Posts Tagged ‘online restaurant ordering’

OrderTopia in the News

Monday, May 10th, 2010

While we’re working on the next version of the Elevation Burger iPhone App (with apps for other restaurants to follow), we’ve had a couple of mentions in the press.

Here’s an article from the Nation’s Restaurant news (”Restaurants downloading more mobile apps”) about why Elevation Burger wanted orderTopia iPhone and online ordering.

And here’s an article from the local Charlottesville paper, “The Daily Progress”, which gives a good background on the company.  If you pick up the hard copy, you can see my smiling face just below the fold (one argument for the online version).

You say you want a Revolutionary Soup

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

We’re excited to announce that online ordering is now available for one of Charlottesville’s best cheap eats, Revolutionary Soup on the Downtown Mall. “Rev Soup” offers great soups, sandwiches, salads and more, and they try to use as many local ingredients as possible. I think in the summer close to half of their menu is locally sourced.

Online ordering is a big deal for Rev Soup because they get very busy during peak meal times, and the line can get long quick. For a lot of working professionals in downtown Charlottesville, they don’t have time to wait in a long line, whether they’re out for a quick lunch, or grabbing some takeout for the family on the way home. With orderTopia, Rev Soup customers can order and pay online. So you don’t have to wait in line to order, you don’t have to wait in line to pay, and you don’t have to wait for your food. All you do is walk in and say, “Hey, I’m . I’m here for my online order.” Rev Soup then hands you your order, and you’re good to go. It’s that easy.

All I can tell you is brother you don’t have to wait (apologies to the Beatles).

Free Lunch (or Dinner) from orderTopia

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?

To celebrate the launch of our first two restaurant online ordering sites, Elevation Burger in Falls Church, VA, and Eppie’s in Charlottesville, VA, we’ll be running contests for about 30 days on Twitter (follow us @orderTopia for details and to win).

iPhone, Mobile, and Online Ordering Integration for Speedline POS

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

We just met with a couple of experienced restaurateurs in their new pizzeria, Rise PizzaWorks. They’ve got an interesting business model (as well as great pizza). They’re baking up made-to-order custom pizzas in about 5 minutes. You can customize your choices from crust to toppings and everything in between. I think they’re going to be a big success.

They’re using Speedline POS for their in-store point of sale solution, but they want to extend their storefront. Enter orderTopia. iPhone, mobile, and online ordering is perfect for a restaurant like Rise where you’re doing high volume, a lot of takeout, and the ordering line can get backed up fast. The next step for us is to talk to Speedline, but from their website, they look like a great company to partner with.

Online and Mobile Ordering for Restaurants

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

There’s another new video on the orderTopia YouTube channel! This video talks about orderTopia’s service offerings for restaurants, in particular online, mobile, and iPhone ordering. The best part about our service is that it offers restaurants greater order-taking capacity, without having to change any of their operational procedures. It’s not quite “found money,” but it’s close.

Next up, what orderTopia can offer retailers. For now though, check out the video:

New Video on YouTube – New Kind of POS

Friday, September 4th, 2009

orderTopia has a new video on our YouTube channel that talks about the orderTopia Point of Sale system. Check it out! Bonus points if you can decipher our secret plans on the whiteboard. The way Online and Mobile Ordering occurs is all about to change.

Restaurant Online Ordering (and Retail!)

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

One of the coolest features of orderTopia will be our online ordering suite.

orderTopia will offer seamless online restaurant ordering.  What does seamless online ordering mean?  It means creating an excellent shopping experience for the customer, and a smooth fulfillment process for the restaurant.  For the customer, our website will be easy to use, fun, and very functional.  Find what you’re looking for (or find something new!), order, and pay–all online.  All you need to do is pickup your order (or wait for delivery).  For restaurants, orderTopia’s online ordering will be an extension of their store that integrates seamlessly into their existing POS system.  When a customer orders a cheeseburger online, the order ticket will look just like a cheeseburger ordered at the store. orderTopia is all about extending your brand and your storefront, without creating additional tasks or changing the way your kitchen works.

orderTopia will also offer online ordering for retail stores, which may seem like an odd combination, food and retail.  But when you think about it, retail catalogs are actually pretty similar to restaurant menus.  A list of items of for sale, with descriptions (maybe pictures), prices, and a few other customization options.

One of our goals in offering online ordering to retail stores is to give the funky little boutique an awesome e-commerce site to match its brick and mortar storefront.  Maybe the cool little store on Main Street can’t afford to pay $15,000 for a top notch e-commerce engine.  But they can afford orderTopia at $35 a month. They’ll get a customizable storefront to extend their store’s brand and design, complete with all the bells and whistles to do big business online (iPhone ordering, Smartphone ordering, Social Media integration, and more).  Online ordering for retail stores means offering your products to customers who never would have been able to visit your store.

Next up, I’ll talk about our mobile ordering solutions.