Like Chinese food? Like the internet? Panda Express online ordering will blow your mind!
A home-cooked meal is great, as it is often healthier than getting take-out or visiting a restaurant. While it is not impossible to eat healthy away from home, it can be difficult. Chinese food is typically very bad for you; the sauces can be high in fats and sugars and many things are deep fried. However, I find these types of restaurants the best for healthy eating too. For instance, where else can you get steamed tofu with vegetables and brown rice? Certainly not Taco Bell or McDonalds.
Unfortunately, many local Chinese restaurants do not take credit cards, and when they do, they have minimum dollar amounts for usage (often $10 minimum). Sometimes, language barriers can make ordering over the phone problematic, leading to incorrect orders due to misunderstandings. Today, Chinese food chain Panda Express is taking the pain out of ordering Chinese food with all-new online ordering.
"Panda Express, America’s favorite Chinese restaurant, is debuting online ordering across more than 1,700 Panda Express locations. The platform was developed to bring convenience to the traditional experience of Chinese takeout, where individual orders are shared in a family-style setting", says Panda Express.
The restaurant further explains, "Panda's online ordering is uniquely designed to allow multiple people to place orders from separate devices, combining them all into a single order. This innovative group ordering system allows each user to place their order with ease. Each person can pay separately or one user can pay for the entire order. Large group catering orders can also be placed through Panda’s online ordering. The platform is available online at pandaexpress.com/orders, as well as in a mobile app version for iOS and Android devices. Guests who order online or through the mobile app will be able to go directly to the register for pickup at their selected Panda Express location".
While the online ordering of food is not new, the Panda Express solution seems very intuitive and useful. The ability to allow multiple people to pay the bill is very cool, and should be popular with the college-student crowd. Best of all, there is no phone call or cash needed.
Are you excited to order Chinese food online? Tell me in the comments.
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