Five Guys® Online Ordering Goes International

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Manhattan, New York, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) January 11, 2012 -- OLO announced today that it has expanded its mobile and online ordering service for restaurants outside the U.S. on behalf of Five Guys Burgers & Fries. The new platform allows Five Guys’ Canadian customers to order, pay and confirm their spot as first in line using www.gofiveguys.com.

The international service, developed through a partnership with OLO, Chase Paymentech and MICROS, will be available to customers in its 23 restaurants located in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Canadian customers can access the mobile and online ordering by simply typing in their address or zip code at www.gofiveguys.com and following the simple steps to place their favorite Five Guys order. Mobile users can download the Five Guys ordering app for Android operating system phones and iPhones.

"Our partners worked diligently to adapt this powerful online management platform for our Canadian market," said Steve Teller, OLO Project Manager at Five Guys Burgers & Fries. “We think that our Canadian customers will jump at the chance to order and pay online.”

Since launching the mobile and online ordering platform earlier this year, more than 250,000 Five Guys customers have downloaded the mobile ordering app for Android, iPhone, and iPad.

Noah Glass, OLO’s chief executive, has seen a big jump in mobile ordering since he designed the nation’s first text messaging ordering platform in 2005. In just one year, notes Glass, mobile app-based orders in the U.S. have jumped from about 10 percent of the ordering mix to 33 percent, and sees an even stronger market outside the U.S.

“Our customers find mobile and online ordering convenient, and we’ve seen the percentages of users grow exponentially,” said Teller. “Our franchisees and employees find that online and mobile ordering allows for streamlined operations as it frees them from the time-intensive call-in and fax-in orders and provides more accuracy.”

About Five Guys:

The family owned Five Guys restaurant group has served award winning burgers and fries for over 25 years. There are now over 930 restaurants open across US and Canada, with over 1600 additional units in development. This two decade pursuit of perfection has resulted in critical acclaim from the media. The Philadelphia Magazine, the Charlotte Creative Loafing, the Richmond Magazine, the Washington Post and many others voted Five Guys #1 burger in their respective towns. In addition ZAGAT Survey said "there are no better" burgers and has included Five Guys in their annual ratings since 2001.

About OLO Online Ordering:

Founded in 2005, NYC-based OLO is a pioneer of self-service ordering for the restaurant industry, making takeout and delivery more convenient for restaurants and consumers through OLO’s mobile and online ordering platform. OLO’s self-service ordering platform integrates directly with restaurant point of sale systems, allowing seamless ordering and pre-payment of all orders for 150 top restaurant brands, such as Five Guys, Cold Stone Creamery, and SONIC, as well as independent restaurants throughout the U.S. The company was the first in the U.S. to launch mobile ordering, and continues to develop the restaurant industry’s top-rated and most-downloaded mobile apps for the restaurant industry. OLO’s exclusive relationship with GrubHub, the leading mobile and online ordering service in 26 major cities and 400 college campuses across the U.S., provides OLO client restaurants with access to millions of new local consumers. As a result of OLO’s best-in-class software, restaurant brands increase same store sales, grow market share, and perfect the customer experience. Learn more at www.olo.com.

More information can be found online at http://www.olo.com/

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