To provide a commodity order receiving system allowing a customer to directly make an order by confirming an external appearance of a commodity or the existence of an inventory, and allowing the customer to effectively use time, an order receiving central control device used for the commodity order receiving system, a program, and a recording medium.

Order receiving terminal devices 2, 2, etc., are provided in a place for providing the commodity for the customer such as a table of a restaurant, and the respective devices are connected to the order receiving central control device 1. The order receiving central control device 1 outputs an image of the commodity or the existence of the inventory of the commodity to the order receiving terminal devices 2 together with a commodity list such as a menu table, and the customer inputs the order by himself to the order receiving terminal devices 2 by determining the order on the basis of outputted information. The order receiving central control device 1 accepts the inputted order, and provides the commodity according to the accepted order. The order receiving central control device 1 is connected to an external communication network 5 such as the Internet, and acquires information such as news or a weather forecast, and outputs the information to the order receiving terminal devices 2.