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Panera Gives Its Customers A Verbal Order-Ahead Assist

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Earlier this month, the St. Louis, Missouri-based company partnered with Google to allow customers to place orders using simple phrases like, “OK Google, ask Panera for delivery,” or “OK Google, talk to Panera.”. “The Panera Bread, which operates 2,024 locations in the U.S. Life in the fast lane.

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QSRs Ramp Up Mobile Order-Ahead Offerings

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When people want coffee or tea, they want it now, and we want their orders to be ready when they are,” Aidan Hay, SVP of Operations at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, said in a press release announcing a mobile order-ahead feature for their app. Last year, the St. The Coffee Bean & Tea Life is hardly alone. million active members.

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