EasyJet launches restaurant app with tracing facility built in

EasyJet owner Stelios Haji-Ioannou has launched an app that will allow customers to order takeaways in competition with Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats - as well as using an inbuilt contact tracing system for Covid-19.
The app has a built-in tracing system.The app has a built-in tracing system.
The app has a built-in tracing system.

The easyFood app has a ‘track and trace’ function that will pinpoint any venues where there has been an outbreak of Covid-19.

It also offers customers the chance to read the menu on their own phones, reducing the need for shared physical menus, which could spread coronavirus, and order remotely through the app.

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EasyFood owner Jeewan Sagu said: “It’s a direct challenge to the likes of Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat.

“Our app will do so much more than other delivery apps. For instance, if you’re eating in at a pub or restaurant you can browse the menu and order your food which will be brought to your table and then you can pay on the app.

“Visitors to registered pubs, bars and restaurants will be able to use their smartphone to scan an easyFood QR barcode at the entrance to the premises.

“This will allow customers to submit their details securely, which can then be used to alert them should there be a Covid-19 outbreak at that particular venue.”

From the outset around 200 businesses will be registered on the app, and the company is using a franchise model with the aim of signing up outlets worldwide.

Sir Stelios said: “The government’s social distancing guidance makes many restaurant owners nervous about making it through this very difficult period. It’s a great opportunity for those businesses that are being affected by the downturn to join easyFood and transition to a delivery-based operation.”

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