SoylentNews

Waze Gets into the Order-Ahead Business with Dunkin' Donuts

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:03PM   
from the just-drive dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Waze's traffic navigation app already shows ads prodding drivers to swing by fast-food joints like Dunkin' Donuts and Taco Bell. Now it's adding a new item to its menu—the ability to place orders at some shops.

On Tuesday, the Google-owned app will start letting drivers purchase coffee and other items from Dunkin' Donuts for pickup along their way. It's the first time that Waze has offered this kind of "order ahead" option, but unlikely to be the last.

If all goes well with the Dunkin' Donuts test, Waze plans to team up with other merchants so its millions of users can order pizza, reserve parking spaces, fill prescriptions and even buy groceries without having to open another app on their phones.

"It could be almost anything that a driver could order ahead and have ready for pick up," said Jordan Grossman, head of Waze's business partnerships in North America.

They should dispatch drones to bring the donuts to your car while you're stuck in morning traffic.

---

Original Submission

• Re:users? Re:users? (Score: 4, Insightful) by Dunbal on Wednesday March 29 2017, @07:44PM (1 child)

  by Dunbal (3515) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @07:44PM (#486133)

  designed by taking a bowl of spaghetti and dropping it onto a sheet of paper

  Proof of His Intelligent Design. May his noodly appendage always touch you.

  Parent

  Starting Score:	1		point
  Moderation		+2
  Insightful=1, Funny=1, Total=2
  Extra 'Insightful' Modifier		0
  Karma-Bonus Modifier		+1
  Total Score:		4

• Re:users? (Score: 2) by captain_nifty on Thursday March 30 2017, @03:53PM

  by captain_nifty (4252) on Thursday March 30 2017, @03:53PM (#486539)

  Ramen

  Parent