Food Ordering Platform Inks Search Deal With Google Covering 70,000 Restaurant Locations

Food ordering platform Olo signed with Google to let customers order directly from restaurant brands via Google Search, Maps and the Google Assistant, it said Tuesday. The integration, using Olo’s Rails platform, covers Olo’s network of more than 70,000 restaurant brand locations and allows users to ask Google Assistant for help. Rails transfers orders directly from Google Search, Maps and Assistant to the restaurants’ point-of-sale and ordering stream, it said, with two-way integration enabling accurate pricing, menu and product availability. Portillo’s Hot Dogs and Checkers & Rally’s were the first Olo brands to offer integration with Google, it said.