Friday, October 22, 2010

How to improve ordering lunch for a group.

Many times someone has to set up lunch for a group.  Typically they will send out an email to everyone with a link to the restaurant and ask everyone to reply with their order. The organizer then has to re-enter the individual orders into the website. Often times there are errors and clarifications have to be made.

Instead, delis that serve deliver lunch like Specialties should update their website.  The organizer should be able set up a group meeting at the website. The organizer then sends out a group ID that has a link to the website. People follow the link, enter their name then enter the sandwich order. The organizer can quickly look at who has ordered and what their order is. This would eliminate double entry, minimize mistakes and sandwiches would arrive with the persons name on it. No more asking who ordered the ham and cheese.

1 comment:

Chris Y. said...

Check out Waiter.com. This delivered food-ordering service allows an organizer or administrator to select a restaurant (or number of restaurants for several meals or days) that a group can order from. The service allow individuals in a group to select and order their food items, specify special requests (i.e. I don't want mayonnaise on my burger), allows for an administrator or company to set a stipend amount for an individual or group budget (popular for stipend lunch/dinner budgets at start-ups and dot coms), and provides a reconciliation of the entire group order, a time line for delivery, an email reminder that the order has been delivered, a daily reminder to place your meal order(s), and runs a tab off of the pre-paid credit that a group or organization purchases. Waiter.com takes the hassle out of ordering food for a group of people and determining who ordered what and how much they owe…!

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