With the mobile order-ahead market projected to be worth $55 billion in the next five years, it is now certainly more than just a flash in the (frying) pan. In the January edition of the Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, PYMNTS brings headlines on restaurants and retailers...
It’s hard to look at the explosion of order-ahead capabilities for coffee, food and even groceries, and to think, “Now that is a concept that is failing to live up to its full potential.” But we could just be scratching the surface, particularly when it comes to...
Order-ahead is fast winning consumer’s hearts, so much so that grocery stores and airports want in on the action, too. In the December PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Door Dash’s Abhay Sukumaran explains how the company is using machine learning to match the consumer’s need for...
Consumers want what they want, when they want it. But when it comes to ordering meals, there’s a sense of urgency that outpaces everything else. Enter mobile order-ahead services. Generation Z and Generation X are hungry for convenience, and they are lauding meal delivery...
“I believe food is for eCommerce 2.0 what books were for eCommerce 1.0,” Olo CEO and Founder Noah Glass told Karen Webster in a conversation shortly after Olo’s partnership with Amazon Restaurants was announced in the news. The announcement — that Amazon will be integrating Olo’s...
Two months after it made it possible to order pizza through voice-controlled devices in the U.K., Domino’s is seeing positive results. According to news from Digiday, one in five customers who can order a pizza delivery with one click through the company’s Easy Orders option...
With the advent of mobile-order ahead technology and the popularity of mobile devices, speedy and convenient on-demand services are increasingly becoming mandatory for restaurants and other food service providers to survive, let alone thrive, in today’s mobile-centric, consumer-driven marketplace. Whether a family looking for a...
Sometimes slow and steady wins the race. While the rest of the restaurant space is racing to the mobile order ahead finish line, Abbey Reider, Shake Shack’s director of digital guest experience, tells PYMNTS why the company kept its mobile movement in the slow lane,...
As early mobile order-add adopting restaurants are reaping the benefits of the technology, other merchants are looking to add their own mobile services. But now, it isn’t just restaurants that are exploring the tech – retailers and even hoteliers are getting in on the mobile...
