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There's nothing like wanting food from your favorite restaurant on a Friday
evening after a long day of work knowing you don't want to go and pick it up. Guess
what? There is a new franchise in town, OrderUp, that will deliver your favorite
restaurant food to your doorstep with a click of your mouse.
"OrderUp is a marketplace where you can go to view restaurants' full menus
and have delivery options," said Joshua Hepburn, owner of OrderUp. "Most
people only know of one or two pizza
places and maybe one or two Chinese
places that deliver and that's pretty
much it."
But there is so much more just
waiting to be delivered to your door.
OrderUp is a national franchise that
Hepburn decided to open after he got
out of the military. He came across it in a
magazine and decided to do research on
it. Hepburn chose Fayetteville because
his wife is a native of the city and it is a
great opportunity to serve the military
population and the local community.
"I instantly fell in love with the
business and brought it to Fayetteville,"
said Hepburn. "Every single week we
are doing better than the last."
The website started with 12
restaurants, now there are more than 20.
Some of the restaurants include Hot Diggity Dog, II Brothers, Cupcake Gallery, New
China King, Quizno's and many others.
"More restaurants are getting on board and it is moving along," said Hepburn.
"The restaurants that I am currently working with love the service and it is really
convenient for them."
Now what sets OrderUp apart from the other competition?
"It is the marketing engine that we provide and the convenience of ordering at
a one-stop shop," said Hepburn. "The convenience for the restaurant is that we
provide a huge marketing engine that restaurants would have to pay thousands
of dollars for if they were trying to do it themselves."
The restaurants are willing to work special promos exclusive only through
OrderUp. For example, Hepburn is working with Twisters Pizza & Subs to offer a
medium pepperoni pizza for just 99 cents.
How do you place an order? The
process is an easy one:
• Go to www.orderup.com and put in
your address. • Then click the "find
restaurants" button. The restaurants
that will deliver to your address will
appear.
• Place your order and it will arrive
in 45 minutes.
"The benefit of our website is that
people can go to it and browse as many
as 20 restaurants and order delivery
in the comfort of their home," said
Hepburn. "To work with the mom
and pop restaurants that are over by
the hospital, down Ramsey Street or
Raeford Road that people don't know
about is a huge opportunity for the
customer and the restaurants."
Hepburn's future plans include having
more 40 participating restaurants by next year.
"We will continue to grow and bring new content and new
opportunities for the user," he said.
For more information about
Orderup, visit www.orderup.com.
OrderUp: Bringing Dinner to Your Doorstep
BY DR. SHANESSA FENNER
DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Contribut-
ing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@
upandcomingweekly.com.
Joshua Hepburn, an Army veteran, wants to bring dinner to your front door.
