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I order my sandwich at Specialty's in Mountain View using an mobile web app they offer. Even if I eat it there, it saves the time spent in line. It's no differe
by T_S_ 15y ago
I order my sandwich at Specialty's in Mountain View using an mobile web app they offer. Even if I eat it there, it saves the time spent in line. It's no different than just-in-time inventory management, which is an old idea now. Mobile just makes it possible to handle lots of orders with nobody on the phone.
There's no need to open a chain, though. Just build and sell a system to lunch cafes. I think we all have learned from restaurant web sites that they shouldn't build technology, they should buy it. Except Sequoia's of course.
- cube13 15y ago>There's no need to open a chain, though. Just build and sell a system to lunch cafes. I think that this technology might be the end result from this venture, more than the restaurants themselves. Making yourself the client can remove a lot of potential feature creep, especially with non-technical restaurant owners who may not know exactly what they want at the beginning. Starting their own small chain lets them work out the kinks of the system in a much more controlled environment than putting it into production with established places.
- fleitz 15y agoYup, once it's perfected they will probably roll out to the test locations at McDonalds, and then eventually nationwide. One of the benefits of the McDonalds system is they'll be able to have all their employees fully trained on the new system in 6 months (once all the staff from the existing system turn over)