Little Caesars to Launch Innovative Pizza Portal Technology in Canada

Alongside the mobile app, Canadians across the country can customize their order and skip the counter with the industry's first, heated, self-serve pick up statioin. Image: Little Caesars Pizza

TORONTO -- Canadians now have access to the next generation of HOT-N-READY as Little Caesars introduces its award-winning Pizza Portal pickup in nearly all Canadian stores.*  First introduced in the United States in 2018, this breakthrough technology Pizza Portal pickup was the industry's FIRST heated, self-service mobile order pickup portal.  Since its widely celebrated inception, QSR Magazine honored Little Caesars with the Applied Technology Award.  In addition, the International Franchise Association awarded the pizza chain with the Marketing and Technology Innovation Award for its industry-changing technology.

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"Our longtime and loyal customers are at the core of everything we do," said Paula Vissing, Senior Vice President for Little Caesars. "We respect their time.  We value their loyalty.  That is why we are relentless in our pursuit of innovative ways to make their lives easier and more hassle-free.  This technology not only allows them to bypass the counter to be in and out of the store within moments, it also gives them the flexibility to easily customize a pizza with the toppings of their choice."

How the Little Caesars Pizza Portal Pickup Works
With a customer-centric and forward-looking focus the technology combines the convenience of mobile ordering with the ability to craft a pizza with toppings of choice, and seamless pre-payment with heated self-service pickup to create an entirely new and customizable experience.

What does this mean for customers?

1. They can order and customize their pizza through the Little Caesars app or mobile website, and schedule a time that fits their schedule;
2. They are notified through the app and/or website when their custom order is ready;
3. They can bypass the lines and counter and go directly to the Pizza Portal pickup and input a 3-digit pin or scan a QR code, opening the secured compartment for their personalized, hot, fresh order.

About the Little Caesars Mobile App
The Little Caesars mobile app is built with pizza-loving customers in mind. Most recently, Touch ID/Fingerprint and Face ID login functionality have been added. Other app features include:

• Mobile payment
• Store locator that automatically detects the closest store to you and allows search.
• "Custom pizza builder": an interactive drag and drop experience. Users "make" their pizza by choosing from any available crust, then dragging and dropping their choice of toppings on to the pizza. Toppings can be placed on the entire pizza, or half.
• Order scheduling: Orders can be placed up to six days in advance.
• User-friendly, clean interface and minimal clicks per transaction.
• Save favorites for quick ordering later.

*Pizza Portal pickup and the Little Caesars Mobile App are available in participating Canadian locations
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SOURCE Little Caesars Pizza