If you find yourself in a winding rabbit hole of stalking your ex on Facebook and it immediately evokes the need for fried cheese, you’re in luck.
Facebook rolled out a new feature that allows users to order food directly from the app (or desktop page), and it works for both delivery and pickup orders.
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In creating this new feature, Facebook worked with other app-based delivery systems, including Delivery.com, Grubhub and Seamless, among others, as well as restaurants that utilize in-app ordering. It then put all those options on the one app.
To use the feature, you can either go to a restaurant’s Facebook page and click “Start Order” or click the “Order Food” option in the homepage Explore menu and peruse what’s available to you.
Alex Himel, a vice president of Facebook who led the project, told Eater that credit card info will not be saved by Facebook; the most data saved by the social network will be a user’s preferences so they can opt to order again.
“The goals for us are that you can always find a place to order from that you’re happy with,” Himel told Eater.
“If you see your friends talking about a restaurant, you should be able to click over and order food from that restaurant right then and there.”