{"id":62604,"date":"2012-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/recent-uri-grad-develops-online-food-court\/"},"modified":"2012-01-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:00:00","slug":"recent-uri-grad-develops-online-food-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/01\/recent-uri-grad-develops-online-food-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent 溏心vlog免费B站 grad develops online food court"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tArea firms pleased with business boost<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 3, 2012- Overseas, far from his family and friends, one military man was determined to brighten the day of his girlfriend. What better way to do that than to jump onto Hungryrhody.com and order Sarah Higgins, also a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, a delicious meal? As easy as one, two, three, he grabbed a computer and participated in what many people here at the 溏心vlog免费B站 are raving about; Hungryrhody.com.<\/p>\n


\n As described by Devin Sheehan, a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus and co-founder of the website, Hungryrhody.com is an \u201cinteractive shopping mall for food.\u201d Those interested can go to the web page to order food from some of their favorite restaurants located at the Kingston Emporium at the top of campus. There\u2019s also a participating restaurant in Exeter. Those who shop through Hungryrhody.com save time by not having to wait in line, have individualized interaction with the site, and potentially save money with discounts.<\/p>\n


\nThe website took off on Oct. 8 with the help of Sheehan, his good friend and recent 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate, Peyton Warwick, and his father Bob Sheehan. Approximately 2,414 orders have been made to date and there are plans to expand in the near future. The team negotiates commissions with the businesses, but product prices stay the same. Advertising also builds revenue for Hungryrhody.com<\/p>\n


\n Sheehan, a former member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 men\u2019s hockey team, graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 last spring with a degree in supply chain management and entrepreneurship. He recently sought help from Warwick, a former member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 men\u2019s soccer team, who graduated after the fall semester, with a degree in political science. <\/p>\n


\nHungryrhody.com offers an interactive list of restaurants that allows people to order meals at any point, from anywhere. By registering with the website, customers can track previous orders and view their ordering history, including how much they have spent. <\/p>\n


\nIn addition, Hungryrhody.com offers a delivery service for any restaurant interested in doing so. As of right now Bagelz, Subway, and Simply Thai at the Emporium have jumped on board. Sheehan and his team will also be delivering for I-zone, I-slice, and International Pocket Cafe next semester to off-campus students and homes in South County. <\/p>\n


\nHowever, as individual as the orders may be, the website as a whole strives to bring the 溏心vlog免费B站 community together. It advocates the Rhody spirit through advertisements from local businesses, but not limited to restaurants. At the moment such advertisements include Internet specials from the Tower Hill Landings, a Kingston apartment complex, and Total Image Hair Salon. <\/p>\n


\nSheehan will also be offering an internship second semester for business majors who want to strengthen their skills in marketing, customer service, advertising, finance, and much more. The internship will be offered to students for class credits. <\/p>\n


\n\tSheehan said the website benefits businesses too. Each order is faxed to the restaurant, which reduces the number of phone calls. Restaurants are able to receive long orders in a matter of seconds, and don\u2019t have to worry about the amount of time that an average call-in order would take. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe wish all orders came by fax,\u201d said Karen from I-slice, \u201cIt makes things a lot easier. The faxed in orders save time and the business isn\u2019t rushed.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tFor Subway owner Paul, Hungryrhody.com is \u201cdoing fantastic things!\u201d He also praised the efficiency of the business. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do delivery, and now we can.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSimply Thai opened quite recently and has only had a few days working with Hungryrhody.com. However, already the business has benefited from Sheehan\u2019s help. The first night the business was listed on the website, it received six orders. The business is grateful for Sheehan\u2019s dedication to delivering its food on time. <\/p>\n


\nIn the future, the website will display \u201cHungryrhody Deals.\u201d Such deals will come from local businesses and will be advertised at the top of the website. In addition to the deals, Sheehan hopes to expand the website to include other restaurants, local shops, and boutiques on the ordering system. One restaurant in particular that is excited to participate is The Rhode House. This new incoming restaurant to the Kingston Emporium will offer a variety of fresh foods including Panini\u2019s, wraps, salads and soups. The Rhode House will have rotisserie chicken, ham, pastrami, and turkey in the \u201cBoston Market\u201d style.<\/p>\n


\n\tSo the next time you\u2019re cramming for your exam, you don\u2019t have time to waste and you\u2019re craving for some hearty food, maybe a virtual trip to Hungryrhody.com will satisfy your appetite!<\/p>\n


\n\tFollow them at www.facebook.com\/HungryRhody and twitter!<\/p>\n


\nWritten by 溏心vlog免费B站 Communications and Marketing Department intern, Ren\u00e9e Sitnik, an English major at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nHUNGRY FOR BUSINESS: The three members of the Hungryrhody.com team pose in front of the Kingston Emporium where many businesses have taken advantage of the online ordering firm. Devin Sheehan, a recent 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus, at right, his friend and recent 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate, Peyton Warwick, left, and Sheehan\u2019s father, Bob, hold signs promoting the business. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Area firms pleased with business boost KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 3, 2012- Overseas, far from his family and friends, one military man was determined to brighten the day of his girlfriend. What better way to do that than to jump onto Hungryrhody.com and order Sarah Higgins, also a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, a delicious meal? As easy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}