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Study: Electronic ordering has untapped potential for restaurant operators

Alan Liddle, Senior Data & Events Editor

May 2, 2011

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Restaurants that highlight the convenience and control of online-ordering systems, while heightening their interactivity, will best tap into the technology’s full sales potential, according to a new Cornell University report. 


Though nearly half of respondents said they have used restaurants’ online-ordering systems, the majority said they still avoided ordering that way for a variety of reasons, including a desire to interact with a person instead of a computer and concerns about order accuracy and credit card security.


By making online-ordering systems more interactive, accessible and easy to use for these reluctant users, restaurants can take advantage of a growing online-ordering market, the report said.


The report is p...

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About the Author

Alan Liddle

Senior Data & Events Editor

Alan is Senior Data & Events Editor for The Restaurant & Food Group within Informa Connect, including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News. He joined NRN in 1984, covering the Pacific Northwest, and later added chief photographer duties, initiated NRN’s regular technology coverage, was on the development team for NRN.com and generated content for NRN’s early podcasting initiative, Podcast Central, beginning in 2006. Alan is senior researcher and data analyst for NRN and Supermarket News market data products, including Top 200 and SN75, and helps develop and present educational programs for conferences and webinars. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter, he resides in Salinas, Calif.

 

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