Hands On With Pickup, Square's New App for Takeout Orders

Reports surfaced Tuesday that Square is beta-testing a new mobile app called Square Pickup, which allows customers to order ahead of time from Square merchants, and pay within app ahead of pickup.

Mashable visited Lunch Geek on Wednesday, a partner restaurant less than 100 yards from Square headquarters, and picked up download codes for the app's beta version. Square appears to be partnering with 11 restaurants in San Francisco, all within 1.5 miles of the company's new headquarters

At least one restaurant partner said it's been testing the app for three weeks, and Square employees sporadically stop by for pickups. Multiple other restaurant partners said the program started Tuesday, which may be the date the company began testing with non-Square employees Read more...