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Apple Pay Coming to Quiznos, Smashburger, and Other Restaurants With Integrated Loyalty Program

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Punchh today announced that Quiznos, Smashburger, MOD Pizza, and select other restaurant brands in the United States will soon accept Apple Pay integrated with its cloud-based loyalty program for customers.

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At participating restaurants, Apple Pay users will supposedly receive a push notification at checkout prompting them to add the restaurant's loyalty program to Apple's Wallet app. Once added, customers will automatically begin earning points and receiving specialized offers, which can be redeemed during future visits.

A spokesperson for Punchh said existing members of a restaurant's loyalty program can add it to their Apple Wallet as an NFC pass.

When a customer taps on the push notification, she will be presented with a form with pre-populated enrollment data, and can immediately enroll, according to Punchh. The customer can also opt-in to automatically select the "card" next time, and receive the pass in the Wallet app on iPhone.

Punchh's clients include more than 85 restaurant chains, such as Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, El Pollo Loco, Moe's Southwest Grill, Pieology, Quiznos, and Smashburger, but it doesn't appear that Apple Pay support will be rolling out to every chain.

Punchh said Apple Pay eliminates the need to download a participating restaurant's loyalty app to start earning rewards or points. Restaurants will supposedly still be able to track items that customers purchase, however, including how much they paid, but no payment or personal information will be collected.

Article Link: Apple Pay Coming to Quiznos, Smashburger, and Other Restaurants With Integrated Loyalty Program
 
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I thought Quiznos went out of bidness. I know they didn't last long in Melbourne back when I used to work there...

when I had to walk 20 miles in the snow.
Backwards.
On my hands.
When it was illegal to use kangaroo pouches as transportation (koalas and kookaburras were ok, though).
 
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dannyyankou said:
Take note Target. You can do the same thing, have customers sign up for your Cartwheel program at checkout.
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Target expressed they have no interest in Apple Pay and it's clear they're not going use Apple Pay, aside for online purchases through the application.

But after their breaching incident back in 2014, I think it would have been logical for them to use contactless payments.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/13/target-says-no-apple-pay-plans-underway/amp/
 
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People are used to everything and scoff at everything, but when I use my watch to pay at the restaurants or shops, it's a chorus of aaahs and ooohs and questions about the watch. It's since my first iPhone that I don't see anything like this.

And of course, as a user, it's incredibly convenient and widely accepted (in Italy it's mostly contactless). A perfect, delightful experience that would make Steve Jobs very proud of his heritage.
 
djcerla said:
People are used to everything and scoff at everything, but when I use my watch to pay at the restaurants or shops, it's a chorus of aaahs and ooohs and questions about the watch. It's since my first iPhone that I don't see anything like this.

And of course, as a user, it's incredibly convenient and widely accepted (in Italy it's mostly contactless). A perfect, delightful experience that would make Steve Jobs very proud of his heritage.
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People's eyes light up when I just use my phone to make a payment. I'm surprised how many people are not aware of this feature yet.
 
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I just hope these places train their staff to exercise some patience when customers attempt to use their Apple Pay. And I hope Apple Pay catches on more places so those of us using other forms of contactless payments that have always worked can do so in peace.

My husband uses Samsung Pay which usually works pretty much anywhere...IF the staff gives it half a chance. Sometimes he doesn't even get one chance before the clerk actually throws themselves across or flings an arm over their precious sensor, shrieking "We don't take that Apple Pay here". :rolleyes:

He has to grit his teeth and say it's Samsung pay.

And after the clerk partially retreats, glaring all the while, it will then sometimes take a couple of passes to get properly scanned and THAT freaks out the clerk and they shriek some more. "See I told you Apple Pay doesn't work here." They don't even apologize for their bizarre freakouts when it does work and the transaction in fact concludes. We just hear a sullen "Oh, nobody told me Apple Pay works here."

"It's. Not. Apple Pay." :mad:

If these people don't even know what Apple Pay is and is NOT, I can't imagine the confusion and displeasure at registers when Apple pay is supposed to work, but a confused customer needs assistance to get it to work for some weird reason.
 
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Relentless Power said:
Target expressed they have no interest in Apple Pay and it's clear they're not going use Apple Pay, aside for online purchases through the application.

But after their breaching incident back in 2014, I think it would have been logical for them to use contactless payments.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/13/target-says-no-apple-pay-plans-underway/amp/
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Target probably won't move unless they see a negative impact on their bottom line. Their digital sales were up in 2016. That's why they accept Apple Pay through the app. Whatever they can do to reach more digital sales, they'll do. Unless they feel Apple Pay will drive more foot traffic, they're not going to move on the stores. Good/bad? Who knows. Time will tell.
 
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STOP EVERYTHING.

WAIT.

Quizno's is still alive?! WHERE?!
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GrumpyMom said:
I just hope these places train their staff to exercise some patience when customers attempt to use their Apple Pay. And I hope Apple Pay catches on more places so those of us using other forms of contactless payments that have always worked can do so in peace.

My husband uses Samsung Pay which usually works pretty much anywhere...IF the staff gives it half a chance. Sometimes he doesn't even get one chance before the clerk actually throws themselves across or flings an arm over their precious sensor, shrieking "We don't take that Apple Pay here". :rolleyes:

He has to grit his teeth and say it's Samsung pay.

And after the clerk partially retreats, glaring all the while, it will then sometimes take a couple of passes to get properly scanned and THAT freaks out the clerk and they shriek some more. "See I told you Apple Pay doesn't work here." They don't even apologize for their bizarre freakouts when it does work and the transaction in fact concludes. We just hear a sullen "Oh, nobody told me Apple Pay works here."

"It's. Not. Apple Pay." :mad:

If these people don't even know what Apple Pay is and is NOT, I can't imagine the confusion and displeasure at registers when Apple pay is supposed to work, but a confused customer needs assistance to get it to work for some weird reason.
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Your storytelling skills are on point today GrumpyMom. :D
 
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GrumpyMom said:
Thanks. And I haven't seen a Quiznos in YEARS. I thought they went extinct!
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I freaking love(d) Quizno's. I haven't seen any here in South Carolina in a lonnng time. I did see one a few years ago outside of Seattle.

Seriously, if they're still around I have to make a trip to one. I gotta have one of their bullet subs (I think that's the name?) and soup combos again.
 
Relentless Power said:
Target expressed they have no interest in Apple Pay and it's clear they're not going use Apple Pay, aside for online purchases through the application.

But after their breaching incident back in 2014, I think it would have been logical for them to use contactless payments.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/13/target-says-no-apple-pay-plans-underway/amp/
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I suspect most retailers will never be interested as long as people aren't demanding it. While the people on MacRumors and other Apple related websites want it, most other people are seemingly fine with using a physical card. And when it could very well require significant development effort on the part of the merchant (thanks to POS systems being bad enough to justify their namesake), why bother for only a couple of customers?

What Visa/MC should have done is made enabling contactless a condition of avoiding the EMV liability shift. It shouldn't have been enough to only enable the chip portion.
 
Yep, I was just thinking about that. Quiznos all went out of business around here. It sucks, because they were better than Subway and that is all that is left.
 
As long as I am unable to use my debit card with Apple Pay, it will be useless to me.

I refuse to use credit cards. Credit cards are the prime evil of the world...
 
dannyyankou said:
Take note Target. You can do the same thing, have customers sign up for your Cartwheel program at checkout.
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RedCard and Cartwheel together would be very convenient (in real life if not on ApplePay), though the latter is very easy to sign up for (just a sort of loyalty program and not a payment card) and you should probably do it if you shop at Target with any frequency, especially if you buy a lot of store brands, which seem to frequently have at least 5% discount offers.

tmiw said:
I suspect most retailers will never be interested as long as people aren't demanding it. While the people on MacRumors and other Apple related websites want it, most other people are seemingly fine with using a physical card.
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I'm on MR and am totally fine with using a card. :) Besides the work in making sure their POS systems support it, I'm sure another reason merchants are reluctant to do it is because they're worried about fees. I don't think Apple directly charges merchants anything, but retailers like Target and Kohls often want to push people to their own cards, where you'll save a certain percentage off the total price, ostensibly for loyalty but presumably also because they don't have to pay MC/Visa/etc. fees that way.
 
RMo said:
I'm on MR and am totally fine with using a card. :) Besides the work in making sure their POS systems support it, I'm sure another reason merchants are reluctant to do it is because they're worried about fees. I don't think Apple directly charges merchants anything, but retailers like Target and Kohls often want to push people to their own cards, where you'll save a certain percentage off the total price, ostensibly for loyalty but presumably also because they don't have to pay MC/Visa/etc. fees that way.
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That might play a small part. However, while there are some who really hate taking cards at all (Walmart for example), they still do. I suspect if enough people demanded Apple Pay support they'd go ahead and roll it out anyway.
 
Heartofgoldilocks said:
As long as I am unable to use my debit card with Apple Pay, it will be useless to me.

I refuse to use credit cards. Credit cards are the prime evil of the world...
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I use my chase debit card. It works fine. The issue like some said here is not everyone uses Apple Pay. And if they do, for some strange reason they don’t advertise it, or make it visible. You have to ask someone if they do that there.
 
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