mobile order

App-based food request

A mobile order is a purchase placed through a smartphone app for pickup at a physical location, typically for food or drinks.

The term emerged with apps from coffee chains and fast-food restaurants that let customers order ahead and skip the line: I placed a mobile order so my coffee would be ready when I got there.

Related

Starbucks · takeout · smartphone · ahead · convenience · skip · line · notification · ready · curbside · grab · grab and go · fast · coffee · barista · contactless · payment · queue

Categories
Opposites
ordering method/channel

mobile orderphone order

Transaction placed by calling

table service

transaction timing

mobile orderspontaneous order

Pattern emerging without design

impulse purchase

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G