Square To Offer Easy Takeout Food Ordering With Upcoming Square Pickup App
February 26, 2014
At the moment, Square offers three namesake apps in the App Store: Square Register, Square Wallet, and Square Cash. But it appears that the popular mobile payments startup is preparing to introduce another Square app in the form of Square Pickup.
As reported by Priceonomics (via MacRumors), Square Pickup is an app that lets users order and pay for takeout food to be picked up later:
Instead of calling a restaurant to place a pickup order, users can just make the purchase with the Square Pickup App. The app is loaded with the restaurant’s menu. Just choose what you want, pay with Square, and then pick up your food when it’s ready. The app is currently in beta testing for both iOS and Android.Square is in the process of testing Square Pickup in partnership with several restaurants in San Francisco. Select testers are provided with invite codes, which they can enter on the Square Pickup website to access the app's preview build. We'll let you know as soon as Square Pickup exits beta testing and becomes officially available in the App Store. In the meantime, you can check out Seamless and OrderAhead, two of the apps that have been offering functionality similar to that of the upcoming Square Pickup. See also: OpenTable Pilot Program Lets Diners Pay For Their Meal Directly From The App and Pay With Dash To Quickly And Easily Settle Your Tab At Restaurants And Bars.