Cashless Payments in Street Food Markets

Street food markets are increasingly popular around the world. Food trucks give public spaces around the globe a warm atmosphere every weekend to bring high quality gastronomy, and they are normally joined by live music and other cultural activities.

02/03/2023 · The Team at FesteaPay · 2 min. read

Food fairs are highly visited spaces and a leisure offer for all ages, but they have a big problem: queues to order. Many times the markets have tokens that you must buy to be able to consume in the food trucks and drink bars and that make attendees have to wait in a queue to buy the tokens, a queue to order the food and the preparation time of the same. And the last two queues you must do for each of the food trucks you want to order from.

Line to order at a foodtruck in a stree food market.

There are some alternatives to the use of tokens, such as paying tickets directly at the food truck, but this does not prevent them from having to wait to order or the food preparation time. Or the use of RFID wristbands typically known as "cashless wristbands", which also do not avoid this type of waiting.

It's possible to solve all of these problems by using a payment method that everyone has, that has the benefits of cashless payments and that allows you to know the preparation status of your order. If you haven't guessed it yet, we're talking about your mobile phone.

People eating food in a stree food market.

The system works as if you were getting a ticket in the food truck, but you do it sitting quietly while enjoying the music instead of waiting in line. You scan a QR, select your order, pay with your mobile and receive a notification when your order is ready. Attendees enjoy the market and remember a good experience.

But the benefits are also very great for the promoters and managers of the food trucks, by receiving all the computerized orders they can review the products that have sold the most, the peak of sales, the billing of the event and facilitate their work accounting and stock management.

Want to try it for yourself?

Just scan this QR code with your phone or use this link to open a demo.

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