Staff at gourmet pizza franchise, Pizza Capers, will soon be wielding Apple iPads to take customer orders at the counter, in the queue and in the dining area.

According to co-founder Scott Geiszler, the newly released iPads will save time when taking dine-in orders as they would go directly to the pizza chefs in the kitchen without the need to be re-entered into the ordering system.

We have always been early adopters of new technology – and these iPads are shaping up as a real bonus for us because of their portability, reliability and because they are a real talking piece among our customers, he said.

Pizza Capers is also developing an application for iPad and iPhone users that will let them ‘jump the queue’ by placing orders directly rather than lining up in-store.