Pita Pit in The Oklahoman

Pita Pit recently featured in The Oklahoman in an article titled, "Retailers embrace pay by phone, in-store pickup." The new concept of mobile ordering for Pita Pit is included in an article which details how retailers are starting to use smartphones and technology as a way to run their business more efficiently and make things easier for consumers. Ray Reyes talks about how Pita Pit now offers an app that allows consumers to not only place their order, but pay for it as well. It also talks about their drive through that they offer as well. The article goes on to talk about how other retailers have started using scanning QR codes to keep up with the shopping trends.  Click here for the entire article or begin below.

Retailers embrace pay by phone, in-store pickup

By: Jennifer Palmer

Retailers see the future in the palm of their customers' hands.

And for some, smartphone applications for shopping, paying and finding discounts aren't the future — they are the present.

The Pita Pit, for example, offers a free app that allows customers to order and pay for their meal wherever they are. At a new Edmond location, opening soon at 33rd and Broadway, they can even grab their food in the drive-thru, giving new meaning to “fast food.”

Oklahoma franchisee Ray Reyes, who operates the Norman and Edmond locations, said the app speeds up the whole process of ordering food. Within a minute, a customer can place an order; repeat orders take just seconds.

“Sometimes, we're just in a hurry,” he said.

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