Facebook Lets Restaurants Post Menus to Their Pages

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Facebook Lets Restaurants Post Menus to Their Pages
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Aiming to keep users on the platform and possibly prompt more ads, Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) started letting restaurants post menus on their Facebook pages on Thursday

The social networking giant is using (https://www.facebook.com/business/news/restaurant-menus-facebook-pages) Constant Contact's SinglePlatform (http://www.singleplatform.com), an online listing service that helps local businesses showcase products, photos and menus. The program is only available right **w in the U.S. and Canada, though if your business is outside those countries, you can upload a PDF of your menu via "page info" under "settings."

See also: Facebook An**unces Advertising 'Boot Camp' For Smaller Advertisers (http://mashable.com/2014/05/06/facebook-bootcamp-smbs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


While a restaurant could conceivably accomplish the same thing by posting a photo of its menu on its Page, Facebook's move could pave the way for direct ordering from restaurants. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/22/facebook-menus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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