Food Hall
Era IVPlatters · $29,000 per sale
Machines: Prep kitchen Finishing counter
Unlocks for $5.4M
Crew Dock Porter · Chef · Runner · Counter Host · Hall Manager
Stage 17: Luxury Restaurant Quarter
Era VTasting menus · $46,000 per sale
Machines: Chef's line Tasting pass
Unlocks for $8.6M
Crew Sommelier Porter · Chef de Cuisine · Waiter · Maitre d' · Director
Stage 18: Grand Food Resort
Era VFeasts · $74,000 per sale
Machines: Resort kitchen Buffet line
Unlocks for $14M
Crew Resort Porter · Resort Chef · Waiter · Bar Host · Resort Manager
Stage 19: Food Empire City
Era VEmpire boxes · $120,000 per sale
Machines: Market kitchen Packing line
Unlocks for $22M
Crew Logistics Lead · Market Chef · Runner · Market Host · Operations Director
Final stage Era V
Stage 20: Food Empire Grand Estate
A food billionaire's private estate, nearly three times the size of any other site, spread across fifteen zones. Its Grand Food Market has nineteen stalls, one for every stage you ran on the way here.
- Per sale
- $190,000
- Unlock
- $35M
- Zones
- 15
Sells Empire feasts
Machines: Processing line Estate kitchen
Crew Estate Driver · Executive Chef · Waiter · Market Host · Estate Director
- Grand Entrance
- Golden Farmlands
- Orchard Estate
- Greenhouse Complex
- Barn & Livestock
- Royal Poultry Farm
- Fish Farm
- Horse Estate
- Processing Campus
- Distribution & Logistics
- Grand Food Market
- Luxury Dining Quarter
- VIP Pavilion
- Tycoon Mansion
- Food Empire HQ
👥 Your crew
Hire a team that keeps working
From Burger Boulevard on, every stage has five roles to fill. Once a stage is staffed, it keeps selling while the app is closed.
1
Supplier
Fetches the supplies the delivery trucks drop.
2
Cook
Works the station and never leaves it.
3
Runner
Carries finished food to the counter.
4
Cashier
Serves the queue, but never banks the cash. The cash pile is always a reason to walk back.
5
Manager +15%
Keeps it moving: +15% production.
Every stage names its crew its own way
🍕 Pizzaiolo
☕ Barista
🔥 Pitmaster
🍣 Itamae
🎩 Maitre d'
🍷 Sommelier Porter
🏛️ Estate Director
…and more
🎮 Features
Everything you need to build an empire
Walk it, stock it, upgrade it, staff it, then watch it earn.
20stages
5eras
30achievements
13titles
6outfits
👆
Walk your business
Drag anywhere to walk. No joystick: where you touch becomes the centre, and how far you drag is how fast you walk.
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Carry stack
Goods ride on your back in crates. The CARRY upgrade raises the limit.
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Upgrade pads in the world
Walk onto a pad right where the upgrade will appear and tap UPGRADE (or HIRE). Full price, one press: a bigger grill, faster shoes, another orchard plot, more stock.
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Rush Hour
While you stand at a business, customers arrive twice as often.
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Earn while away
Staffed stages keep earning for up to 6 hours while the app is closed. Your takings are waiting when you return.
🎁
Daily reward
Come back each day and climb a 7-day reward ladder.
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Daily challenges
Three challenges a day, with a free swap if you don't like one.
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30 achievements
From First Sale and Crowd Pleaser (100, 1,000 and 10,000 customers) to a mastery for every stage, Burger Boss to Food Empire Tycoon.
🎖️
13 titles to earn
Work your way from Street Seller all the way to Grand Estate Owner.
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Empire Level
Climbs as you finish upgrade tracks. It is earned, never bought.
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Journey map
20 stage cards across five eras show how far you've come and what's next.
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Franchise
Finish every open stage at 100% and sell your empire for Stars. Each Star is +10% earnings forever and a $250 head start. Stars are earned only, never sold.
🎉
Timed events
Special weekends, like "Weekend Rush", boost every sale.
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Personal Bests
Your five high-water marks: furthest stage, empire takings, per-hour-away rate, Empire Level and daily streak.
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Future Empire preview
On first launch, sweep across the finished Grand Estate, then: "IT ALL STARTS HERE".
⚙️
Play your way
Settings that respect you and your phone.
🌗 Light & dark themes
🔊 Sound & music volume
📳 Haptics
🤏 Pinch-to-zoom that stays put
⚡ Smooth high-refresh mode
🎨 Graphics: Auto / High / Medium / Low
✈️ Plays fully offline
🔠 Text scaling
👉 48dp tap targets
👔 Style
Dress the part
Six outfits, each earned by reaching a new wealth tier. Once earned, it's yours to wear whenever you like.
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Six avatar faces
Pick the face that feels like you.
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Your chef name
Name your chef, and change it whenever you like.
Gallery
From one stand to a whole city
Real screens from the game. Swipe or use the arrows.
🤝 Fair play
Free to play, fair to play
No ads during play. Nothing plays while you're running your empire.
✓ No ads during play
How ads work
- No ads during play. Nothing plays while you're running your empire.
- A small banner on the menu screens. One strip at the top of the home, dashboard, profile and settings screens, and only after the tutorial. Never on the play screen.
- Rewarded ads are always optional. Watch one for a bonus, like double away earnings, Happy Hour (+50% on every sale for 10 minutes of play), a VIP Bus of guests who pay three times the price, or a rush delivery. Or skip it.
- One break you don't choose. A single full-screen ad on your way back to the home screen, at most once every 10 minutes and never in your first 5 minutes.
- Remove Ads, once. A one-time purchase removes the banner and that break for good. Rewarded ads stay, and stay optional. The Supporter Pack and Ad-Free Plus remove them too, and Ad-Free Plus and the Skip Pass give every reward without the video, up to 12 a day.
- Boosts you keep. VIP Guests, Golden Kitchen, Double Income, the Promoter, Night Manager and the VIP Card are optional one-time purchases that stay on your Google Play account, through a reset or a franchise. Boosts add together, and nothing is random.
- A Season Pass, for one season. Every season has free rewards for everyone. An optional pass for that season, bought once, adds a premium track. You earn the tiers by playing, every reward is shown before you buy, and none of it is random.
- A kit of your own, looks only. The Striker Kit is an optional one-time purchase: a football kit for your character with your own name and number, in invented club colours. More club colours are sold one at a time. It changes how you look and nothing else, and your name and number stay on your phone.
- The VIP Club, weekly. An optional weekly subscription: a daily claim, up to 12 hours of earnings while you are away and no ads while you are a member. It renews every week until you cancel it in Google Play, and the looks you earn stay yours.
What we don't do
- Premium currency
- Loot boxes
- Random rewards in a pass
✨ New & next
New, and next
Cloud save is here. The leaderboard is next.
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Sign in with Google & cloud save
Open Profile → Cloud save and sign in with Google: a copy of your empire is kept in your account, so a new phone is not a new start. Optional, and the whole game plays without it.
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Friends & family leaderboard
See who has the biggest empire. Coming in a future update.
❓ FAQ
Questions, answered
Is it free?
Yes. Food Empire is free to play and supported by ads. A one-time Remove Ads purchase removes the two you don't choose: the small banner on the menu screens and the break on your way back to the home screen. Rewarded ads stay optional. Everything else in the Shop is optional too: cash crates, boosts you buy once and keep, passes that give a video's reward without the video, a pass for each season, and an optional weekly VIP Club subscription that you can cancel any time in Google Play. The Terms of Sale say exactly what each one does.
Does it work offline?
Yes, fully. You can play the whole game without a connection. A connection is only used for ads and, if you sign in with Google, to back up your empire.
Which phones does it run on?
Android 7.0 or newer, with about 400 MB free. 4 GB of RAM is the minimum; 6 GB or more is comfortable. The game plays in portrait.
Can I move my progress to a new phone?
Yes. On your old phone, open Profile → Cloud save and sign in with Google. On the new phone, install the game, sign in with the same Google account and choose to keep the empire from your account.
I played the old Food Empire. What happens?
The game was rebuilt from the ground up, so old progress can't carry over. As a thank-you, previous players get the Founding Chef title and $500 starter cash.
How do I contact you?
Email us at info@stackryx.co.uk.
Where's the privacy policy?
Read it here: Privacy policy. The rules for anything you buy in the game are in the Terms of Sale.
Your empire starts with one lemon tree
Food Empire: Shop Tycoon is out now on Google Play. Free to play, and it plays fully offline.
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