Phone is still the best way to order pizza

Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by ajuc on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:37AM (#30134884)

In my country there's a website that works in every major city and their suburbs that aggregates basically all restaurants, pizzerias, pierogarnias etc.

And you don't have to have an account, the address and payment details are filled in by the browser autocomplete.

So the friction is - click on the menu, click "order", type in the wireless transfer code.

Also - almost nobody orders "pick up" pizza here, so phone requires you to specify the address every time which is significantly more friction.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by radiator on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:46AM (#30135731)

> so phone requires you to specify the address every time which is significantly more friction.

For some restaurants this is not true, they save your (phone number -> address) mapping the first time you call, and in the future ask for confirmation whether the address is correct.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by sdfhbdf on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:42AM (#30135707)

+1 for Poland. I think we're pretty advanced and everybody heard of pyszne.pl, Uber Eats, Bolt Food, Glovo, Jush, JOKR, Lisek, Wolt etc.

The competition is fierce and the delivery apps are very affordable.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by ricardobayes on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:32AM (#30135649)

Chat, or message apps might be the best way yet. They don't need signup but easy to get your point across precisely. I ordered pickup through an app because I don't speak the local language but I had a flat tire so I needed to coordinate the delivery through phone (again, in a language I barely speak). They couldn't understand my address so we switched to whatsapp and could send them the coordinates. Twenty minutes later the person was there with a still hot pizza. In another case I just texted the local pizza guy on whatsapp what I wanted and he replied 'where to deliver it?', and then 10 minutes later it arrived.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by ratww on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:27AM (#30137458)

This is also a very cheap solution for merchants: only requires a mobile phone and a free app that almost everyone has in some countries. If push comes to shove, install Signal/Telegram or accept SMS.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by op00to on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:13AM (#30136445)

.. is pierogarnia a polish restaurant specializing in pierogi?

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by ajuc on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:27AM (#30136562)

Yup.

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by tedmiston on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:46PM (#30139848)

> So the friction is - click on the menu, click "order", type in the wireless transfer code.

What is this wireless transfer code? Like some sort of payment system?

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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by j_4 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:07PM (#30141660)

Yep - https://blik.com/en

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