[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Online Ordering Platform

[Main Street Coordinator]

Thank you Darrin and Liz for your responses and help!! I'll look into
these.

Thanks,
Molly Murai



On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:46 AM Liz Hannum <liz at downtownoregoncity.org>
wrote:

> Here's the site that Food On Demand uses - https://www.deliverlogic.com
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director <
> darin at downtownklamathfalls.org> wrote:
>
>> Like an online food court, yeah?
>>
>> I don’t know of any specific platforms that would accommodate that. I
>> have seen several programs designed to support local restaurants (gift
>> certificates, etc.), and every one of them requires work on the part of the
>> restaurant (sign up, register, reprogram POS, download an app, etc.). I’m
>> concerned that they are being overtaxed by having to manage their own
>> social media, their own online ordering AND signing up for all the other
>> programs people with good intentions are trying to set up for them. For
>> some restaurants, they are killing it with their social media and
>> innovation right now and already have robust online ordering/menu systems
>> in place. For them, creating a new point of access would actually be
>> diluting their marketing effectiveness (and potentially reducing business
>> traffic if they decided not to participate in a centralized platform). As a
>> customer, I know how to order from the restaurants I want to support. And
>> if I can’t decide what I want to eat, I do a “restaurants near me” search
>> on Google, find a restaurant that looks good, and figure out how to order
>> from them.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think for a single service that includes all restaurants to be truly
>> effective, it would have to be zero effort on the part of the restaurant
>> and would have to materially improve the customer’s ability to connect to
>> the restaurant and their ordering system (or create some other value …
>> rewards, discounts, etc.). Perhaps, rather than asking restaurants to get
>> set up on yet another new platform, maybe a better investment would be to
>> create a collector page with links directly to the restaurants’ EXISTING
>> online ordering service and to work with restaurants that don’t have an
>> existing system in place and help them get online?
>>
>> Curious if that perspective is similar for others, or if it’s maybe
>> because we don’t have as many restaurants to pick from here and the need
>> isn’t as great?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>> D
>>
>> *From: *OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on
>> behalf of STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <
>> oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> *Reply-To: *STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>, Oregon Main
>> Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> *Date: *Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 10:54 AM
>> *To: *Oregon Main Street program managers <
>> oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> *Subject: *[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Online Ordering Platform
>>
>>
>>
>> *This email is being forwarded over the OMS listserv. All responses will
>> be over the listserv.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for Molly?
>>
>> *From:* Main Street Coordinator <mainstreet.cottagegrove at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:56 AM
>> *To:* STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>
>> *Subject:* Online Ordering Platform
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Sheri,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if I can submit something over the OMS listserv? Or if
>> you know of any.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has had experience working with an online
>> ordering platform that serves more than one restaurant? Since Cottage Grove
>> is so small and does not have Grub Hub or Uber Eats, we were thinking of an
>> online ordering one stop shop website, where people can order from any of
>> the restaurants on one website rather than checking Facebook or separate
>> websites for updates/menu/ordering? But I have only found websites that use
>> just one restaurant.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Molly Murai
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Molly Murai
>>
>> Main Street Coordinator
>>
>> [image: Main Street Cottage Grove]
>>
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Molly Murai
Main Street Coordinator
[image: Main Street Cottage Grove]
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