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Penn Station East Coast Subs Adds Online Ordering To Mobile App

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March 26, 2018 // Franchising.com // MILFORD, OHIO - Penn Station East Coast Subs, the fast-casual restaurant known for its grilled, made-to-order sub sandwiches, hand-squeezed lemonade and fresh-cut fries, has added online ordering to its app, mobile website and desktop website.

“For Penn Station, the addition of ordering capabilities to our existing mobile application is a natural next step and provides our franchisees with a new competitive advantage,” said Craig Dunaway, president of Penn Station. “The feature integrates with our existing loyalty program and mobile app to further enhance our customer’s experience.”

With the new online ordering feature, customers can browse the menu, place their order and pay via the app. Then, they simply pick up their food at the restaurant without having to pay at the register.

"With almost 60 percent of our food consumed off premises, we felt now was the proper timing to give customers even more convenience and ease of ordering,” Dunaway said. “Our great food will still be made to order, but this allows busy consumers even more flexibility than before."

Penn Station’s mobile app, which launched in 2016, integrates with the brand’s loyalty program. The app includes location information and allows customers to refer a friend via social media. Penn Station added mobile pay and gift card capabilities to the app late in 2016, and the new online ordering solution went live systemwide this month.

“The addition of new features in stages was intentional,” Dunaway said. “We felt it more prudent to keep franchisees and customers excited and motivated with the changes and updates.”

Penn Station used Onosys’s online ordering platform to add online ordering. Onosys provides a true enterprise-level ordering solution that allows restaurant brands to fully deliver their brand and digital customer experience.

“In today’s fast-paced, competitive marketplace, restaurants are looking for a trusted partner to help them not only simplify their digital ordering capabilities but also enhance the customer experience and maximize their digital investments,” said Rob Taylor, CEO of Onosys. “We’re excited to be working with Craig and the team at Penn Station to bring this technology to their operators and customers. We know it have a big impact on their business.”

The app, including the loyalty program and rewards portions, was designed and built by New York-based Relevant Mobile. Relevant Mobile develops customized mobile apps and mobile-centric data-capturing solutions exclusively for the restaurant industry, working collaboratively with brands and their partners to create an invaluable tool for engaging with and providing long-term value to its customers.

“We're excited to continue enhancing the functionality of the Penn Station Subs app with state of the art integrations such as native online ordering with Onysys,” said Dazhi Chen, founder at Relevant Mobile. “We look forward to continuing to work with our partners at Penn Station Subs to develop new ways to make the guest experience more convenient and rewarding in the future through our cutting-edge mobile technology.”

To download the Penn Station app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penn-station-subs/id1057700541?mt=8 for iOS and for Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ak.app.pennstation&hl=en. To order online via the web:https://order.penn-station.com/#/.

About Penn Station East Coast Subs

Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985, Penn Station serves a variety of grilled and cold deli sandwiches made to order with high-quality ingredients on freshly baked bread. The menu also includes fresh-cut fries, hand-squeezed lemonade made throughout the day and chocolate chunk cookies baked in the restaurant.

Penn Station has more than 310 locations in 15 states including Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. All but one location is franchised. As a franchisor, Penn Station is known for its outstanding profitability and return on investment. Penn Station was named one of the Best Franchises to Buy by Forbes in 2016 and one of the Best Franchise Deals by QSR Magazine in 2016 and 2017.

Projections call for the opening of approximately 15 restaurants nationwide in 2018. Penn Station is targeting Kansas City, Atlanta, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Cleveland and Raleigh for franchise expansion. For more information, visit www.penn-station.com.

About Onosys

Onosys provides a complete digital ordering platform that enables restaurant chains to extend their unique brand experience to today’s tech-savvy consumers. Our enterprise platform combines ordering, loyalty, payments, call center, 1:1 marketing tools and more into a single, fully customizable solution for increasing sales and customer engagement. Leading brands including Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Boston Pizza and now Penn Station East Coast Subs rely on Onosys to optimize the online ordering channel. Since its inception, Onosys has processed nearly $1 billion in total food sales. For more information please visit: www.onosys.com.

About Relevant Mobile

Relevant Mobile is a trailblazer in developing customized mobile apps and mobile-centric data-capturing solutions. Focused exclusively on the restaurant industry, Relevant offers a holistic technology platform including loyalty, guest feedback and resolution, ordering, mobile payment, and gift card solutions and much more to help brands better understand and engage with their customers. Relevant Mobile works as a collaborative partner to create a customer experience authentic to its clients’ brands. The result is a customized, white-labeled app with features that make sense for each client’s specific customers. Want a mobile app your customers will use? Start by getting Relevant: www.relevantmobile.com

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Caitlin Thompson
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Caitlin@caitthompson.com

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